Monash Researches Lead the Way in Saving Lives and Limbs

Originally published http://scsenews.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/monash-innovation-will-save-limbs-and.html

Monash University and Monash Health researchers/clinicians have led a collaboration of Australian organisations to solve a global medical problem that will save lives around the world.

Fulbright Fellow to visit Monash University Department of Surgery - Alfred

You are invited to attend a public lecture on 2 November being given by Professor T. Clark Gamblin on male cancers. Professor Gamblin is being hosted by the Alfred-Monash Department of Surgery.

• Register online for the 2 Nov 2017 public lecture

Alfred hosts leading Osteointegration expert

The Alfred Department of Surgery and Plastic Unit were pleased to host Dr Max Ortiz Catalán. During his visit he visited with research groups and also gave a public lecture that shed light on how biology and mechatronics, can integrate man and machine through intuitive prosthetics, controlled by the mind.

Monash University surgeons awarded Australian Honours

Two surgeons affiliated with Monash University have been recognised in this years Queens Birthday Honours.

Professor Jonathan Serpell awarded honorary Fellowship

Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Serpell who was awarded a Fellowship ad hominem at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinborough Diploma Ceremony on 7 July 2017. Professor Serpell is Professor and Director of General Surgery at the Alfred Hospital, Monash University and Director of Breast, Endocrine and General Surgery Unit at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He has become internationally known for his work on the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the safe and efficient practice of thyroidectomy and neck exploration.

Professor Wendy Brown awarded John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship

Professor Wendy Brown, Chair of the Monash University Department of Surgery at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne has just been awarded the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship valued at $150,000. Professor Brown, a General Surgeon specialising in oesophago-gastric cancer, gastrooesophageal reflux disease and bariatric surgery, is the first woman to have been awarded the honour in a long list of awardees dating back to 1977 when the Fellowship was first established.

Post graduate careers in Surgical Research

The Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery recently employed two new Post-doctoral researchers; Dr Christine Koulis and Dr Rebekah Engel (below is a brief Q&A).

Teaching update

Undergraduate teaching

Surgery is one of the pillars of the Monash University medical degree. Monash students are fortunate to have access via their clinical schools to a world class surgical education, thanks in the most part to the commitment, experience and enthusiasm for teaching of hundreds of surgeons throughout Melbourne, regional Victoria and Malaysia.

 Elements of surgery are taught across all years of the program and at almost twenty clinical sites. In 2016 Monash University appointed Mr Peter Evans and Mr Tristan Leech, both practising surgeons, to the position of Curriculum/Assessment Leads for Surgery.

MUSIG 2017

The Monash University Surgical Interest Group (MUSIG) is a not-for-profit, student run organisation, dedicated to promoting the profession of surgery to medical students at Monash University. Since the last edition of the Cutting Edge, MUSIG has been busy with several key events.

Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME)

The Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME) is able to connect surgeons at hospitals affiliated with Monash University with Monash University engineers.  Our first two years of seed grants are currently being reviewed in terms of their outcomes, impact and future potential for commercialisation. A new round of seed grants will occur in 2018.

Upcoming funding opportunities

We list below a few of the research grants that are currently open and available to surgeons.  Dr Daphne Vogiagis, Business Manager at the Alfred Department of Surgery, maintains a complete list of upcoming grants.  She can be contacted by email Daphne.Vogiagis@monash.edu.