Dr Yez graduated in 2006 from University College London, one of the top 10 medical schools in the world. After qualifying, he completed general surgical training in the UK around London, Oxford and Birmingham. At this point Dr Yez knew he wanted to specialise in plastic and reconstructive surgery and secured a national training number in the East of England in 2013. He spent the next 5 years around the Cambridge region and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (England) in Plastic Surgery, FRCS (Plast) in 2017. In 2018 Dr Yez completed a highly coveted Onco-plastic Breast Surgery fellowship at Chelmsford (UK) working alongside senior breast surgeon Dr Simon Smith and world-renowned Microsurgeon Prof Venkat Ramakrishnan.
Dr Yez moved with his young family to Perth (WA) in 2019 where he spent 3 years completing further senior fellowships at the Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and the Rodin Clinic gaining a high-volume exposure to trauma, cancer reconstruction and aesthetic surgery.
In 2023 Dr Yez moved to the Gold Coast, taking up a public appointment as a plastic and reconstructive surgery consultant in Queensland Health and continues to work in this role serving Robina, Varsity Lakes and Gold Coast University Hospitals. He specialises in breast reconstruction, skin cancer surgery and general trauma reconstructive surgery and has the privilege of caring for patients from around the Gold Coast and wider QLD and northern NSW region. Dr Yez enjoys teaching student doctors and supervising surgical trainees and has a strong clinical research record, regularly publishing and presenting at national meetings and international conferences. He holds a Senior Lecturer post at Griffith University.
Dr Yez was awarded the Fellowship of the Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS, Plast) in 2025 becoming the first and only plastic surgeon in the Gold Coast region with dual specialist fellowship in Plastic Surgery from both the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
