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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Biography
Dr Dean was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and graduated in Medicine from Leeds University UK. At graduation she already had an interest in both Plastic Surgery and Research. Throughout her career she has endeavoured to develop excellence in services to patients and bring scientific research to plastic surgical practice. She moved to Australia in 1998 with her Australian husband, and completed a PhD on a topic relating to post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. She finished Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training in 2007. Since becoming a specialist, she has developed a dedicated breast reconstruction clinic for women who have had breast cancer and has this as an area of research.
Research Interests
Dr Dean is interested in health outcomes research and the areas it intersects with plastic and reconstructivie surgery. Current areas of research include post-mastectomy breast reconstruction, mammary hypertrophy and breast reduction and patient reported outcomes in hand surgery.
Supervised Students Successes
- Feb 2016 Kyra Sierakowski - FMC Clinicians Trust Fund Scholarship
- Nov 2013 Dr Ben Howes - FMC Clinicians Trust Fund Scholarship
Completed Supervisions
Principal Supervisions:
- The Role of Autologous Fat Grafting in Breast Reconstruction (1)
Associate Supervisions:
- Determinants of outcome in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction (1)
Supervision
- Registered
Supervisory Interests
- Patient reported outcomes measures
- Breast reconstruction
- Surgical outcomes
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A qualitative study on the experiences of women undergoing surgery for developmental breast asymmetry
Ho, L. K. Y., Jafari, S., Crittenden, T., van Essen, P., Smallman, A. & Dean, N. R., Jan 2024, In: Women's Health. 20, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Australian women’s experiences of post-partum rectus diastasis: A qualitative study
Fitzpatrick, S. E., Foley, K., Crittenden, T., Watson, D. & Dean, N. R., 2024, In: Women's Health. 20, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A comparison of reconstructive outcomes following rotation flap approach (RoFA) versus standard mastectomy: a randomized controlled trial
Baxter, C. R., Crittenden, T. A., Yip, J. M., Smallman, A. & Dean, N. R., 1 Jan 2023, In: ANZ Journal of Surgery. 93, 1-2, p. 263-269 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Body image in Australians compared to women with breast hypertrophy and US norms
Crittenden, T., Ullinger, E. & Dean, N., 29 Mar 2023, In: Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 6, 1, 11 p., 70221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term outcomes of breast reduction surgery: A prospective cohort study
Crittenden, T. A., Watson, D. I., Ratcliffe, J. & Dean, N. R., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 79, p. 58-67 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)