Dr Mohamed Atalla (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Mohamed Atalla
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery Minia University
- Masters of Surgery
- FRACS Royal Australian College of Surgerons Australia
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Bariatric (Obesity) Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
- Bariatric surgery
- Phone
- 03 5480 6264
- Fax
- 03 5407 1262
I am a certified General Surgeon and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). Having completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), I went on to start specialist surgical training in Australia with the Royal College of Surgeons. I obtained my FRACS qualification in 2015 specialising in General Surgery. Subsequently, I was selected for a competitive, accredited post fellowship position in Auckland, New Zealand, and trained in the subspecialty of bariatric surgery. Having seized this opportunity overseas, I have gained a wide variety of operative and clinical experience. During this time, I have refined my complex surgical and diagnostic/therapeutic expertise in both upper gastrointestinal/bariatric weight loss surgery and advanced laparoscopic procedures. My special interest is bariatric weight loss surgery and I have several years of experience with minimally invasive laparoscopic and open abdominal procedures.
Special Interests
I perform a broad range of general and bariatric surgery as well as endoscopic procedures. In both Australia and overseas, I have trained extensively in this field. With regards to Bariatric Surgery, my special area of interest, I perform procedures such as gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric banding, intra-gastric balloon and duodenal switch. I have experience in revisional weight loss surgery including conversion of adjustable gastric band to either sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass. The majority of surgery is performed laparoscopically or endoscopically. Once patients have lost weight, they often require removal of loose skin and a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) can be offered. My general surgical areas of interest include different types of hernia repair, cholecystectomy, fundoplication, appendectomy, breast, colorectal surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Contact
If your BMI is over 40, or you have a BMI over 35 with associated obesity related disorders (such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, sleep apnoea, arthritis) the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council recommends you have weight loss surgery. I am committed to promoting disease resolution through minimally invasive weight loss surgery in the most comfortable and safe environment possible. Education and a solid support system, from the first consultation to follow-up care, is essential to providing patients the assistance they need as they embark on a new path toward a healthier, happier lifestyle. If you have any queries regarding evidence- based weight loss surgery, please contact our team for a comprehensive consultation. We are dedicated to making your weight loss journey an uncomplicated and successful one, and along with other specialists will guide you through all aspects of weight loss surgery.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Shepparton Private Hospital
- Echuca Regional Health
- John Fawkner Private Hospital
- Western Private Hospital
- Cohuna District Hospital
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Medical Council (AMC)
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
- AMA Victoria
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Melbourne, Senior Lecturer
Practice Locations
VIC
- John Fawkner Consulting Suites
- Address
- 275 Moreland Road
coburg VIC 3058
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5480 6264
- Fax
- 03 5407 1262
- Shepparton Women's Health Centre
- Address
- 100-104 Corio Street
Shepparton VIC 3630
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5480 6264
- Fax
- 03 5407 1262
Publications
- Long-term efficacy of a Swedish adjustable gastric band in the treatment of morbid obesity. Obesity Surgery Journal. Aug 2006
- Impact of age, sex, and preoperative BMI on outcomes at six years after gastric banding. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Responses to distension of isolated rat stomach. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Long-term efficacy of a low pressure adjustable gastric band in the treatment of morbid obesity. Annals of Surgery
- Colonic Perforation during ‘Virtual’ CT Colonography: An increasingly recognized complication. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Risk Factors for Colonic Perforation After Screening CT Colonography: A Multicentre Analysis and Review of the Literature. J Med Screening
- Acute traumatic appendicitis following blunt abdominal trauma. ANZ Journal of Surgery.
- The role of skin sparing mastectomy in recurrent phylloides tumour of the breast: case report and review of literature. J Reconstructive and Microsurgery
- Complete Abdominal Wall Disruption with Herniation Following Blunt Injury: Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Int Surg
- Ischaemic bowel due to migrated intra-uterine contraceptive device: a rare, delayed complication of intra-uterine contraceptive devices. . ANZ Journal of Surgery
