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),Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 183 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.The Excelsior Retrieved 31 October 2019.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 183.
Wood-Smith has been quoted in the press on issues related to cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.Gale Scott, Face-lift, will travel; overseas clients flock to NY for cosmetic surgery, Crain's New York Business, 25 July 2005, p. 2.Wendy Lewis, The Lowdown; Brow-lifts, The Sunday Times (London), 26 January 2003, p. 31.Nicki Daniels, So what's wrong with wrinkles?, The Times (London), 12 November 2002, p. 8.Hallie Levine, Wall St.'s Wannabe Studs Taking Surgery on the Chin, New York Post, 13 May 2001.Hallie Levine, Are you making your skin sick, Cosmopolitan, 1 January 2001.Beth Weinhouse, T&C's Directory of Top Cosmetic Surgeons in the U.S., Town & Country, 1 March 1999, p. 159.
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