I am a South African trained, certified and registered Plastic surgeon, and a full member of the Association of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons of South Africa. I graduated my undergraduate medical degree of MBChB with first class honours from the University of Cape Town Medical School, and received prizes for academic achievement in Surgery (1988), and was the top final year student in Paediatrics (1989).
After completing my internship at Groote Schuur Hospital (venue of the first heart transplant), I travelled abroad, doing locum work in the UK for a period, before joining P&O/ Princess Cruises as ships doctor aboard luxury liners.
On returning to Cape Town, I commenced training in general surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital, ultimately moving over to specialize in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, and completing a 4 year dedicated training programme. After passing my Specialist Board Examination in Plastic Surgery (first attempt), I remained on as consultant plastic surgeon at Groote Schuur Hospital, before moving into private practice at City Park Hospital (since renamed the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital) - a large private hospital in the central business district of Cape Town.
Today, I remain actively involved in the Dept. of Plastic Surgery at Cape Town University, through my attachment to the Red Cross Childrens Hospital Cleft Palate Unit - a position I have held since 2001. My commitments to the Cleft Unit include an alternate week clinic and an alternate week operating list where these birth deformities are repaired both functionally and cosmetically, whilst teaching trainee junior plastic surgeons to master the techniques. In many respects, repair of the cleft lip and palate deformity represents the ultimate marriage of form, function and aesthetics in the gentle art of plastic surgery.
I am registered with, or affiliated to the following professional bodies:
- Registered as a specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon with the Health Professions Council of South Africa
- Full member of the Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of South Africa
- Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
- Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa in Plastic Surgery
- Fellow of the Royal college of Surgeons in Glasgow
- Registered with the General Medical Council in the UK
In addition, I have previously successfully completed the American Federal Licensing Examination in New York (FLEX). I often travel to the USA to attend congresses, and to visit and learn from some of the world leaders in the field of Plastic Surgery, and have been privileged to spend time with Drs John Reinisch, Rollin Daniel, Ian Jackson, and Rod Rohrich, to name but a few.
My private practice comprises of about 90% cosmetic
surgery and encompasses the full spectrum of cosmetic
surgery, including breast
augmentation, breast
reduction and lift, body
contouring, tummy tucks, liposuction,
facelifts
etc. I have a special interest in rhinoplasty
surgery (nose jobs), and labial
reduction / labiaplasty. I also perform many
"non-surgical" procedures - Restylane
lip enhancement and Botox
being the most common.
Scientific Publications:
I have published several articles in
international, peer-reviewed Plastic Surgery journals,
notably Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
and Annals of Plastic Surgery - probably
regarded as the two leading plastic surgery journals in
the world today.
Should you wish to view these, please click on the link
below, and once the new page appears, key in "Skoll
PJ" under the search option, and a list will
appear.
