Lena McEwan MBBS MS FRCS FRACS, (11 August 1927 - 4 October 2011) was the first woman to specialise in plastic surgery in Australia.
Lena published notable research on median and ulnar nerve injuries in 1962 which influenced future surgical practice.
[3] Lena was born on 11 August 1927 in South Australia and her parents had recently immigrated from Glasgow.
She was educated at St Peter's Collegiate Girls School and the University of Adelaide.
Lena McEwan worked in the following hospitals: She moved to Torquay Victoria after her retirement and died from ovarian cancer on 4 October 2011.