Specialists

Mr Tilan Beneragama

MBBS, FRACS

Mr Tilan Beneragama is a general surgeon who has a clinical interest in colorectal surgery, but also maintains a broad general surgery practice.

Ms Sheryn Cheah

FRACS - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Ms Sheryn Cheah is a General Surgeon with an interest in Laparoscopic Upper Gastro-intestinal and Bariatric Surgery

Mr Andrew Chong

FRACS

Mr Geoffrey Draper

FRACS

Dr Geoffrey Draper is a General Surgeon who has been working on the Mornington Peninsula for 25 years with a clinical focus in weight loss surgery, hernia and gallbladder surgery. He has performed over 4000 Gastric Sleeves.

Mr Ross Ferguson

MBBS (Melb) Dip.Anat. (Mon) FRACS

Ross is a General Surgeon with clinical interests in breast, bowel and hernia surgery.

Dr Joshua Hammerschlag

MBBS, PGradDipAnat, cFRACS, FAANZGOSA

Dr Josh Hammerschlag is a General Surgeon who treats a wide range of benign and malignant oesophagogastric conditions, including oesophageal and gastric cancer, GORD, hiatus hernia, and oesophageal motility disorders. He also performs weight loss (bariatric) surgery, including revisional procedures.

Dr Belinda Hii

FRACS MMBS BMedsc(Hons)

Dr Belinda Hii is a general surgeon with a clinical focus in endocrine surgery. She was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in General Surgery in 2019. Dr Hii has completed local and international subspecialty fellowships in endocrine surgery. She was appointed the prestigious Selwyn Taylor Fellowship at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London UK. Dr Hii commenced consultant practice in London prior to returning to Melbourne, where she is currently appointed as an endocrine and general surgeon with Alfred and Peninsula Health, and consults in Frankston and East Melbourne.

Mr Kareem Marwan

MBBS, FRACS, FRCSEd

Mr Mani Niazi

MD, FRACS

Mr Mani Niazi is a senior surgeon who has over 10 years of Post-Training Surgical experience in General Surgery and an interest in Upper GI & Bariatric Surgery.

A/Prof Charles Pilgrim

MBBS (Hons), FRACS, PhD, FACS

Charles pioneered robotic surgery in Victoria, being the first surgeon to perform a robotic pancreatic operation in 2015 and the first to perform a robotic liver operation in 2016 and currently offers the full range of the most up-to-date and evidence based surgical procedures for surgery of the gallbladder, liver and pancreas. Charles' clinical focus also extends to general upper gastrointestinal laparoscopic and robotic procedures including weight loss and hernia surgery.

Mr Benjamin Privett

FRACS, MBBS, BMedSc

Mr Benjamin Privett is a General Surgeon with an interest in gallbladder, hepatic (liver), pancreatic surgery and robotic surgery.

Mr Niruben Rajasagaram

MB BCh, BAO, MRCS, FRACS

Mr Aravinthan (Ara) Saravanamuttu

FRACS

Ara is a specialist in General Surgeon, with an interest in Laparoscopic, Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric surgery.

Prof Jonathan Serpell

MBBS MD MEd FRACS FACS FRCSEd (ad hom)

Professor Serpell is the Director of General Surgery and Head of the Breast, Endocrine and General Surgery Unit at The Alfred Hospital. He also works in the Breast, Endocrine Surgery and Surgical Oncology Unit at Frankston Hospital and is a Professor of Surgery at Monash University.

Mr Gaurang Shah

MBBS, MS (General Surgery), FRACS

Mr Gaurang Shah offers a variety of minimally invasive and open general surgery but has a keen interest in laparoscopic and open colorectal cancer surgery. He is certified by GESA to perform diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Dr Susan Shedda

FRACS, MPH

Dr Susan Shedda is an experienced General Surgeon with sub specialty training in colorectal surgery. She has over 15 years of experience in minimally invasive procedures, including laparoscopic surgeries. Susan also has experience in robotic surgeries. She treats colorectal cancer, hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), anal fistulas, and pelvic floor disorders.

Mr. Stewart Skinner

MBBS

Dr Matthew Stokes

MBBS, FRACS, BAppSci, PGDipSurgAnat, MIPDEd, AANZGOSA

Dr. Matthew Stokes is a General Surgeon with international sub-specialist training in Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, undertaken through the highly competitive AANZGOSA training program. He has specialist training in minimally invasive surgical techniques for oesophageal and gastric cancer, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD), hiatus & diaphragmatic hernias, and metabolic and bariatric surgery, including revisional procedures. Alongside this, Dr Stokes also manages general surgical conditions, including the surgical management of gallstone disease and hernias, and all emergency general surgical disorders.

Mr Senthilkumar Sundaramurthy

MBBS, MRCS(UK), FRACS

General Surgeon with an interest in laparoscopic surgery

Mr Kostas Syrrakos

BSC, LLB, MBBS, FRACS

Mr Kostas Syrrakos is a General Surgeon with an interest in Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery and Endoscopy.