
Dr Atul Ingle
Plastic Surgeon
Townsville University Hospital
Plastic surgery requires hard work, perseverance, sacrifice and innovative thinking. We operate on problems from head to toe. We reconstruct complex surgical defects which requires three-dimensional view of tissues and a thorough anatomical knowledge. This is achieved through rigorous training in the full spectrum of plastic surgery, not just in surgical skills, but also the way of thought process aimed at evolving the best possible solution to the problem, often co-opting other specialties to come to an end point envisaged. There is a pressing and genuine need for specialist plastic surgery in regional centres and being able to help people in regional areas provides a sense of personal achievement.