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Alex Munnoch
Dr. Alex Munnoch has been a consultant plastic surgeon at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland for the past 15 years. A graduate of Dundee University, he is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr. Munnoch helped develop the surgical lymphoedema service at Macquarrie University Hospital in Sydney where he holds the position of honorary professor. He is a former chair of the British Lymphology Society and is currently a member of the executive committee of the International Society of Lymphology. He is a medical adviser to the LSN & Lipoedema UK and is currently Patron of TalkLipoedema.
