Surgery
Head:
Professor P E O'Brien
Address: Department of Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road,
Prahran 3181
Telephone: (03) 9276 2608
Factors influencing growth of experimental colorectal cancer; experimental and
clinical studies of liver metastases; experimental and clinical studies of the
vasculature in acute and chronic inflammation; the process of healing of
experimental gastric ulcers; the effects of age on the development and healing
of gastric ulcers; prevention and treatment of surgical infections; surgical
treatment of obesity; development of laparoscopic surgery; road trauma
research; burns care; culture of isolated keratinocytes and other cell types;
applications of cultured epidermal autografts and allografts in the treatment
of burns and other skin defects.
Acting
head: Clinical Associate Professor D Scott
Address: Department of Surgery, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road,
Clayton 3168
Telephone: (03) 9550 5500
- + Transplantation Studies in tissue and organ transplantation -
preservation studies involving kidney, heart, liver and pancreas; studies in
immuno-suppression in relation to organ transplantation and especially chronic
allograft rejection; analysis of human kidney transplantation and combined
kidney and pancreas transplantation results on follow-up data, correlating
donor and recipient details; analysis of experimental transplantation data
correlating structural, functional and experimental procedures; experimental
studies of donor management to improve organ quality.
- + Microsurgical studies Composite flaps (bone, muscle and
skin). Analysis of microsurgical techniques in relation to vascular grafts.
- + Vascular surgery Studies of the outcome of endovascular
procedures including balloon angioplasty, stenting and endovascular grafts for
aneurysm control.
- + Gastrointestinal surgery Studies in oesophageal motility
assessing pharmacological modification of oesophageal motility; studies in
anorectal function and physiology; studies of gastrointestinal haemorrhage and
portal hypertension; studies in nutrition comparing the effects of intravenous
and enteral feeding.
- + Surgical education Problem solving in clinical surgery;
medical student assessment and evaluation; assessment of audit and quality
assurance in clinical surgery.
- + Medical imaging Quality control in medical imaging;
computer-aided medical education applied to medical imaging.