Having grown up in Melbourne, Eugene studied at The University of Melbourne, completing his medical degree and Bachelor of Medical Science in 2002. He then spent a number of years working in a variety of surgical specialties at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. After completing two years of accredited general surgical training, Eugene then transitioned to the five year plastic surgical training program, completing this through a number of Victorian and Tasmanian hospitals. After being admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2014, Eugene then completed a 12 month hand and wrist fellowship at the University of Toronto, a unit that performed Canada’s first hand transplant. Prior to arriving back home in 2015, he also undertook an observership with Dr Susan Mackinnon in St Louis, Missouri.