Mr Michael Fink (General Surgeon)

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Name
Mr Michael Anthony Fink
Qualifications
MBBS University Of Melbourne 1987
FRACS
Occupation
General Surgeon
Gender
Male
Medical Specialties
General Surgery
Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery
Links
Phone
03 9496 5468
Fax
03 9458 1650

Michael Fink is a surgeon specialising in General Surgery and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery (which involves diseases of the liver, bile duct, gallbladder and pancreas). He operates at Warringal Private Hospital and the Austin Hospital and is a surgeon on the Liver Transplant team at the Austin Hospital. He is also a senior lecturer in the Austin Hospital Department of Surgery, the University of Melbourne. He performs laparoscopic (key hole) cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder), laparoscopic and open hernia repair, laparoscopic and open liver resection, as well as surgery involving the bile ducts and pancreas.

He trained as a medical student, resident and registrar at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, obtaining his Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand College of Surgeons in 1997. He undertook post-fellowship training in Upper Gastro-Intestinal, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary, Liver, Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation, from 1997 to 2000. His post-fellowship training was undertaken at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK and Westmead Hospital, Sydney. His research interests include liver transplantation and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

He has active roles in teaching and assessment of medical students and surgical trainees. He is chair of the Clinical Examination Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, chair of the Transplantation Section of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, chair of the Donor Surgeons and Donor Coordinators Advisory Committee of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, co-chair of the Doctor of Medicine Assessment Committee of the University of Melbourne, chair of the General Surgeons Australia Transplant Training Committee, a Fellowship examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and member of the Transplant Liaison Reference Group of the Australian Organ and Tissue Authority. He is a member of the Transplantation Society, the European Society for Organ Transplantation, the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, the Australian and New Zealand Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Association and General Surgeons Australia.

Hospital Affiliations
Austin Hospital - Heidelberg
Warringal Private Hospital
Affiliated Clinics
Melbourne Gastrointestinal Group
Affiliated Organisations
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Australia and New Zealand Hepatic Pancreatic and Biliary Association (ANZHPBA)
Topics
Transplantation
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery / Hepatopancreatobiliary

Practice Locations

VIC

Austin Hospital - Heidelberg
Department of Surgery
145 Studley Road
Heidelberg VIC 3084 
Australia
Melbourne Gastrointestinal Group
18 Martin Street
Heidelberg VIC 3084 
Australia
03 9456 9511
03 9456 9577