General Surgery
Where to find this service
Division of Peri Operative provides general inpatient and outpatient surgical services, and tertiary referrals across six surgery units for:
- Complex Hepatobiliary and Upper Gastrointestinal
- Colorectal
- Breast
- Oncology/Endocrine.
Weekly outpatient clinics are held for General Surgery, and all the above surgical services. Diagnostic procedures include Colonoscopy, ERCP and Gastroscopy.
General Surgical Units at Western Health
There are four Surgical Units covering various conditions across all four campuses.
General & Breast Surgery (GBS)
Head of Unit - Meron Pitcher
Ingra Bringmann
Sophie Nightingale
Tony Hyett
Robert Tasevski
Cuong Duong
Mohammad Rafique
Upper Gi & General Surgery (UGIG)
Head of Unit - Val Usatoff
Jullian Choi
Hai Bui
Professor Stephan Chan
Rodney Jacobs
Nezor Houli
Marty Smith
Liang Low
Colorectal General Surgery (CRGS)
Head of Unit - Ian Faragher
Jin Cho
Matthew Croxford
Ian Skinner
Paul Simpson
Stephan McLaughlin
General & Endocrine Surgery (GES)
Head of Unit - Bill Fleming
Laura Chin-Lenn
Alvin Cham
Sivasubramaniam Ravindran
Jason Tan
Joanne Chionh