Dr David North (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr David Alexander North
- Qualifications
- FRACS 1982
- MBBS 1974
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Vascular Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
Mr. David North is a highly regarded and well respected General and Vascular Surgeon located in Geelong.
After graduating MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 1974, David worked as an intern and junior resident at the Royal Melbourne Hospital before moving to the Alfred Hospital to commence his surgical training.
He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 1982 and travelled to the United Kingdom to continue his training in General and Vascular surgery, working at hospitals in Hull, Slough, Stockton-on-Tees, Aberdeen and Orkney.
David began working in Geelong in 1986 when he was appointed to the Geelong Hospital, now University Hospital - Geelong as a General Surgeon, however his interest in vascular surgery led to him to collaborate with the hospital’s first Professor of Surgery, Irwin Faris, to establish the hospital’s Vascular Surgical Unit. He has been head of the unit at University Hospital - Geelong since 2013.
David operates in the University Hospital - Geelong, St John of God Geelong Hospital. He also conducts minor surgical procedures in his private practice, located at 44 Swanston Street, Geelong.
- Hospital Affiliations
- St John of God Geelong Hospital
- Geelong Private Hospital
