Australian
Faculty Speakers
Benjamin Burt
Dr Benjamin Burt is a Specialist Oculoplastic Surgeon. Dr Burt (FRANZCO FACS) has extensive surgical experience in the US, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
An Ophthalmologist for over 10 years, Dr Benjamin Burt specialises in Oculoplastic Surgery of the orbit, eyelids, periorbital, face, and the reconstruction of the eye and associated structures.
Dr. Burt has completed a dual fellowship at the University of California (Los Angeles) (UCLA) under the renowned Dr Robert Goldberg and an Oculopastic fellowship in Auckland, New Zealand. He has an impressive record of international presentations and publications and is currently an editor/reviewer of several prestigious Ophthalmology journals.
Simon Taylor
Dr Simon Taylor is an Ophthalmologist with a subspecialty practice in Oculoplastic, Orbital and Lacrimal Surgery. Dr Taylor graduated in Medicine with First Class Honours from the University of Sydney in 1989. Specialist Ophthalmology training was undertaken at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, and then as the Senior Professorial Registrar at the Sydney Eye Hospital. His subspecialty training in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Orbital and Lacrimal Surgery was then undertaken in Australia, USA and the UK. He was the Honorary Oculoplastic Fellow at the Sydney Eye Hospital in 1999.
Fellowship training in Oculoplastic Surgery was then undertaken at the University of Michigan, the University of Utah and Royal Manchester Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Dr Taylor is an Honorary Associate at the Sydney Eye Hospital, a consultant at the Skin & Cancer Foundation and a VMO at Westmead Hospital. He holds the position of Senior Lecturer at University of Sydney and the Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School.
Peter Callan
Peter Callan has been a Plastic Surgeon for almost 25 years practising in Geelong, Victoria. His main interests are rhinoplasty, facial and eyelid surgery, and breast surgery. Peter is committed to the exchange of ideas between Plastic Surgeons and other specialties particularly in the fields of rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery and facial surgery.
George Marcells
Dr Marcells is an ENT, Facial Plastic Surgeon based in Edgecliff in Sydney. He is the President of the AAFPS (Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery). He is Co-Director of the Sydney Rhinology Fellowship which accepts Fellows for advanced rhinology training through the American Match program.
Dr Marcells is actively involved in Rhinology research and is Supervising an Honours Student Project on the External Nasal Valve.
Geoff Wilcsek
After ophthalmology training in Sydney (Prince of Wales Hospital), A/Prof Wilcsek completed
ocular plastic fellowships with Prof Michael Kazim at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
NYC and Dr Brian Leatherbarrow at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. He is a RANZCO
term supervisor and has been in practice in Sydney for over 20 years. He has co-authored
over 70 peer reviewed papers and four book chapters.
Angelo Tsirbas
Graduating at the top of his medical school with honours, Dr. Tsirbas trained in general surgery before completing ophthalmic training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship to Columbia University in New York City, and undertook further training at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, as well as the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 2005, he was appointed to the faculty of the Orbital and Oculofacial Surgical Department at the Jules Stein Eye Institute in Los Angeles.
Dr. Angelo Tsirbas has written and published an extensive list of medical literature including over 50 research papers and book chapters, and he is a regular invited speaker at medical conferences around the world. Dr. Tsirbas is a member of RANZCO, ASOPRS, AAFPS, ESOPRS and specializes in blepharoplasty and facial rejuvenation.
He developed surgical techniques in the 1990's that are still used all around the world today. His work now specialises in obtaining the finest and most natural results for Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery. He is one of the few people in Australia that uses facial fillers on the background of of being a specialist Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon. Dr Tsirbas is based in the heart of Sydney’s beautiful harbour district.
Michael Zacharia
Dr Michael Zacharia is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Head and Neck (Otolaryngology) and practices in Facial Plastic Surgery. He is also an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physician. Combining the latest medical, surgical and health techniques, Dr Zacharia strives to deliver the best outcome for each and every one of his patients.
Dr Zacharia has completed over 4000 rhinoplasty procedures throughout his career and many other advanced surgeries. He is one of only four Australian surgeons that have completed advanced surgical training on Deep Plane Facelifting and Neck Lifting in New York City. Dr Zacharia’s ability to achieve natural looking beauty using facial rejuvenation has earned him a prestigious reputation amongst the public, as well as within the medical community.
Greg Goodman
Greg Goodman is an Australian dermatologist and holds academic appointments as Associate Professor at Monash University, Melbourne and as an Associate Professor at the University College of London, is head of taskforce for the Australasian College of Dermatologists in higher education in Cosmetic Dermatology, president of the Australasian Society of Dermatologists (ASCD) and is Head of Surgery and leads the Mohs Micrographic Surgery Unit at the Skin Health Institute.
Dr Goodman holds a Doctorate of Medicine (MD) in post-acne scarring and a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology (GradDipClinEpi) from Monash University.
Dr Goodman lectures in Australia and internationally on skin ageing, skin care, cosmesis and complications of treatments. He has published widelyon acne, acne scarring, and cosmetic dermatology, Dr Goodman reviews for many local and overseas journals and is an International Contributing Editor of the Journal of Dermatologic Surgery.
Howard Webster
Howard Webster is a Melbourne plastic surgeon with 30 years private practice experience. He is in full time facial aesthetic practice and has a particular interest in upper face rejuvenation. He is a member of the MAFAC Faculty, which teaches advanced facial anatomy around the world to experienced surgeons.
Dr Jean-Louis deSousa
Dr Jean-Louis deSousa is a consultant ophthalmologist at Royal Perth Hospital and also provides ophthalmic services to the central Wheatbelt from Merredin. He is a specialist in eyelid, orbital and lacrimal surgery, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
He trained in ophthalmology in Perth before completing fellowships in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery in Oxford and East Grinstead in the United Kingdom.
Humanitarian work is a strong commitment for Dr deSousa and he is a consultant and visiting surgeon and lecturer for humanitarian eye projects in Bali and East Timor.