Biography
Employment history: Medical Director, BCPFF Burn Unit, VGH, Vancouver BC, Canada, 2007- Head, Plastic Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland, Feb - June 2007 Senior Consultant, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2005- 2006. Senior Consultant, Plastic Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland, 1998 – 2006 Head, National Burn Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland, Jan 1998 – June 2007 Plastic surgery resident, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland, Oct 1995 – Jan 1998 Other: Reviewer, Burns, 2005 - Associate editor, ePlasty, 2007 – Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Surgery 2009 – Editorial Board member, Burns, 2010- Reviewer, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 2010 - Reviewer, the Finnish medical Journal, 2012 - The Finnish Society of Plastic Surgeons, Board member 1998 – 2002 Ethics Committee Board Member, UBC, 2012 – Research Committee Member, American Burn Association, 2012 - Memberships: Finnish Medical Association Finnish Association of Surgeons The Finnish Society of Plastic Surgeons European Burns Association American Burn Association International Society for Burn Injuries College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada British Columbia Medical Association BCMA section of Plastic Surgery Publications: 29 international refereed publications 15 book chapters 49 abstracts in international conferences VGH, Concept Award 2008 Visiting Professor: Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 2010 Department of Plastic Surgery, Kuwait City, Kuwait, January 2011.
News and Awards
Publications
- Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association -
- Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries -
- Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries -
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery -
- Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries -