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