Dr Wendy Brown (General Surgeon)
- 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
Melbourne
- The Centre for Bariatric Surgery
- Address
- Glen Iris Private
Level 1
314 Warrigal Road
Glen Iris VIC 3146
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9576 2286
- 03 9805 1500
- Fax
- 03 9805 1555
- Surgical Consulting Group
- Address
- Cabrini Hospital
Suite 44 183 Wattletree Rd
Malvern VIC 3144
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9576 2286
- 03 8573 0000
- Surgical Consulting Group - Cabrini
- Address
- Brighton Cabrini
Suite 6 243 New Street
Brighton VIC 3186
Australia
- Phone
- 03 8573 0000
- Fax
- 03 9576 1414
