ABOUT PROF KAIRINOS

Prof Kairinos is a board-certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon who completed his post-graduate training at the University of Cape Town. Although he always kept ties with the university as a sessional consultant, Prof Kairinos has been working full-time in private practice since 2011. In 2022, he took on the role of Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Stellenbosch. He continues a portion of his private practice, however, and operates in private practice once a week.

A large proportion of the reconstructive work he does in private practice is for skin cancer surgery. Prof Kairinos also undertakes a wide variety of cosmetic procedures, but he has a particular interest in post-bariatric body contouring surgery (skin removal after massive weight loss) and “mommy makeovers” (combined tummy-tuck and breast surgery following pregnancy). As a consequence of having been a sessional consultant at the Hand Surgery Unit, Groote Schuur Academic Hospital for 11 years prior to his new role, Prof Kairinos continues his interest in soft tissue surgery of the hand in private practice.

In addition to his other degrees, Prof Kairinos has the privilege of being the only South African to have been awarded a PhD in Plastic Surgery from UCT. This was for his multi-award winning research in the field of negative-pressure wound therapy. He is regarded as a key opinion leader in the field of complex wounds and serves as a reviewer for seven international peer-reviewed journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wound Healing Southern Africa (WHSA) journal, the official journal of the Wound Healing Association of Southern Africa. He pioneered the Cape Advanced Wound Care Centre (CAWCC), South Africa’s first true multidisciplinary wound care centre.

Prof Kairinos is happily married and has two children. In his spare time, he thoroughly enjoys socialising with friends and family. He loves the outdoors, particularly camping, fishing, cycling and hiking. Prof Kairinos' hobbies include progressive work on numerous medical and non-medical inventions, some of which have been patented.

QUALIFICATIONS

• M.B. Ch.B. - Free State University
• F.R.C.S. (ad eundem) - Royal College of Surgeons of England
• M.Med. in General Surgery with distinction - University of Cape Town
• F.C. Plast. Surg. - Colleges of Medicine SA
• Ph.D. in Plastic, Reconstructive and Maxillofacial Surgery - University of Cape Town

POST GRADUATE CAREER AWARDS

2004	First Prize - Annual Clinical Governance Awards, Salisbury, UK
2005	Bunny Angorn Award (Best Junior Investigator) - Surgical Research Society of Southern Africa, Cape Town
2006	First Prize (Best Clinical Paper) - South African Society of Surgery of the Hand, Durban First Prize (Best Research Paper) - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Drakensburg First Prize - UCT Surgical Research Day, Cape Town Second Prize - Smith & Nephew Registrars National Case presentations, Durban
2007	First Prize (Best Clinical Paper) - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Cape Town First Prize (Best Innovation Award) - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Cape Town
2008	First Prize (Best Research Paper) - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Cape Town First Prize (Best Innovation Award) - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Cape Town Stratmed Award (Best Research Papers) - South African Society of Surgery of the Hand, Durban Second Prize - UCT Surgical Research Day, Cape Town
2009	Recognition of Research Excellence by Vice Chancellor of UCT Awarded UCT Research Associateship Award First Prize (Best Clinical Paper) - South African Society of Surgery of the Hand, Drakensberg First Prize (Best Publication) - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Pretoria
2010	Environ Award (Best Registrar Publication), Dept of Plastic Surgery, UCT
2013	First Prize (Best Publication) - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Drakensberg
2014	Best Consultant Publication Prize Runner Up - Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of Southern Africa, Spier