About Dr Zurek
Dr Zurek has over forty years experience in medicine and surgery in Australia. In the 1970's he completed five years of surgical training in Sydney teaching hospitals and passed Part 1 Fellowship examination of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1975. Subsequently, he has worked in private practice developing a special interest in skin cancer and cosmetic surgery. Since 1995 he has been practicing exclusively in the field of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr Zurek has completed numerous training courses in all areas of cosmetic surgery in USA, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia.
Dr Zurek is a Founding Fellow of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and served as a Member of Council and an Examiner as well as a Preceptor for the ACCS Registrar Training Programme.
Dr Zurek is the first Australian Cosmetic Surgeon certified by the International Board of Cosmetic Surgery following successful completion of examination, held in Lisbon, Portugal in September 2004.
Dr Zurek has been appointed Preceptor of the International Programme of Post Graduate Specialisation in Cosmetic Surgery, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Dr Zurek has been elected President of the Australian chapter of Asia Pacific Academy of Cosmetic Medicine.
Dr Zurek introduced the concept of minimally invasive facial cosmetic surgery to Australia and performed the first S-Lift face lift procedure in 1998. He subsequently developed his own modifications of facelifting techniques which he widely reported in Australia and overseas. Dr Zurek named this facelift procedure SAFE (S-Access Facial Elevation) ™.
He also developed a face lift procedure without incision, which he trade marked Anti Gravity/Elevation Filament™ AGE Filament Lift ™
Following training in female genital surgery in Europe and Asia, he refined the technique of Labiaplasty.
In recent years he has focused on techniques of volumetric facial rejuvenation by microfat grafting and currently is accumulating evidence of the dynamic and regenerative nature of grafted autologous fat.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Medicine (Medical University of Silesia, Poland 1969)
- Founding Fellow of Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (1999)
- Diplomate International Board of Cosmetic Surgery in Facial Cosmetic Surgery, (2004)
- Diploma in Practical Dermatology (University of Wales, UK, 1994)
- Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (1993)
- Diploma in Child Health (University of Sydney, 1994)
Affiliations and Memberships
- Member of Australian Medical Association
- Fellow European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- Fellow International Society of Dermatologic Surgery
- Fellow International Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- Fellow International College of Cosmetic Surgery
- Preceptor, International Programme of Post Graduate Specialisation in Cosmetic Surgery, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Past preceptor, Registrar Training Programme of Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery
- Past Member of the Council and Examiner, ACCS
- Member of International Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons
- Member of American Society of Lipo-Suction Surgery
- Corresponding Member of American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- President of the Australian Chapter of the Asia Pacific Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- Honorary Member of Ho Chi Minh City Society of Plastic Aesthetic Surgery
- Honorary Member of National Bulgarian Society of Aesthetic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine
- "The Best 100 Cosmetic Surgeons of the World" Granted by the Scientific Committee within the frame of the 52nd World Congress of the IACS. Cartagena, Columbia 2008
