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Dr Kourosh Tavakoli
Cosmetic Plastic SurgeonMBBS, BSc (med), MS (unsw), FRACS (plast.)
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
1. Snell, Broughton J.,Tavakoli, Kourosh. Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Apophysomyces elegans Complicating Soft-Tissue and Pelvic Injuries in a Tsunami Survivor from Thailand.
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 119(1):448-449, January 2007.
2. TAVAKOLI K, Y YU, S SHAHIDI, F BONAR , MD POOLE . EXPRESSION OF GROWTH FACTORS IN DISTRACTION ZONE OF THE MANDIBLE: A sheep study.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 1999, 52: 434-439.
3. TAVAKOLI K, S RUTKOWSKI , C COPE, M HASSALL, M RICHARDS, R BARNETT, J VANDERVORD. RECURRENCE RATES OF ISCHIAL SORES IN PARA- AND TETRAPLEGICS TREATED WITH HAMSTRING FLAPS: An eight year study.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 1999, 52: 476-479.
4. TAVAKOLI K, W WALSH, F BONAR, R SMART, S WULF, MD POOLE , THE ROLE OF LATENCY IN MANDIBULAR OSTEODISTRACTION.
Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 1998; 26: 209-19.
5. TAVAKOLI K, K STEWART, MD POOLE. DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS IN CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY: A REVIEW.
Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1998; 40 (1): 88-99.
6. TAVAKOLI K, G. CROXSON, M. McGEE-COLLETT. PRIMARY TUMOURS OF THE FACIAL Nerve.
Australian Journal of Otolaryngology, 1997; 2(6): 547-53.
7. TAVAKOLI K, D THOMSON. BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS AS AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA:
A CASE REPORT.
Asia Pacific Heart Journal, 1996; 5(2): 120-1.
8.HODGKINSON DJ, TAVAKOLI K: THE USE OF MIMETIC MUSCULATURE IN FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION..
Australian Journal Of Dermatology- 1995
9. TAVAKOLI K, W WALSH, MD POOLE. MANDIBULAR DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS.
Australian and NZ Journal of Surgery, 1998; MAY.
10. BEHAN FC, TAVAKOLI K. A NEW INSTRUMENT- THE SSG SCALPEL BLADE FOR BREAST REDUCTION.
Australian and NZ Journal of Surgery, 2000; MAY.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. TAVAKOLI K, KOHUT M, YEE G: ELECTRICAL and RADIATION BURNS- CHAPTER IN OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF TRAUMA, 2003.
2. 2001- YEAR BOOK OF PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE and AESTHETIC SURGERY
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: STEPHEN H. MILLER, MD, MPH
CME- WORKSHOPS
NOVEMBER 1995: HEAD and NECK ONCOLOGY: AN UPDATE
TEMPORAL BONE/ FACIAL NERVE ANATOMY and DISSECTION COURSE
St.Vincent's Hospital, Sydney,
NOVEMBER 1997: MICROVASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS WORKSHOP
Bernard O'Brien's Institute of Microsurgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
JUNE 2002: MATHYS-SYNTHES AO MAXILLOFACIAL PLATING COURSE
Airport Sheraton, Sydney, Australia
NOVEMBER 2002: ASPS CONFERENCE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA
*PRIMARY RHINOPLASTY- DR BAHMAN GUYURON
*MODERN REFINEMENTS IN FACELIFT- DR JAMES STUZIN
AUGUST 2003: IPRAS CONFERENCE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
* SECONDARY RHINOPLASTY- DR BAHMAN GUYURON
*FACIAL TIPS- DR ROBERT FLOWERS
*BREAST RECONSTRUCTION- DR PATRICK MAXWELL
*FOREHEAD PLASTY- DR DAVID KNIZE
*PTOSIS REPAIR- DR RICHARD SEIGEL
*MIGRAINE and ANTI WRINKLE INJECTIONS - DR BAHMAN GUYURON
MARCH 2004: AESTHETC SURGERY WORKSHOP- 2004, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
* SECONDARY RHINOPLASTY- DR EGLE MUTI
*MASTOPEXY- DR EGLE MUTI
*MEDIAL PEDICLE BREAST REDUCTION- DR ELIZABETH HALL-FINDLAY
MARCH 2005: 22nd Dallas rhinoplasty Symposium
*DALLAS RHINOPLASTY DISSECTION COURSE- DR JACK GUNTER, DR BAHMAN GUYURON
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
NOVEMBER 1998: CRANIOFACIAL DISTRACTION : THE NEXT DECADE,
INSTITUTE OF RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, NEW YORK CITY, USA.
CONVENOR: JOSEPH MCCARTHY
OCTOBER 2002: PERIORBITAL PLASTIC SURGERY SYMPOSIA
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA
CONVENOR: GLEN JELKS
NOVEMBER 2002: AMERICAN PLASTIC SURGERY ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA
AUGUST 2003: THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE and AESTHETIC SURGERY (IPRAS)
QUADRENNIAL CONGRESS
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
MARCH 2005: THE 22ND INTERNATIONAL RHINOPLASTY SYMPOSIUM
DALLAS, TEXAS, USA
JUNE 2006: ISAPS Postgraduate Instructional Course- Venice, Italy
AUGUST 2006: ISAPS 18th World Congress- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
FEBRUARY 2007: 12TH Advaced Aesthetic Surgery Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
JUNE 2007: 15th Stuttgart International Course for Functional and Aesthetic Rhinoplasty, Germany
JUNE 2007: The 14th International Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS) Berlin, Germany
PRIZES/ AWARDS (POSTGRADUATE YEARS)
SEPTEMBER 1998: WINNER OF THE JOHNSON and JOHNSON
SPECIAL MEDICAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST PRESENTATION.
NSW REGISTRAR'S PAPER DAY; ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, SYDNEY
MARCH 2001: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JUNIOR PLASTIC SURGERY REGISTRAR EXAM
NATIONAL PLASTIC SURGERY CONFERENCE- BRISBANE
APRIL 2002: WINNER OF THE MCGHAN BREAST PROSTHESIS (DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES) AWARD
NATIONAL PLASTIC SURGERY CONFERENCE- PERTH
MAY 2002: FINALIST IN NSW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AWARD- BAXTER:
ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBINED SPINAL-PLASTICS OUTPATIENT CLINIC (SPOC) AT ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL, NORTHERN AREA HEALTH SERVICE.
Useful Links
IPRAS - International Confederation of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
ISAPS - The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
ASAPS - The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
ASPS - American Society of Plastic Surgeons
ASPS - The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
Device Technologies - (Phone: 1800 804 006)
Allergan -
Advanced Skin Technology (Phone: 9578 2888)
TGA- Therapeutic Goods Administration
FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration