Doctor
Ridwan Mia
Dr Ridwan Mia, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
obtained his MBBCh from the University of the
Witwatersrand in 1999. He is currently registered for
MMED (PlasSurg) at WITS University where his research
project is: “The Effects of Activated Collagen on Wound
Healing.” Dr Mia was the winner of the best preclinical/research paper which was awarded to him by the
Congress of the Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of South Africa 2010.
Being the lead surgeon on the case, Mia used sheets of
Pippie's own skin which were taken from her groin and
sent overseas. The graft was performed at Johannesburg's Garden City Clinic. It was the ?rst time this type of
advanced skin graft had been performed in Africa.
Dr Mia has since been accepted as a member of the
Association of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery of South
Africa at their 2012 Congress at Champagne Sports in
the Drakensburg.
Dr Mia is now well known for the skin transplant he
performed on three year old, Isabella “Pippie” Kruger.
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