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Motivation & Insight into Medicine 5
What do you believe has been the most important medical advancement by an Australian physician?
Average Candidate Response
There have been lots of great Australian doctors, however I think that Dr Victor Chang and his influence on modern heart transplants has been most significant, in shaping healthcare worldwide.
Excellent Candidate Response
There have been a number of great Australian doctors, however I believe that Anthony David Holmes’ work in facial reconstruction has been imperative in advancing the field of plastic surgery, notably his work with the conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna in Bangladesh. These twins were craniopagus, with their skulls – and part of their brain tissue – being joined together. As well as the risk of mortality involved in the procedure to separate these patients, there was a significantly high risk of brain damage associated with it, due to the complexity of interfering with each individual’s brain tissue and trying to restore it. Despite this, Dr Holmes and his team were able to successfully separate the twins in a 27 hour operation that showed both skill and resilience, with the girls suffering no damage as a result. As well as this particular operation, Dr Holmes has created many innovative techniques to treat individuals with craniofacial abnormalities; for example, the ‘Melbourne Procedure’, which has helped resolve deformities in the skulls of children at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
There have been lots of great Australian doctors, however I think that Dr Victor Chang and his influence on modern heart transplants has been most significant, in shaping healthcare worldwide.
Excellent Candidate Response
There have been a number of great Australian doctors, however I believe that Anthony David Holmes’ work in facial reconstruction has been imperative in advancing the field of plastic surgery, notably his work with the conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna in Bangladesh. These twins were craniopagus, with their skulls – and part of their brain tissue – being joined together. As well as the risk of mortality involved in the procedure to separate these patients, there was a significantly high risk of brain damage associated with it, due to the complexity of interfering with each individual’s brain tissue and trying to restore it. Despite this, Dr Holmes and his team were able to successfully separate the twins in a 27 hour operation that showed both skill and resilience, with the girls suffering no damage as a result. As well as this particular operation, Dr Holmes has created many innovative techniques to treat individuals with craniofacial abnormalities; for example, the ‘Melbourne Procedure’, which has helped resolve deformities in the skulls of children at the Royal Children’s Hospital.