 Margaret Anderson, B.Sc (Pharm), M.B. ChB, F.R.A.C.S.
A B.Sc Pharm. degree, majoring in chemistry, was obtained from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. M.B. ChB was studied at Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital and Pretovia Universities. An internship year was completed in Port Elizabeth and in Ladysmith, Natal. This was followed by a Senior Medical Officer position in a country town, Dundee in Natal.
In preparation for the primary surgery examination a position as general practitioner on a diamond mine, Oranjemund in Namibia was accepted. This was followed by studies in London for the primary F.R.A.C.S.
I then accepted a position as surgical registrar at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. After two years I married a New Zealander and emigrated to New Zealand. My training included a year of thoracic and vascular surgery , a year of plastic surgery, mostly hand trauma, facial lesions, abdominoplasties and breast reduction, and general surgery. This was completed in Auckland, resulting in a fellowship of the Royal Australiasian College of Surgeons (F.R.A.C.S.) in 1989. The following year I was offered a surgical consultants post in Dunedin. This included research, and administrating the paediatric burns unit, implementing changes to burns procedures and teaching, breast and general surgery. I also ran the Day Procedure Unit. That year our waiting lists improved the most when compared to the other units in New Zealand.
At the end of 1991 we returned to Cape Town and I had a child in January 1992. After some time off, I accepted a part-time position as a Surgical Trauma Consultant at the second busy teaching hospital in Cape Town, Tygerberg Hospital. My vascular, plastic and general surgical training stood me in good stead as violence had escalated before elections when everyone in the country had a vote for the first time.
We emigrated to Adelaide in 1994. since then I have been involved in body contouring surgery post obesity. This includes abdominoplasties, arm, hip and inner thigh lipectomies and liposuction. Breast surgery includes reductions and implants. Currently I am also interested in weight management issues.
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