Dr Walter Flapper

Overview

 Dr Flapper completed his medical degree at the University of Auckland in 1998. He subsequently trained in plastic and reconstructive surgery, gaining his FRACS in 2008. Following this, Dr Flapper completed a post fellowship training program in craniomaxillofacial surgery, during which he was a fellow at the Australian Craniofacial Unit in Adelaide and the Oxford Craniofacial Unit in the United Kingdom. He returned to Adelaide and took up a consultant post at Cleft and Craniofacial South Australia (formerly the Australian Craniofacial Unit) in Adelaide in 2010 where he remains as a senior consultant. 

Dr Flapper also has a private practice in North Adelaide and conducts regular outreach clinics in the Riverland, Darwin, Alice Springs, Sydney and Tasmania as well as travelling to Indonesia for humanitarian work.