Archibald McIndoe

Timeline: 

4 May 1900 – 11 April 1960

 Place of study: 

 University of Otago, New Zealand

Famous for: 

  • Pioneering the use of flap construction to rebuild the facial features and hands of Airmen who had been burned during the air battles of  World War II
  • Revolutionising the field of plastic surgery

 Awards: 

Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons (1934)

Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons (1946)

Commander of the Legion of Honour (1947)

Fun fact:

The McIndoe Burns Centre at Queen Victoria Hospital was dedicated in 1994 with a burns victim support group centred there, which also bears his name.