Anthony Papp

Background

About Anthony Papp

Dr Papp did his medical training in Finland and graduated from the University of Kuopio, Finland 1989. Following this he specialized in general surgery (1995) and continuned his training specializing in plastic surgery (1998). Since then he was a senior consultant (active staff) in the Department of Plastic Surgery in Kuopio University Hospital, where he was in charge of a national burn centre. He also acted as the Head of plastic surgery there before he relocated to Vancouver in 2007. Dr Papp spent 6 months working in Abu Dhabi 2005-2006 as a senior consultant in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Hospital. He did regular consulting and teaching visits to several Finnish hospitals, and has served as a visiting professor in Winnipeg, Kuwait City and Helsinki. Currently Dr Papp works in Vancouver General Hospital, where he acts as the Medical Director for the BC Professional Firefighters' Burn Unit. He leads the Provincial Burn Program with responsibilities in teaching and research in addition to his clinical patient care. He is also the plastic surgeon responsible for the Spinal Cord Injury Wound Clinic and Complex Wound Clinic. Dr Papp has 54 original publications in international scientific journals, over 100 international conference abstracts, 30 other publications and has written over 20 book chapters. He is also a busy international lecturer and serves as a reviewer or an editor in several international scientific journals.