Andrew Holland

Professor Andrew Holland is Professor of Paediatric Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, where he heads the Department of Paediatric Surgery at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. He earned a BSc (Hons) in Anatomy from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1985, MB BS from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, University of London in 1988, PhD in paediatric trauma from the University of Sydney in 2002, and Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) in 2004. His professional qualifications include Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS, 1992), Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Paediatric Surgery (FRACS, 1998), and Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). After completing postgraduate surgical training in London, Oxford, Perth, Adelaide, and Sydney, he joined the University of Sydney as Senior Lecturer and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead as Senior Staff Specialist in 2002. He founded The Children’s Hospital Burns Research Institute in 2005, serving as its foundation Director and current Managing Director, advanced to Associate Professor in 2005, and was awarded a personal chair in Paediatric Surgery in 2010. He also holds a Conjoint Professorship at the University of New South Wales School of Clinical Medicine.

Professor Holland’s research focuses on paediatric burn injuries, including the development and application of laser Doppler imaging for diagnosis, management, and scar assessment, as well as addressing barriers to optimal care for Indigenous and socially disadvantaged children. His interests extend to paediatric trauma, long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes following neonatal surgery, and models of care for hypospadias and undescended testes. With over 250 peer-reviewed publications—391 documented on ResearchGate—and 6,902 citations, his pioneering work on laser Doppler imaging in paediatric burns ranks among the top 10 most cited articles in the burns literature since 2000. He has obtained collaborative international research grants and scholarships. Notable awards include the Sir Roy McCaughey Surgical Research Scholarship (1998), Surgeon Scientist Scholarship (1999-2001), Australasian Trauma Society Travelling Scholarship (2004), Faculty of Medicine Award for Teaching Excellence (2004), Award for Collective Excellence in Teaching and Learning (2009), and Child and Adolescent Teaching Award, Northern Clinical School (2012).

Professional Email: andrew.holland@sydney.edu.au