Awarded over $5 Million in research funding Coordinator, International study of 3,000 women with silicone gel breast implants 1997: Awarded the Lister Prize, University of Toronto, for long-term research at the international level Awarded the Tiffany Prize for the most outstanding presentation, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Awarded the Ralph Millard Prize, for the most outstanding presentation, Canadian Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2000 - Awarded the Mentor Prize for the most outstanding publication and presentation, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Management of the woman with silicone gel breast implants. 2003 - Awarded the Mentor Prize for the most outstanding presentation and publication, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: The evolution of breast implants. 2008 Awarded the Mentor Prize for the most outstanding presentation and publication, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Autoinflation of saline-filled inflatable breast implants. 2010 Awarded the Mentor Prize for the most outstanding presentation and publication, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Complication from injectable material used for breast augmentation.

Recent Publications

1. Complications from injectable materials used for breast augmentation.
   Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2009; 17:pp 89-96.
   
   
2. Late unilateral breast enlargement after insertion of silicone gel breast
   implants: A histopathological study.
   Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2007; 15: pp 19-28
   
   
3. Autoinflation of saline-filled inflatable breast implants. Canadian Journal
   of Plastic Surgery 2006; 14: pp 219-226
   
   
4. Untreated silicone breast implant rupture. Plastic and Reconstructive
   Surgery 2004; 214: pp 215-516.
   
   
5. Self-reporting diseases and symptoms by rupture status among Danish women
   with cosmetic silicone breast implants: Invited Discussion. Plastic and
   Reconstructive Surgery 2003; 111:pp 733-744.
   
   
6. The evolution of breast implants. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2002; 10:
   Pp 223-236.
   
   
7. Tumescent liposuction: A plastic surgeon's perspective. Canadian Journal of
   Plastic Surgery 2002; 10: pp 75-77.
   
   
8. Survival properties of third-generation silicone gel breast implants.
   Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2002; 10: pp 109-112.
   
   
9. The peri-implant breast capsule - an immunophenotypic study of capsules
   taken at explantation surgery. Biomedical Materials Research 2001; 58: pp
   88-96.
   
   
10. Calcification properties of saline-filled breast implants. Plastic and
    Reconstructive Surgery 2001; 107: pp 356-363.
    
    
11. Chemical peeling with phenol and trichloracetic acid. In: Management of
    Facial Lines and Wrinkles (Blitzer A, Boyd JB, eds). Lippincott Williams and
    Wilkins, Philadelphia 2000: pp 25-43
    
    
12. Silicone gel implant capsules and Chlamydia antigens. Plastic and
    Reconstuctive Surgery 2000; 106: pp 225-226.
    
    
13. Analysis of silicon in human tissues with special reference to silicone
    breast implants. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 2000;
    14: pp 31-42.
    
    
14. A perspective analysis of patients undergoing silicone breast implant
    explantation. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2000; 105: pp 2538-2539.
    
    
15. Current status of breast implant survival properties and management of the
    woman with silicone gel breast implants. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery
    2000; pp 54-67.
    
    
16. Making the body beautiful: A cultural history of aesthetic surgery. Canadian
    Medical Association Journal 1999; 161: 1565-1566.

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