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  PM - Perth burns doctor Fiona Wood named Australian of the Year
MARK COLVIN: Western Australia's Australian of the Year, Perth burns doctor Fiona Wood, says her major ambition is to contribute to scarless healing.
Doctor Fiona Wood's award follows that of Doctor Fiona Stanley, who went on to be named Australian of the Year.
FIONA WOOD: I think that when you see people suffering and you can do… you can't do anything about it, that is really very, very difficult because we have been trained over many, many years to do, to be active in helping and in curing and healing.
www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2003/s996212.htm   (865 words)

  
  Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - Fiona Wood - all in a day’s work
Fiona Wood is one of those extraordinary women who would arouse a murderous jealousy in other women if it wasn't for the fact that she's actually a very likeable person who laughs frequently and refuses to accept that she's actually anything out of the ordinary.
Fiona Wood, was named Australian of the Year in 2005 for her outstanding leadership of the medical team that provided emergency treatment for victims of the Bali bombings in 2002.
Dr Wood was widely praised for her work during this time but she's quick to point out that it is praise for collective work from a large team; a team that included 19 surgeons - 12 operating at any one time - nurses, anesthetists, after-care therapists, nutritionists and so on.
www.radionetherlands.nl /radioprogrammes/voxhumana/060630vh   (882 words)

  
 Fiona Wood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fiona Wood AM is a plastic surgeon working in Perth, Western Australia.
Wood is the director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service.
In addition, Dr Wood is also a Clinical Professor with the School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia and Director of the McComb Research Foundation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiona_Wood   (460 words)

  
 Fiona Wood AM : Future, Health, Innovation, Keynote Speaker, Leadership, Motivation, Science,
Fiona Wood is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon specialising in the field of major burn care, trauma and scar reconstruction.
Fiona Wood is actively involved in burn education locally, nationally and internationally and the WA representative for the government working party for National Burn Disaster Response and Chair of the Government working party for Burn Education and Standards of care.
Fiona Woods exceptional leadership and surgical skills and the fact that she had the vision to plan for a large—scale disaster five years before the Bali tragedy, brought world—wide praise and recognition to the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit and highlighted the ground breaking research into burns treatment taking place in Western Australia.
www.celebrityspeakers.com.au /brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=473   (441 words)

  
 Carson Valley Inn Casual Dining at Fiona's Bar and Grill in Minden, Nevada
Fiona's Bar and Grill is perfect for an evening with someone special, or a lively gathering with friends.
Fiona's Prime Rib of Beef is slow roasted for a half a day under a crust of rock salt and spices and served in a variety of cuts.
Fiona's Bar offers a great selection of appetizers, your favorite cocktails, several beers on tap, and a variety of seasonal hot or frozen drink specials.
www.cvinn.com /dining/fionas/index.htm   (469 words)

  
 Hamden Symphony Orchestra at Quinnipiac with Fiona Wood, violin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Fiona Wood has been playing violin since she was four, and currently studies with Kyung Yu, a violin professor at Yale.
Fiona previously studied at The Juilliard School's Pre-College with Ann Setzer, and with Alexander Mandl in New Haven.
Fiona is 14, and a ninth grade honors student at North Haven High School, where she is a member of the Computer Club and the JV and varsity math teams.
members.aol.com /hsorch/wood.html   (201 words)

  
 DoctorConnect - 2005 Australian of the Year --- Dr Fiona Wood FRACS AM   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Fiona’s dedication to the Australian people and her love of working and living in Australia is reflected in her many medical achievements.
In 2002, the world media profiled Fiona and her team’s tireless work on burns victims of the Bali bombings, especially bringing positive recognition for her revolutionary spray-on skin technique which was used successfully, along with holistic multidisciplinary burn care.
Fiona is a permanent resident of Australia, the mother of 6 children, loves sport and is immensely proud to be an Australian.
www.doctorconnect.gov.au /internet/otd/publishing.nsf/Content/work-australian-of-the-year   (291 words)

  
 asia-inc
When the telephone rang early on the morning of Oct 13, 2002, plastic surgeon Dr Fiona Wood knew she was about to face one of the biggest challenges of her professional life.
Wood, 43, is head of the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit, which happens to be the closest specialist facility to Bali.
Wood holds the post of consultant plastic surgeon at several hospitals, is a medical director of a biotechnology company, carries out extensive research, and teaches the treatment of burns.
www.asia-inc.com /archives/asiainc_archive_1968.html   (467 words)

  
 Ovations - Fiona Wood FRACS AM   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In October 2002, Fiona was propelled into the media spotlight when the largest proportion of survivors from the Bali bombings arrived at Royal Perth Hospital.
Her exceptional leadership and surgical skills and the fact that she had the vision to plan for a large–scale disaster five years before the Bali tragedy, brought world–wide praise and recognition to the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit and highlighted the ground breaking research into burns treatment taking place in Western Australia.
Fiona turned to the emerging US–invented technology of cultured skin to save his life, working nights in a laboratory borrowed from scientist Marie Stoner.
www.ovations.com.au /bios/FionaWood.shtml   (478 words)

  
 National Australia Day Council - Australia of the Year Award 2007
She is also co-founder of Clinical Cell Culture, a private company recognised in medical circles for its world-leading research and breakthroughs in the treatment of burns.
As a burns specialist the holy grail for Dr Fiona Wood is 'scarless woundless healing'.
Her exceptional leadership and surgical skills and the fact that she had the vision to plan for a large-scale disaster five years before the Bali tragedy, brought world-wide praise and recognition to the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit and highlighted the ground breaking research into burns treatment taking place in Western Australia.
www.australianoftheyear.gov.au /pages/page59.asp   (495 words)

  
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 Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dr Fiona Wood and Ms Marie Stoner jointly have developed and commercialised a skin technology treatment for use in burn injuries, reconstruction and other traumas.
Plastic surgeon Dr Fiona Wood and medical scientist Marie Stoner are the creators of a revolutionary treatment for burns victims that greatly reduces scarring and the potential for infection.
Fiona had long committed herself to accelerating the healing of burns victims.
www.cluniesross.org.au /index.php?sectionid=20   (461 words)

  
 Pannone Solicitors, Manchester - Full Service Law Firm
Fiona joined the firm in 1991 and was made a partner in 2003.
Fiona undertakes all areas of family work, including cohabitation disputes and children matters, but specialises in ancillary relief.
Fiona is a committee member of the Manchester branch of the Solicitors Family Law Association (SFLA).
www.pannone.com /contact/shwcontactdetail.asp?cid=166   (55 words)

  
 Equity Trustees
In addition, Fiona Wood is also a Clinical Professor with the School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia.
Her exceptional leadership and surgical skills and the fact that she had the vision to plan for a large-scale disaster five years before the Bali tragedy, brought world-wide praise and recognition to the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit and highlighted the ground breaking research into burn treatment taking place in Western Australia.
Fiona together with scientist Marie Stoner turned to the emerging US-invented technology of cultured skin to save his life.
www.eqt.com.au /ceoawards/fionawood.asp   (482 words)

  
 Royal Perth Hospital
Professor Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren were named as the 2005 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking research at Royal Perth Hospital between 1979 and 1984.
RPH Burns Unit Director Clinical Professor Wood: world leader in the field of burns wound management and inventor of spray-on skin.
Royal Perth Hospital has always been a world-leader in medical technology and research and is the home of respected health care professionals such as our burns surgeon, and the 2005 Australian of the Year, Clinical Professor Fiona Wood.
www.rph.wa.gov.au   (255 words)

  
 IndustrySearch.com.au® Australia - Fiona Wood calls for greater coaction in biotech sector
Speaking from a conference on biotechnology in Sydney on Tuesday, Dr Wood said while Australia had strongly credentials it had to be smarter in allocating resources.
Dr Wood, who co-founded Perth-based biotech Clinical Cell Culture Ltd (C3) and is director of the Western Australian Burns Service, said it was no use lamenting funding shortages.
Dr Wood said the industry in Australia had traditionally been fragmented, operating in so-called silos, but those divisions were disappearing.
www.industrysearch.com.au /news/viewrecord.aspx?ID=17514   (523 words)

  
 2006AUG161454 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Spray on skin in 5 days Fiona Wood and Marie Stoner (both Clunies award winners) are the inventors of spray on skin called CellSpray and co-founders of C3 a skin cell culture company listed on the Australian stock exchange (CCE).
Fiona Wood of Western Australia for skin cultivation for burns units.
Fiona Wood and Marie Stoner (both Clunies award winners) are the inventors of spray on skin called CellSpray and co-founders of C3 a skin cell culture company listed on the Australian stock exchange (CCE).
www.flickr.com /photos/bootload/216618646   (621 words)

  
 Top doctor rues advertising drug for children - National - theage.com.au
FORMER Australian of the Year and renowned plastic surgeon Fiona Wood has admitted publicly endorsing the drug Nurofen was a mistake that she would never repeat.
Dr Wood, who is a member of the association, said she supported its position.
But Dr Wood said she had given Nurofen to her own children and believed it was safe if used within the guidelines.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2006/12/04/1165080880887.html?from=top5   (663 words)

  
 UNE - EHPS - Dr Fiona Wood
Fiona is a member of the Administrative Studies group within PDaL and an active researcher with the Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP).
Wood, F. 2004, ‘Beyond Brain Drain’ Competitiveness and Scientific Excellence, Conference Report of a Workshop held on 22-23 February 2004.
Wood, F. and Boardman, KN 1999, International Networks and the Competitiveness of Australia’s Science and Technology.
www.une.edu.au /ehps/staff/fwood.php   (653 words)

  
 Fiona Wood still most trusted Australian - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
Readers Digest, which commissioned the survey, said Dr Wood was ranked number one for the second year running.
The medical specialist, whose burns research has been instrumental in helping the recovery of Bali bombing survivors among many others, said she was overwhelmed by the honour.
Dr Wood was followed by 2006 Australian of the Year, Professor Ian Frazer, the Queenslander who was pivotal in developing a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
www.smh.com.au /news/National/Fiona-Wood-still-most-trusted-Australian/2006/05/23/1148150215360.html   (597 words)

  
 Fiona Wood: Is this your name?
In Binary, Fiona Wood is: 01000110 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 00100000 01010111 01101111 01101111 01100100.
Fiona Wood, based on your name and a process known to only three people on the planet, we can tell you that your Power Animal is the: Giant Octopus.
Since the US currently has a population of around 300 million, we guesstimate it is home to 9 people called 'Fiona Wood'.
www.isthisyour.name /Fiona_Wood.htm   (750 words)

  
 PRX » Pieces » RN Documentary: A Conversation with Fiona Wood
A conversation with Fiona Wood, the only female plastic surgeon in Western Australia and one of the world?s foremost burns specialists.
Dr Fiona Wood was named Australian of the Year in 2005 because of her outstanding leadership of the team caring for the victims of the Bali bombings.
With another scientist, she pioneered a new burns technology where skin cells are sprayed onto the wound instead of skin being grafted from another part of the body.
www.prx.org /pieces/13188   (143 words)

  
 KOLO | Dining at the Carson Valley Inn   (Site not responding. Last check: )
There is a full range of side dishes (large enough for sharing) to compliment your meal and a variety of desserts to enhance the evening.
Fiona's offers Happy Hour in the bar every Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Fiona's is open nightly for dinner from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.
www.kolotv.com /entertainment/headlines/4297472.html   (675 words)

  
 Fiona Wood:
As the head of the burns unit at Royal Perth Hospital, Dr Fiona Wood found herself right in the spotlight in the aftermath of the Bali bombings when she coordinated the treatment of 25 of the Sari Club victims.
DR FIONA WOOD: When the patients arrived from Bali the thing that overwhelmed me was the look of relief on their faces.
Dr Wood has been up for nine hours and is now travelling across town to her cell culture business that she and scientist Marie Stoner started.
www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_people/Transcripts/s822487.htm   (1047 words)

  
 Building and Wood Workers' International - BWI
Joshua Ansah, general secretary of the Timber and Woodworkers Union of Ghana and Rulita Wijayaningdyah, treasurer of KAHUTINDO of Indonesia, were able to inform on the everyday challenges faced by their members to the...
A three day workshop was held for construction and wood workers in Nigeria from 10 to 12 April 2008.
Speaking at the International Cancer Conference at Stirling University Scotland, BWI Health and Safety Director Fiona Murie, told international delegates that workers in the construction and timber trades are the worst affected by cancer causing substances at work.
www.bwint.org   (1608 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Maid of the Wood: Books: Fiona French   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The woodcutter carves a piece of wood into a doll; the tailor makes clothing for the figure; the jeweler makes a necklace and rings; the holy man breathes life into the wooden doll.
Maid of the Wood was one of my four children's (three boys and a girl) favorite books when they were in the early years of elementary school.
Maid of the Wood is a simple but wonderful story which appeals to young people of all ages exploring freedom and autonomy, if not to professional librarians.
www.amazon.com /Maid-Wood-Fiona-French/dp/0192797980   (782 words)

  
 Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. :: Advanced Energy Appoints Fiona Wood Senior Vice President of Human Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wood brings to Advanced Energy a twenty-year background as a global human resources executive and business leader.
Wood served in a number of senior human resources positions within a division of McKesson Corporation, including vice president and senior vice president.
Before her career at McKesson, she was vice president of human resources at Somatogen (now Baxter International), and earlier, vice president of human resources for The BOC Group.
sev.prnewswire.com /computer-electronics/20060109/NYM12209012006-1.html   (400 words)

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