Mr Patrick Tansley MD FRCS (Plast) holds UK registration as a Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon and practises aesthetic (cosmetic) plastic and complex revisional surgery in Melbourne and Brisbane under general registration as a medical practitioner with AHPRA www.northeastplasticsurgery.com.au A former Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England with a Master of Science in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery degree (Distinction), he has contributed 48 peer-reviewed scientific publications to the international medical literature and has given national and international presentations on more than 40 occasions to date. He has the clinical experience of thousands of plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic procedures and is the immediate past-President of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine (ACCSM). Patrick is committed to training, credentialing, recertification and regulation in cosmetic surgery to protect patients. The key recommendation of the Independent Review of the Regulation of Health Practitioners in Cosmetic Surgery, published 1 September 2022 and accepted by the Medical Board of Australia and AHPRA, reflects the position proposed and published by Mr Tansley during his Presidency of the ACCSM.