General Surgery & Gastroenterology Clinical Institute
The Institute focuses on surgical treatment of the abdominal organs, as well as the thyroid gland and hernias.
Mr Gary Crosthwaite
Director
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Leadership
- Mr Julian Choi
- A/Prof Gregor Brown
- Mr Mark Cullinan
- A/Prof Peter Danne
- Dr Narine Efe
- Dr Antony Friedman
- Mr Ian Hastie
- Prof Alexander Heriot
- Mr Rod Jacobs
- Dr Phil Smart
Highlights
- Bariatric surgery
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- POEM (Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy), a procedure treating oesophageal achalasia, performed entirely by endoscopy, without cutting the surface of the body
- Robotic surgery is performed for colorectal and oesophagogastric conditions
Our performance
| Area indicator | Epworth performance | Avg. national performance | Result comment |
| 2.3 Post polypectomy haemorrhage | 0.05 | 0.08 | Performance better than benchmark |
| 5.1 Post procedure aspiration | 0.00 | 0.05 | Performance better than benchmark |
Activity
| FY 2016 | ||
| Service | Admissions | Bed days |
| Gastroenterology | 10,665 | 14,266 |
| General Surgery | 9,384 | 24,170 |
| Colorectal Surgery | 5,981 | 10,904 |
Condition treated
- Achalasia
- Benign and malignant breast conditions
- Bowel cancer
- Crohn's disease
- Diverticular disease
- Gallstones
- Gastric cancer
- Gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
- Hernia surgery
- Hiatus hernia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Oesophagael cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Rectal prolapse
- Thyroid gland
- Ulcerative colitis