Dr Gary Crosthwaite (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Gary Lloyd Crosthwaite
- Qualifications
- MBBS 1982
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Bariatric (Obesity) Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
Gary Crosthwaite trained in Melbourne at the Royal Melbourne Hospital through the University of Melbourne graduating in 1982. After completing surgical training through the Royal Melbourne and obtaining a Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons he underwent international training in advanced laparoscopy and Upper GI Surgery with one of the world leaders in Laparoscopic Surgery in the UK.
His interests and expertise are in bariatric and anti-reflux surgery, POEM for achalasia, gall bladder surgery, as well as cancer surgery of the stomach and oesophagus. He is the Director of General Surgery and Gastroenterology Epworth Healthcare and currently works as a consultant surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital as well as being a Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne Department of Surgery. Mr Crosthwaite is a founding member of the Centre for Bariatric Surgery, as well as a convenor of the Melbourne Upper GI Surgeons Group and a member International Society of Diseases of the Oesophagus and Board member of the Australia and New Zealand Gastro Oesophageal Surgery Association. Mr Crosthwaite operates on patients who wish to have Lap-band surgery and sleeve gastrectomy.
Mr Crosthwaite operates on patients who wish to have Lap-band surgery, Sleeve Gastrectomy and the endoscopic procedure: Orbera Intragastric Balloon.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville
- Royal Women's Hospital - Parkville
- Epworth Richmond
- Melbourne Private Hospital
- The Avenue Hospital
- Epworth Eastern
- Affiliated Clinics
- The Centre for Bariatric Surgery
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
- Australia and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA)
- Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand (OSSANZ)
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Melbourne
- Medical Conditions
- Obesity
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Achalasia
- Hiatus hernia
- Gallbladder disease
- Medical Interventions
- Obesity Surgery
- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Topics
- Obesity
- Upper gastrointestinal surgery
Practice Locations
VIC
- Dr Gary Crosthwaite
- Address
- Suite 112 Level 1
55 Flemington Rd
North Melbourne VIC 3051
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9329 3336
- Fax
- 03 9329 3363
- The Centre for Bariatric Surgery
- Address
- Glen Iris Private
Level 1
314 Warrigal Road
Glen Iris VIC 3146
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9805 1500
- Fax
- 03 9805 1555
- Epworth Hospital
- Address
- Epworth Centre
Suite 7.6 32 Erin Street
Richmond VIC 3121
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9329 3336
