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Mr Michael is an active clinical researcher. Areas of research interest include improving pre-operative patient selection and optimisation of patients prior to major surgery and novel measures for improving post-surgical outcomes. He is the chair of the St Vincent’s Hospital Upper GI and HPB research group and a Clinical Senior Lecturer with the University of Melbourne.
In addition to his clinical workload and research interests Michael is heavily involved in surgical education. He lectures medical students through the St Vincent’s Hospital Medical School, he is the training hub supervisor for Pre-SET surgical training and also the supervisor of the Upper GI/ Bariatric post fellowship surgical program. Read Less
Associate Prof Peter Nottle is a general surgeon who performs weight loss surgery and other upper GI surgeries.
A/Prof Nottle’s maj ... Read More
Associate Prof Peter Nottle is a general surgeon who performs weight loss surgery and other upper GI surgeries.
A/Prof Nottle’s major areas of interest are bariatric (weight loss) surgery, upper GI cancers, hiatus hernia and anti-reflux surgery. He has been performing weight loss surgery for more than 30 years and providing laparoscopic (keyhole) gastric bands for past 15 years as well as a full range of other weight loss procedures.
He is one of Australia's pioneers in keyhole surgery, having introduced the French technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy at The Alfred hospital in the early 1990s.
Read LessMr Matthew Read is a general and upper gastrointestinal surgeon with a special interest in minimally-invasive surgery.
After completing h ... Read More
Mr Matthew Read is a general and upper gastrointestinal surgeon with a special interest in minimally-invasive surgery.
After completing his general surgical fellowship in 2016, Dr Read was accepted by the Australian and New Zealand Gastro Oesophageal Surgery Association for subspecialty training in the field of upper gastrointestinal surgery. This was undertaken at both St Vincent's and the Alfred Hospitals in Melbourne. Following this, Matthew undertook a surgical oncology fellowship with a special focus on robot-assisted surgery at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Matthew has also recently completed a PhD through the University of Melbourne and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, which focused on the development of preclinical models to better understand oesophageal cancer and its precursor, Barrett’s oesophagus. This work has led to numerous publications, awards and international collaborations. Most recently, Matthew was awarded the senior lecturer fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Read LessDr Ward has a special interest in the investigation and treatment of patients with cancer of the stomach and oesophagus. She performs gastroscopy, resection of oesophagus, resection of stomach, hernia repair, spleen removal, gall bladder removal, weight loss surgery and anti-reflux surgery.
Salena graduated from the University of Melbourne and attained a post-graduate diploma in surgical anatomy from the same university. Her upper gastrointestinal surgical training was conducted at Box Hill Hospital and she received international training in the UK for oesophago-gastric surgery. In 2013 she received the higher degree of Master of Surgery from Monash University regarding the role of enzyme supplementation following oesophagectomy and gastrectomy.
Salena is involved in teaching as well as being is actively involved in surgical research. Read Less
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