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A/Prof Mark Magnusson, Specialist Plastic Surgeon

About A/Prof Mark Magnusson

A/Prof Mark Magnusson, Specialist Plastic Surgeon

A/Prof Mark Magnusson is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon (FRACS Plast) who has practised in Toowoomba since 2000 and on the Gold Coast since 2016. His practice focuses on surgery of the breast and body and on facial rejuvenation. He is an Associate Professor at Griffith University, a past President of the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, and has published research on breast implant safety, breast implant illness and the functional benefits of abdominoplasty.

Registration and qualifications

  • AHPRA registration: MED0001382689, Medical Practitioner, Specialist Plastic Surgeon.
  • Fellowship: Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, FRACS (Plast).
  • Academic appointment: Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University.

Professional roles

  • Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS): six years on the board, including Chair of Education from 2013 to 2016 and President for a two-year term from 2016.
  • Conference convenor: has convened the annual ASAPS Conference on Cosmetic Surgery and the Non-Surgical Symposium.
  • Therapeutic Goods Administration: member of TGA expert groups on breast implants, including breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) and systemic symptoms associated with breast implants.
  • Editorial: International Editorial Board member of Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Aesthetic Section Editor of the Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery. Peer reviewer for the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open.
  • Anatomy teaching: anatomy tutor since 2011, teaching facial anatomy to plastic surgeons and injectable anatomy to doctors and nurses, including on the Mendelson Advanced Facial Anatomy Course in Australia (since 2013) and the United States (since 2014).

Memberships

  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
  • The Aesthetic Society (international member)
  • International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Areas of practice

Breast: breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction, breast revision and breast implant removal, and the Breast Implant Health Check Clinic.

Body: abdominoplasty, body lift and surgery after weight loss.

Face: face and neck surgery and eyelid surgery.

Locations: Gold Coast (Southport) and Toowoomba.

Research

A/Prof Magnusson has authored or co-authored more than 40 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and invited commentaries. His research has focused on three areas:

  • Breast implant safety: the Australian and New Zealand epidemiology of BIA-ALCL and its association with textured implants, implant selection and breast device registries.
  • Breast implant illness: a framework for assessing women with systemic symptoms they attribute to their implants, and the evidence on implant removal.
  • Abdominoplasty: contributed 77 of the 214 patients to a 2018 multi-centre Australian study of back pain and urinary incontinence after abdominoplasty with muscle repair.

Selected publications

  1. Magnusson M, Beath K, Cooter R, Locke M, Prince HM, Elder E, Deva AK. The epidemiology of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand confirms the highest risk for grade 4 surface breast implants. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019;143(5):1285-1292. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000005500
  2. Magnusson MR, Cooter RD, Rakhorst H, McGuire PA, Adams WP, Deva AK. Breast implant illness: a way forward. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019;143(3S):74S-81S. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000005573
  3. Magnusson MR, Connell T, Miroshnik M, Layt C, Ashton M, Deva AK, et al. Breast implant selection: consensus recommendations using a modified Delphi method. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2019;7(5):e2237. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000002237
  4. Taylor DA, Merten SL, Sandercoe GD, Gahankari D, Ingram SB, Moncrieff NJ, Ho K, Sellars GD, Magnusson MR. Abdominoplasty improves low back pain and urinary incontinence. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018;141(3):637-645. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000004100
  5. Loch-Wilkinson A, Beath KJ, Knight RJW, Wessels WLF, Magnusson M, et al. Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand: high-surface-area textured implants are associated with increased risk. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017;140(4):645-654. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000003654
  6. Loch-Wilkinson A, Beath KJ, Magnusson MR, Cooter R, et al. Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma in Australia: a longitudinal study of implant and other related risk factors. Aesthet Surg J. 2020;40(8):838-846. doi:10.1093/asj/sjz333
  7. Collett DJ, Rakhorst H, Lennox P, Magnusson M, Cooter R, Deva AK. Current risk estimate of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma in textured breast implants. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019;143(3S):30S-40S. doi:10.1097/PRS.0000000000005567
  8. Deva AK, Turner SD, Kadin ME, Magnusson MR, Prince HM, Miranda RN, Inghirami GG, Adams WP. Etiology of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL): current directions in research. Cancers (Basel). 2020;12(12):3861. doi:10.3390/cancers12123861
  9. McGuire P, Glicksman C, Magnusson MR, Deva AK. Systemic symptoms associated with breast implants (SSBI): current evidence shows benefit of implant removal with or without capsulectomy. Aesthet Surg J. 2023;43(9):1057-1060. doi:10.1093/asj/sjad165
  10. Masoumi E, Seow C, Deva AP, Cuss A, Chow O, Davies M, Lajevardi S, Connell T, Magnusson M, et al. Prospective study of clinical outcomes from a breast implant assessment service. Aesthet Surg J. 2023;43(3):308-314. doi:10.1093/asj/sjac266
  11. Deva AK, Cuss A, Magnusson M, Cooter R. The “Game of Implants”: a perspective on the crisis-prone history of breast implants. Aesthet Surg J. 2019;39(Suppl 1):S55-S65. doi:10.1093/asj/sjy310
  12. Goodman GJ, Magnusson MR, Callan P, Roberts S, Hart S, et al. A consensus on minimizing the risk of hyaluronic acid embolic visual loss and suggestions for immediate bedside management. Aesthet Surg J. 2020;40(9):1009-1021. doi:10.1093/asj/sjz312
  13. Haines M, Sanki A, Magnusson MR. A national survey of aesthetic plastic surgeons’ experience with mandatory body dysmorphic disorder screening in Australia. Aesthet Surg J Open Forum. 2026;8:ojag014. doi:10.1093/asjof/ojag014

How content on this website is reviewed

Clinical information on this website is written to inform patients, not to replace a consultation. Procedure pages and articles are reviewed by A/Prof Magnusson before publication and at least once a year, and each page shows the date it was last updated. Medicare item numbers and eligibility criteria are checked against the current Medicare Benefits Schedule at each review.

Disclosures

A/Prof Magnusson has served on an advisory board and as an educator on breast implants and medical aesthetics for Allergan, and as a mentor for Johnson & Johnson.

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A/Prof Magnusson consults in Southport on the Gold Coast and in East Toowoomba. A referral from your GP or another specialist is required. Call 1300 662 960 or use the enquiry form.

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Content by A/Prof Mark Magnusson, Specialist Plastic Surgeon, FRACS (Plast). AHPRA MED0001382689. Last updated: 10 November 2026.

A/Prof Mark Magnusson, AHPRA number: MED0001382689, Medical Practitioner, Specialist Plastic Surgeon, Nominals: FRACS (Plast)