Consulting
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Dr Hugh Bartholomeusz RFD, MBBS, FRACS
Hugh Bartholomeusz was educated at Brisbane State High School and attended the University of Queensland where he obtained his basic medical degrees in 1976. He undertook further advanced surgical training in Plastic Surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide. He established a private specialist practice in Brisbane and Ipswich in 1985 and was appointed as a Visiting Plastic Surgeon to the Ipswich General Hospital in that year. He is currently Head of the Plastic Surgery Unit at Greenslopes Private Hospital.
He has been involved in many local community activities, serving as a past Chairman of the Medical Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Advice of St Andrews Hospital Ipswich and Chairman of the National Trust Restoration Committee for St Paul’s Anglican Church. He has served as President of the Ipswich/Amberley Support Group and Chair of the Friends of University of Queensland Ipswich. He was Chairman of the Council of West Moreton Anglican College from its foundation in 1992 until 2004.
Dr. Bartholomeusz takes great pride in his military experience, serving as a Commissioned Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force since 1972. He currently holds the rank of Air Commodore and is Director General Health Reserves- Air Force and Assistant Surgeon General ADF (Air Force). He currently chairs the Consultative Group in Burns, Plastic Surgery and Dermatology and has also been involved with the Australian Air Force Cadets for over forty years. During this time he has served as Secretary of the National Council of the Australian Air Force Cadets, Deputy Chairman of the Queensland Regional Council and Officer Commanding 2 Wing AAFC. He is a past World President of the International Air Cadet Exchange Association.
From 1995 to 2008 Dr. Bartholomeusz was C.E.O. of Tri Rhosen Day Hospital, the first multi- disciplinary freestanding Day Hospital in the Ipswich and West Moreton Region. He has served as Vice President of the Australasian Day Surgery Association and is past President of the Queensland Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is past Chairman of the Queensland Branch of the RACS and the current representative of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons on the Australian Day Surgery Council. He is an Australian representative on the International Association of Ambulatory Surgery and Secretary of the Australian Day Surgery Council. He has recently been elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Ambulatory Surgery.
Contact Details
Dr Hugh Bartholomeusz
1 Court Street
Ipswich Q. 4305
Ph: (07) 3202 4744
Fax: (07) 32810522
Email: enquiries@trirhosen.com