Donald Wood-Smith Explained

Donald Wood-Smith
Honorific Suffix:	MD, FACS, FRCSEd
Birth Name:	Donald Smith
Birth Date:	30 June 1931
Birth Place:	Sydney, Australia
Nationality:	Australian/American
Known For:	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Occupation:	Professor of Clinical Surgery

Donald Wood-Smith was a professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and an attending surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He was also chairman of the department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Wood-Smith was born as Donald Smith in Sydney, Australia on 30 June 1931 and was educated at Newington College (1944–1947),^[1] the University of Sydney Medical School and the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was then a resident at NYU Langone Medical Center and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital and as a fellow at Bellevue Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Wood-Smith has been quoted in the press on issues related to cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

External links

• Dr. Donald Wood-Smith at Columbia University Department of Surgery
• Donald Wood-Smith
• New York Magazine's 2004 Best Doctors in New York
• Donald Wood-Smith

Notes and References

1. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 183
2. https://www.plasticsurgeryny.org/uploads/8/9/5/6/89566845/spring2014.pdf The Excelsior
3. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 183.
4. Web site: Columbia University. Donald Wood-Smith, MD. 27 October 2019.
5. Gale Scott, Face-lift, will travel; overseas clients flock to NY for cosmetic surgery, Crain's New York Business, 25 July 2005, p. 2.
6. Wendy Lewis, The Lowdown; Brow-lifts, The Sunday Times (London), 26 January 2003, p. 31.
7. Nicki Daniels, So what's wrong with wrinkles?, The Times (London), 12 November 2002, p. 8.
8. Hallie Levine, Wall St.'s Wannabe Studs Taking Surgery on the Chin, New York Post, 13 May 2001.
9. Hallie Levine, Are you making your skin sick, Cosmopolitan, 1 January 2001.
10. Beth Weinhouse, T&C's Directory of Top Cosmetic Surgeons in the U.S., Town & Country, 1 March 1999, p. 159.