St Vincents Private Hospitals

Biography

Dr David Joseph is a specialist Upper Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, General and Bariatric Surgeon with more than 20 years of specialist surgical experience. He is the former Head of the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at the Mater Hospital and has extensive experience in advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.

Dr Joseph treats a broad range of upper gastrointestinal and general surgical conditions, with particular expertise in gallbladder surgery, inguinal and incisional hernia repair, hiatus hernia and reflux surgery, as well as benign and malignant conditions affecting the stomach, liver and pancreas.

He also has extensive experience in bariatric and metabolic surgery, including sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass and complex revision bariatric surgery.

Dr Joseph graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1996 and completed specialist General Surgery training at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Hospitals. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2002 before undertaking further training in surgical oncology, hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

He subsequently completed an international fellowship in transplantation surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where his training included complex hepatobiliary surgery, living donor liver transplantation, transplantation surgery and bariatric surgery.

Dr Joseph holds senior surgical appointments at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Repatriation General Hospital. His practice combines extensive experience in complex surgery with a strong focus on minimally invasive techniques and clear, individualised patient care.

He offers in rooms consults at his Newtown clinic, and also offers Telehealth consults where appropriate.