Tom Potokar
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| Born | Thomas Stephen Potokar January 1964 (age 62) |
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| Occupations | Plastic surgeon, professor |
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| Board member of | Chair, Centre for Global Burn Injury Policy & Research |
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| Research | Burn epidemiology, prevention, global health |
Professor Thomas Stephen Potokar OBE[1] (born January 1964) is chair of the Centre for Global Burn Injury Policy & Research at Swansea University. He is the founder and director of the charity Interburns. Potokar has been the chief surgeon of the ICRC since 2021. During the Gaza war, Potokar shared his experiences while he was working in the European Hospital in southern Gaza, describing an over-capacity hospital with Palestinian civilians who had suffered shrapnel wounds.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ "NHS Wales - Consultant surgeon honoured for work with global burns patients". Wales.nhs.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Surgeon Dr. Tom Potokar shares on the situation from European Hospital, Gaza". X (Twitter). International Committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "ICRC – Surgeon Dr. Tom Potokar shares on the situation from European Hospital, Gaza". www.instagram.com. International Committee of the Red Cross. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Professor Tom Potokar". Swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "University gets £2m to research burns". Bbc.co.uk. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
External links
- "Tom Potokar - MBChB, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Plast), DA (UK), DTM&H - College of Human and health Sciences". ResearchGate. Retrieved 14 August 2018.