MBChB, FRACS

Damon Thomas graduated from the University of Auckland Medical School, New Zealand in 1996. As a newly graduated doctor Damon developed a passion for the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery, in particular the areas of paediatric hand, adult hand, microvascular and breast surgery. His plastic surgical training was spent in Auckland and Christchurch where these interests were fine-tuned, completing his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in plastic and reconstructive surgery in 2005.

Damon obtained a scholarship from the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery to undertake a fellowship at the Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery in 2006.

The following year was then spent at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, as the Paediatric Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellow. This provided the opportunity to develop his interest in managing paediatric hand and upper limb conditions including congenital anomalies, trigger fingers, cerebral palsy, and acquired conditions such as obstetric brachial plexus palsy.

Damon is a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is appointed as a Paediatric Hand and Microvascular Surgeon at The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. Damon is in private practice at The Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery.

Special Interests

Paediatric Hand and Microvascular Surgery, Obstetric Brachial Plexus
Surgery, Cerebral Palsy Surgery

Education

1992 BHB - Bachelor of Human Biology, University of Auckland, New
Zealand
1995 MBChB - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of
Auckland, New Zealand
1995 Elective Medical Student - Saint Paul's Hospital, Vancouver,
Canada and The American Hospital of Paris, France
1996 - 1997 Resident - Auckland City and Middlemore Hospitals,
Auckland, New Zealand
1998 Senior Hospital Medical Officer - Royal Melbourne Hospital,
Melbourne, Australia
1999 - 2001 Registrar in Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedic Hand Surgery,
Orthopaedic Surgery, and General Surgery - Middlemore Hospital,
Auckland, New Zealand
2002 Advanced Plastic Surgical Trainee in Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery - Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003 Advanced Plastic Surgical Trainee in Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery - Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
2004 Chief Registrar, Advanced Plastic Surgical Trainee in Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery - Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
2005 Advanced Plastic Surgical Trainee in Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery - Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
2006 FRACS - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons,
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2006 Advanced Aesthetic Surgery Fellow - Melbourne Institute of
Plastic Surgery, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Fellow in Paediatric Hand and Microvascular Surgery, Royal
Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Certification

1996 Full registration, New Zealand Medical Council
1998 General Registration, Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria
2006 Specialist Registration, Medicare, Australia
2011 General registration, Medical Board of Australia

Hospital Appointments

2010 Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne
2007 Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Geelong Hospital, Melbourne
2007 Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Austin Hospital, Melbourne
2007 Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Peninsula Health, Melbourne
2006 Locum Plastic Surgeon, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra

Societies

ASPS Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
ASAPS Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Awards

1989 University Junior Scholarship
1993 Auckland Medical Research Foundation Summer Studentship
2006 Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Scholarship

Publications

The Manta Ray Flap: A Technique for First Webspace Release
Christopher J Coombs MBBS FRACS, Damon J Thomas FRACS
Techniques in Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery: March 2010 - Volume 14 -
Issue 1 - pp 41-45

Gouty Infiltration of the Hand Flexor Tendons Causing Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome and Destructive Tendinopathy.
Ghim-Noarb G. Ang, Jillian Tomlinson, Damon J Thomas
ANZ Journal of Surgery, Special Issue: Abstracts of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress Perth,
Western Australia, 4-7 May 2010, 2010; 80(s1):A69. (Poster presentation)

The Implantable Doppler Probe for Monitoring Free Flaps in the
Postoperative Period: A Single Institution Consecutive Series
Ghim-Noarb G. Ang, Warren M Rozen, Rafael Acosta, Damon J Thomas,
Richard Rahdon.
ANZ Journal of Surgery, Special Issue: Abstracts of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress Perth,
Western Australia, 4-7 May 2010, 2010; 80(s1):A59-60. (Verbal
presentation)

Superficial Parotidectomy for Rhytidectomy Contour Refinement
Damon J Thomas FRACS, Ram Silfen MD, Morris Ritz FRACS, Andrew
Greensmith FRACS, Graeme Southwick FRACS, FACS
Plastic and Recontructive Surgery, Nov 2009, Vol 124, Issue 5, pp 255e
- 256e.

Tube-pedicle construction of an exposed mandible following an
electrical injury
Damon J Thomas, MBChB, William McMillan MBChB, Michael Muller FRACS,
Tim La H Brown FRACS
Burns, Mar 2004, 286 - 288.

An Unusual Case of Intra-oral Frost Bite
Damon J Thomas, MBChB, William McMillan MBChB, Nikki Mills MBChB,
Zahour Ahmed FRACS, Tim La H Brown FRACS
Burns, Mar 2004, 199 - 202.

Surgical Algorithm for the Management of Severe Facial Burns Present
Damon J Thomas, MBChB, Tim Brown FRCS, Michael Muller FRACS, Stephen
Mills FRACS
ANZ J Surg 2003; 73(suppl) A88 (abstract)

Excision Margins for Non-Melanotic Skin Cancer
Damon J Thomas MBChB, Bruce Peat FRACS, Alan R King FRCPA
Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 112: 57, 2003.
Australia NZ Journal of Surgery. May 2001. 71. A75.

Fibrous Ankylosis following Distraction Osteogenesis of a
Costochondral Neomandible in a Patient with Grade III Hemifacial
Microsomia
Damon J Thomas MBChB, Martin JW Rees FRACS
J Craniofac Surg. 2001 Sep;12(5):469-74.