Our vision is to leverage technology to take care of the administrative burden on clinicians and their staff.

Plastic Surgeon
MBBS (Hons) FRACS MBA.

Dr. Howard Webster is the founder of Praccelerate and one of Australia’s most experienced plastic surgeons with a passion for using technology to improve the medical sector.

Over more than 25 years, Dr Webster has personally cared for many thousands of patients through their plastic surgery journey. Howard regards his job as a privilege, enjoying meeting and welcoming people from all walks of life and geographic locations who seek his advice, care and surgical skills.

Howard has performed well over 8000 operative procedures in his clinical private practice, and will have performed a minimum of hundreds and a maximum of thousands of the procedure you are personally interested in. Passionate about the quality of patient care, he has spent his career actively seeking and advocating for improvements in patient safety standards. He fosters ongoing improvement, communication and excellence in his surgical team.

Surgical Background

Howard trained in general and specialist plastic surgery for eight years after graduating from medical school in 1983. After becoming a specialist plastic surgeon, he trained and studied as a postgraduate in Plastic Surgery for a further three years in the UK and USA before returning to Melbourne to commence practice.

Howard has been the Head of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at one of Melbourne’s largest public hospitals, and is a past president of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) – the peak Australian professional body for plastic surgery.

Career Highlights

• He was the founding Chairman of the Australasian Foundation for Plastic Surgery, which was conceived and implemented during his term as ASPS President. The Foundation provides education, support, research and outreach in Australasian plastic surgery.
• He served on the Avant (Insurance) Medical Advisory Council, which works to continually develop standards, reduce surgical risks and improve safety of practice.
• He was invited by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons to serve on their International Advisory Committee in 2009, and is the first Australian surgeon to have done so.
• He has co-authored five chapters in plastic surgery texts and has presented at many national and international plastic surgery meetings.
• In 2011 he was invited to be on the teaching faculty for the IPRAS World Congress in Plastic Surgery in Vancouver, 2011.
• In 2013 he was the Scientific Convener for the 2013 Australasian National Plastic Surgery Congress.
• In 2015 he joined Dr Bryan Mendelson’s MAFAC faculty, and regularly assists in teaching facial anatomy educational courses as a faculty member of Dr Mendelson’s course, both in Australia and overseas.
• He is in full time private practice in Melbourne and North East Victoria / Southern NSW.

Dr Brett Sacks (MBBS) is an aspiring plastic surgeon and has worked in the public health system across multiple surgical specialties as an unaccredited surgical trainee. He has a strong passion for medical technology and strives to improve the lives of patients and clinicians using clinical expertise augmented by smart, customised software solutions.

With 20 years experience, having working at many of the largest agencies in London on global bluechip brands such as Microsoft, GE Healthcare, Canon and HP, followed by a 7 year stint in Melbourne, Simon now heads up the creative and product development team at Praccelerate. He is focussed on designing, building and project managing global digital applications within the medtech space.

Charlie graduated from Oxford University in 2001 and now leads the technology team at Praccelerate. His personal expertise is coding native applications for both iOS and Android. Charlie is a problem-solver at heart and ideally placed to expand the Praccelerate suite of products.

Cassie was General Manager for Cosmetic Journey (Australias’ largest cosmetic community) before moving to Praccelerate. With a legal background and a strong network within the Plastic Surgery community, she heads up marketing and client happiness across the Praccelerate suite of products.