Dr Kontoku Shimokawa (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Kontoku Yoon Shimokawa
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Otago New Zealand 2004
- Occupation
- Bariatric (Obesity) Surgeon
- General Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Japanese
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
Kon is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and is a Specialist General and Upper Gastrointestinal (Upper GI) Surgeon. He has particular interests in oesophago-gastric, bariatric, and hepatobiliary surgeries. He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) from the University of Otago and obtained his FRACS through the Royal Melbourne Hospital where he was Chief Registrar in his final year.
He undertook subspecialty training in the field of Upper GI with ANZGOSA (Australia and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association) where he studied at Fremantle Hospital in Perth and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide. He also spent a year in Tokyo Japan as a research fellow in an Upper GI surgery unit.
Kon has particular experience and interest in minimally invasive (key-hole) surgery for malignant and benign oesophageal and gastric conditions. Further interests include diseases of the liver, biliary tract, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- Hospital Affiliations
- St John of God Ballarat Hospital
- Ballarat Health Services - Base Campus
- Maryborough Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Ballarat Surgical Clinic
- Affiliated Organisations
- Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand (OSSANZ)
- Topics
- Obesity Surgery
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Practice Locations
Ballarat
- Ballarat Surgical Clinic
- Address
- 106 Drummond St
Ballarat North VIC 3350
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5332 7241
- Fax
- 03 5333 4366
