MelbUni.JPG   Department of Surgery
  The Department of Surgery at the Western Hospital is an integral part of a clinical-based Department of Surgery RMH/WH of the University of Melbourne. The Department of Surgery at the Western was established in 1992 as part of initiative to develop a major teaching hospital campus at the Western Hospital and is located on the 1st floor of the main block (South Block) of the hospital.

In 2002 Professor Chan established a research program focusing on the intestinal cancer at the Western Hospital. In June 2003, jointly with Western Health, the department appointed a Senior Research Fellow, Dr Paul Senior to run the research programs. The fields of research in the Department of Surgery are mainly in tumour biology of the gastrointestinal tract.

In 2004 the Ludwig institute, in conjunction with Western Health, set up a Tissue Bank branch to bank colon cancer specimens. This has been highly successful with expansion allowing the banking of other tumour types to be undertaken. Since 2004 the Western Health Tissue Bank has collected tissue from around 800 consented patients, which has been distributed to research across Victoria. The Western Hospital continues to be one of the main sources of annotated colorectal and metastatic tissues for cancer researchers.

 

Head of Department

Email                                                                 
Professor of Surgery : Steven Chanstfc@unimelb.ed.au

Other Staff

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Senior Research Fellow: Dr Paul Senior..
Tissue Bank Manager: Matthew Chapman..
AMS Student Project: Benny Zhang..
Administration/Enquiries: Ms Jill McGregorjill.mcg@unimelb.edu.au


Clinical Teaching

The Department of Surgery is involved in clinical teaching, research and post-graduate teaching programs. The teaching undertaken involves programs for Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery for Semesters 8, 9 and 12 students. Teaching at the Western Hospital provides an expansive range of clinical experience available to students.

There are also strong affiliations with Western Hospital clinical staff in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching programs.