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

Polglase visiting Professorship in Colorectal Surgery - Cabrini Health

The Cabrini Department of Surgery will soon welcome Professor David Larson as part of the 2017 AL Polglase Visiting Professorship in Colorectal Surgery. Dr Larson is Chair of Colorectal Surgery at the world renowned Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota USA.

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).