Dr Wendy Brown (General Surgeon)

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Name
Prof Wendy Ann Brown
Qualifications
FRACS
MBBS 1992
Occupation
General Surgeon
Bariatric (Obesity) Surgeon
Gender
Female
Medical Specialties
General Surgery

Professor Wendy Brown is the Director of the Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) and Monash University Chair of Surgery, Central Clinical School.Her areas of expertise include: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedures, sleeve gastrectomy, the Orbera Intra Gastric Balloon and the effects of weight loss on health and upper gastrointestinal surgery including cancer and reflux disease.

She serves the broader medical community in a wide variety of roles including serving as a deputy Chair of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) court of examiners, immediate Past President of the Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand, Vice President of the Australia and New Zealand Gastro oesophageal Surgical Association, and Clinical Lead for the National Bariatric Surgery Registry. In 2011 she was appointed a member of the Victorian Surgical Consultative Council, by the Victorian Minister for Health. In addition to working at the Centre for Bariatric Surgery, Professor Wendy Brown has a clinical appointment as a Visiting Medical Officer in Upper GI and General Surgery at the Alfred Hospital and has established and general surgical practice at Cabrini Private Hospital. Wendy consults every Wednesday morning at The Avenue Consulting Rooms in Windsor. Wendy performs Lap-band surgery, Sleeve Gastrectomy and endoscopic procedure - Orbera Intra Gastric Balloon.

Hospital Affiliations
The Alfred
The Avenue Hospital
Cabrini Malvern
Affiliated Clinics
The Centre for Bariatric Surgery
Surgical Consulting Group - Cabrini
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
Monash University
Medical Conditions
Obesity
Medical Interventions
Obesity Surgery
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
Topics
Obesity
Upper gastrointestinal surgery

Practice Locations

VIC

The Centre for Bariatric Surgery
Glen Iris Private
Level 1
314 Warrigal Road
Glen Iris VIC 3146 
Australia
03 9576 2286
03 9805 1500
03 9805 1555
Surgical Consulting Group
Cabrini Hospital
Suite 44 183 Wattletree Rd
Malvern VIC 3144 
Australia
03 9576 2286
03 8573 0000
Surgical Consulting Group - Cabrini
Brighton Cabrini
Suite 6 243 New Street
Brighton VIC 3186 
Australia
03 8573 0000
03 9576 1414
Alfred Hospital
Monash University
Dept of Surgery PRAHRAN VIC 3181 
Australia
03 9576 2286