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I have been in clinical practice for 35 years and 18 years in private practice, having treated over 20K private patients from all over Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and interstate. I continue to enjoy all aspects of plastic surgery. I am very grateful to all my staff and the affiliated hospitals for allowing me to indulge in this pleasure. I have an interest is oncoplastic surgery, in the treatment and management of epithelial lining cancers primarily in the skin, hand, breast and the head & neck surgery.
I completed my education in Dublin, Ireland and graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1988.
I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. My higher degrees are a Masters of Surgery by thesis MChir 1993 (equivalent to a MD) in breast cancer from University College Dublin and a Dean’s List PhD in Plastic Surgery from the University of Queensland 2007.
I started plastic surgery after general surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin in 1993. In 1996, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. I completed a fellowship in Head & Neck Fellowship and Hand Fellowship in Brisbane subsequently. I am grateful to all my mentors and work colleagues through Ireland, Scotland, England and USA. I would love to hear from anyone of you.
Publications
- Cancer Forum, 30: 191-194, 2006. Towards Discovery of Novel Markers for Head and Neck Cancer. D. Chin et al
- Expert Rev Anticancer Ther, 6: 1111-1118, 2006. Head and neck cancer: past, present and future. D. Chin et al
- J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg, 59: 902-911, 2006. The human genome and gene expression profiling. D. Chin et al.
- Laryngoscope. Alpha B-Crystallin, a New Independent Marker for Poor Prognosis in Head and Neck Cancer. 115(7):1239-1242, July 2005. D. Chin et al.
- British Journal of Plastic Surgery. Review: Invasion and metastasis markers in cancers. 2005. Vol 58:4, 466-474. D. Chin et al
- Editorial review Int J Cancer Spotlight Caroline Seydel “Osteonectin Helps Predict Outcome of Head and Neck Cancer. Vol 113, Issue 5, D. Chin et al.
- “Novel markers for poor prognosis in head and neck cancer” (Front cover issue and Editor Review). Int J Cancer 2005;113(5):789-97. D. Chin et al.
- Molecular introduction to head and neck cancer (HNSCC) carcinogenesis. The British Journal of Plastic Surgery (2004) 57, 595–602 (Leading article). D. Chin et al.
- What is transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-b)? The British Journal of Plastic Surgery (2004) 57, 215–221. D. Chin et al.
- Analysis of head and neck cancers using cDNA microarrays: comparison of matched normal oral mucosa and primary tumours. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 73S A55 2003. Chin et al.
- Gene expression profiling in head and neck cancers , The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 72S, A42, 2002. D. Chin et al.
- An in vivo study on melanoma development and progression, The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 72S, A86, 2002. D. Chin et al
- The Dublin dessication technique- CO2 laser in treating pre-malignant and skin cancers. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 71S, A75, 2001. D. Chin et al.
- A new technique of fronto-orbital remodelling of plagiocephaly and trigonocephaly. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 70S, 77, 2001. D. Chin et al.
- c-DNA microarray technique – the final frontier in plastic surgery research? The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 70S, 78, 2001. D. Chin et al.
- Gene expression profiling -cDNA array analysis of metastatic genes in primary skin and intra-oral cancers in correlation with their secondaries. The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 70S, 79, 2001. D. Chin et al.
- Simonetta’s technique- The open carpal tunnel release’s answer to endoscopic carpal tunnel release? The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 70S, 122, 2000. D. Chin et al.
- Absent of urokinase plasminogen activator in Dupuytren’s contracture, The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol 70S, 126, 2000. D. Chin et al
- Low levels of urokinase plasminogen components in basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Int J of Cancer, 15;85(4):457-9, 2000. D. Chin et al
- Low levels of uPA in basal cell carcinomas of the skin: a possible reason for their failure to metastasis? British Journal of Cancer, S15, June 1998. D. Chin et al
- Matrix metalloproteinases in different types of skin cancer. British Journal of Cancer, S41, June 1998 D. Chin et al
- A study on urokinase plasminogen activator in melanoma and other skin cancers. Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Vol 27, No 2, April 1998. D. Chin et al. Melanoma Research, July 1997, Vol 1, S5. D. Chin et al.
- Detection of p53 gene mutation in breast cancer and relationship with disease free interval and overall survival. Laboratory Investigations, January 1994, Vol 7, No 1, 59. D. Chin et al
- Detection of p53 by immunohistochemistry in breast cancer. European Journal of Oncology, June 1994, Vol 20, No. 3, pg. 367-368. D. Chin et al.
- “Ambulatory E.C.G. in Elderly Subjects”. Acta Clinica Belgica 1988. Vol 43. Supplement No. 12 Pg. 63. D. Chin et al.
- Use of four different antibodies to stain for p53 proteins in breast and cervical carcinomas. Irish Journal of Medical Science, July 1995, pg. 224 D. Chin et al.
- Detection of mutations in p53 gene in breast cancer by single stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP). Irish Journal of Medical Science, April 1994, pg. 186. D. Chin et al.
- Ambulatory monitoring for arrhythmias in the elderly. Journal of The Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. 1988 Vol. 17 No. 3 Pg. 141. D. Chin et al.