Ara is a specialist in General Surgeon, with an interest in Laparoscopic, Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric surgery.
Ara completed his medical degree through the University of Melbourne in 2005. Through his time as a junior doctor, Ara gained experience at a number of Victorian public hospitals including The Alfred, Box Hill, Frankston, Maroondah, Sandringham and The Angliss.
He qualified as a General Surgeon in 2014 (FRACS) and went on to gain further training in Upper Gastrointestinal surgery and Bariatric surgery. Ara has worked at Tweed Hospital in NSW and John Flynn Private Hospital in QLD where he gained experience in robotic surgery. In 2015, he returned to the Alfred to gain valuable experience in revisional bariatric surgery, complex Upper GI surgery and trauma surgery.