Professor Donald Marshall

Prof. Marshall has held various offices in plastic surgery and was chairman of the Division of Plastic Surgery of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from 1974 -1976. He made significant contributions to repair after head and neck cancer surgery, but more particularly to breast reconstruction following mastectomy, a subject on which he has published widely. Prof. Marshall has been an invited international lecturer on many occasions, in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Europe and the United States of America.

In 1983 he become involved in the development of Interplast Australia, which is a voluntary aid organisation, funded by Rotary, AusAid, private donations and the business community. This program provides voluntary programmes in plastic and reconstructive surgery to the pacific island nations, Papua New Guinea, the Phillippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Prof. Marshall was awarded the Medal of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1997 and in 1999 was made a member of the Order of Australia.