Surgery
WelcomeProfessor Andrew H Kaye
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Head of DepartmentSurgery People, Culture and Development
The Department of Surgery is comprised of paid academic surgeons, scientists, and professional staff, honorary staff appointments, with an Executive Committee encompassing representation from all hospital precincts.
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The Surgical Students’ Society of Melbourne (SSSM) is a not-for-profit organisation run by current Doctor of Medicine candidates that represents over 1,400 students across seven clinical school sites in metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria.
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Friday 10:00am - 12:00pmStudent Orthopaedics Research Showcase: Celebrating Our Diverse Musculoskeletal ResearchEvents, Research, Students
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Please join us in congratulating the staff and students from Otolaryngology in the Department of Surgery, who were winners in the Green Impact program 2019.
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A highlight of Research Day 2019 was a series of presentations on major grant preparation.
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It is with great pleasure that we have a new Professor in the Department of Surgery, by academic promotion – Kate Drummond.
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A new light-weight portable ultrasound device is now being used at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH). The ultrasound connects with your smartphone so staff can use the device anywhere in the hospital.
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On Friday 18th October 2019, the annual Kendall Francis Surgery Research Forum took place at Sunshine Hospital, Western Health.
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The days are getting longer and the weather warmer. This change in season, means many staff and students choose to use the University facilities late into the evening, particularly as exams approach.
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Dr Luke Campbell, PhD graduand from Deptartment Surgery – Otolaryngology, wins the Prime Minister’s New Innovator’s Prize in Canberra.
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Professor Debra Nestel, Professor of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery-Austin Health, has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning (BMJ STEL),
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The Department of Surgery together with the Surgical Students’ Society of Melbourne (SSSM) recently hosted the Surgical Pathways and Careers Night.
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With the forthcoming grant season fast upon us, we are publicising the key application dates for the various grant schemes, and also our internal DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRANT PANEL REVIEWS.
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The Academy of Surgical Educators will be holding their annual Academy Forum.
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The Department of Surgery Executive have established a series of seeding grants
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After a comprehensive recruitment process the Melbourne Medical School is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nicola Lautenschlager as the Deputy Head and Research Director.
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The University of Melbourne is grateful for Ms Amelia Monaco's generous donation of funds to support the Neuroscience Foundation.
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The Parkville precinct student awards presentations were held on Wednesday 1 May 2019 at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
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This is a unique course that allows the student or junior doctor to understand how they can develop their professional skills so they will be successful in their medical career progression.
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Professor Andrew H. Kaye was the official guest of the Nepalese Society of Neurosurgeons.meeting in Kathmandu..
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New and innovative ways of treating prostate cancer could be available to patients within five years.
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Introduction to Laparoscopy – Western Students Surgical Society Event
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The Melbourne Medical School is delighted to officially launch a brand new initiative: the Strategic Grants for Outstanding Women. This scheme aims to assist talented female academics to negotiate some of the challenges they face in sustaining and building their careers with a view to facilitating their progression to senior academic positions.
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Congratulations to Professor Peter Choong on receiving a Practitioner Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
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Over two days, OPUS will be hosting the inaugural OPUS Forums where you can network, consider your career in research and explore how to improve osteoarthritis care in Australia.
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The Melbourne Medical School is a proud supporter of International Women’s Day and in 2019 we have answered the call for #BalanceforBetter through launching an exciting new initiative to support career progression in outstanding academic women.
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The Surgical Students Society Rotating Lecture Series Kicks Off for 2019.
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The St Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne Surgical Forum, will beheld the 15th – 17th July 2019 in the Education and Learning Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital.
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Master of Surgical Education thesis research published in The Lancet
As part of her research contributing to a Master of Surgical Education, Dr Rhea Liang and her supervisors published their research in The Lancet.
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Healthcare is a complex and rapidly changing environment and the Melbourne Medical School is poised to adapt to these real-world challenges.
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The 2018 Controversies in Neurosurgery was held at in the Charles LaTrobe Lecture Theatre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital 22nd & 23rd November.
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Learn about Claudia Di Bella’s work applying exciting new technologies such as bio printing, 3D printing and stem cells to help people regenerate cartilage.
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Professor Alistair Royse's use of arteries instead of veins in bypass surgery may change they way surgeons operate in the future.
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It is with great pleasure that we announce the promotion of Associate Professor Alice Pèbay to Professor; this promotion will take effect as of January 2019.
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The annual Department of Surgery Research Showcase was held on Tuesday 13 November 2018.
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The annual Kendall Francis Surgery Research Forum was held on the Friday 26th October 2018 at Sunshine Hospital, Western Health.
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INVITATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY RESEARCH SHOWCASE 2018
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Professor Andrew H. Kaye recently delivered an address on Advances in the Treatment of Gliomas.
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The winner of the Andrew Kaye Poster Prize awarded at the recently held Neurosurgical Science of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting is Dr Ken Teng.
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SEEDING GRANTS APPLICATION OPENS MONDAY 13TH AUGUST
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The Department of Surgery recently conducted a valuable strategy, research and innovation forum to further implement the department's stategic plan.
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Three members of the Ultrasound group were awarded prizes for best oral presentations during the Royal Melbourne Hospital Research Week.
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Swinburne University invites Professor Peter Choong to deliver this year's Chancellor's Lecture.
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The MMS departments at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (Parkville Precinct) held their Student Award Presentations on Friday, May 25
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INVITATIONS ARE BEING EXTENDED TO RESEARCHERS (paid appointments) within the Department of Surgery to submit an Expression of Interest to: An interactive forum providing the background, resources and planning required to guide the development of translational research proposals.
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Anaesthetists used to be considered non-essential in Mongolia’s health care system, but a collaboration with Australian specialists is reducing surgical mortality rates By Dr Amanda Baric and Associate Professor David Pescod, University of Melbourne
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An absolutley outstanding job of Dr Serena Duchi and Dr Carmine Onofrillo creating such a fantastic talk! Top Work!
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SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FOR COLLABORATIVE PROJECT FUNDING - School of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Surgery
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The School of Biomedical Sciences and the Department of Surgery met in a collaborative research initiative on Tuesday 27th March 2018 at the Woodward Conference Centre.
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Momeneh Foroutan is the winner of the best PhD publication for 2017 across the Department of Surgery in the Melbourne Medical School.
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The Department of Surgery, Austin Health invites you to attend Dr Fernando Bello present 'Simulation Technology - What's Next?'
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The Department of Surgery is organising a unique opportunity for MD students and hospital doctors wanting to maximise their career advancement in Surgery.
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Department of Surgery PhD Candidate and Neurosurgery Registrar Dr Ruth Mitchell will be in Oslo, Norway on December 10th to celebrate the award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
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Professor Peter Choong and Dr Anita Quigley take science to the next level with the 3D Biopen.
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Professor Debra Nestel, Department of Surgery (Austin) was invited to give a keynote presentation at 8th Annual Conference of the Association for Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPIH) in Telford, United Kingdom.
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Department of Surgery Research Showcase 2017 "RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE" was held on Tueday 14 November 2017
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MDHS Research Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
Applications for the FACULTY TRUST FELLOWSHIPS are now open and review the eligibility criteria and the application process for the FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWHIPS SCHEME.
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Congratulations to Professor Stephen O’Leary the William Gibson Chair of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne, who has been appointed a Fellow of the AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.
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Congratulations to grant recipient Dr Michelle Dowsey
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The Department of Surgery invites you to attend the 2017 Research Showcase at the Woodward on Tuesday 14th November 2017
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We are pleased to announce the five winners of the inaugural round for one-year seeding grants of $20,000 each through the Department of Surgery for 2017.
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Mrs Helen Davis recently presented a substantial donation to Professor Andrew Kaye towards brain tumour research.
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For people that lose precious limbs........
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BioFab3D@ACMD is a hospital-based robotics and biomedical engineering centre, bringing together researchers, clinicians, engineers and industry partners to work alongside each other with a vision to build biological structures.
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We invite to you peruse the second instalment of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Total Joint Replacement (OPUS), newsletter.
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Hong-Jian Zhu, Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, Head, Cancer Signalling Laboratory, The University of Melbourne, has been appointed Boerhaave – LUF – Visiting Professor
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St Vincent’s Surgical Forum – "Quality, Audit and Outcomes"
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The team behind The Biopen, made up of researchers from University of Melbourne Department of Surgery, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, the University of Wollongong and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) have been named as finalists for the prestigious UNSW Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research for their cutting-edge handheld 3D printing device.
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Appointed President Elect of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.
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See what's happening in 2017!
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Ken Teng Wins Conference Presentation Prize
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Professor Peter Choong, Sir Hugh Devine Professor of Surgery, University of Melbourne was a keynote speaker at the AusMedtech 2017 & ICMMB 2017 Conference.
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Surgeons at the Royal Children’s Hospital have pulled on their tights to raise awareness for childhood heart disease.
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Dr David Canty, Senior Lecturer and Director of Ultrasound SimulationUltrasound Education Group, Department of Surgery, has won two awards for his presentations on research in the Department of Surgery at two conferences, one international and one national.
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MELBOURNE surgeons have used a 3D printer pen filled with stem cell ink to “draw” new cartilage into damaged knees, opening up a world of possibilities for human body part replacements.
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Professor Andrew Kaye welcomes international guests to the recent Controversies in Neurosurgery and the Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Meeting
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Professor Susumu Satomi, meets with Professor Andrew Kaye.
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Professor Paolo Capabianca meets with Professor Andrew Kaye, February 2017.
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Professor Peter Choong, who is director of orthopaedics at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, learns a lot from his patients and cares deeply about making their lives better. Warning: graphic surgery content.
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NHMRC 2016 Award for Centre for Research Excellence in total Joint Replacement
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In an Australian first, leading researchers have come together to take bionic research to another level.
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Have you ever wondered how cancer was treated in Melbourne over 150 years ago?
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New advances in medicine and engineering are letting surgeons print arteries in 3D to personalise treatment for heart disease
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A robotic arm that could result in amputees regaining their sense of touch and increased movement is the latest breakthrough for Melbourne researchers trying to develop prosthetic limbs that work "like normal".
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At just 35, Dr Thomas Oxley has led the development of a new implantable device, with profound potential in medicine and thought-controlled technology
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A device the size of a matchstick, implanted next to the brain's motor cortex, could one day help paralysed people move their limbs
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Graduate Research at MDHS
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Research Themes
Our research is encompassed within several broad research themes. This multidisciplinary approach aims to increase the opportunities for researchers to collaborate on projects that span common themes.
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Research Groups
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Research in the Faculty
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Ultrasound Education Group
The Ultrasound Education Group (UEG), University of Melbourne was founded in 2004 by Professors Alistair and Colin Royse. The focus of UEG is on the development of learning in clinical ultrasound as well as hands-on workshops and simulator training programs. UEG also now specialises in the development, publication and delivery of eLearning education courses.

Mobile Learning Unit
The Mobile Learning Unit provides health care professionals with the flexibility to engage and upskill ubiquitously. Making education portable, accessible across multiple platforms; structured yet simplified to enhance the learning experience.

Welcome to the Department of Surgery
Professor Andrew Kaye, Head of Department
As Head of the Department of Surgery, I am pleased to introduce the Department that forms the focus for academic activities in surgery at the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Medical School.

Department of Surgery Precincts
The Department is based across seven campuses of the Melbourne Medical School, all at key hospital sites, as well as conducting academic activities in surgery at other hospitals.

Honorary Titles
This section of the Department of Surgery website has been developed to provide a site that collates information that may be of value to our honorary titles – in essence a single point of information.