Rotations
Southern Health offers rotations at various metropolitan and regional hospitals.
Rotations are allocated at the end of each year for the coming twelve months and are then communicated to trainess as soon as rosters are confirmed. You will be given an oppurtunity to rank your preferences however you must understand that not everyone can be given their first preferences.
Below you will find details of each hospital affiliated with advanced training at Southern Health and information related to each rotation offered. Links to the hospitals internet homepage are provided.
Hospitals
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Monash Medical Centre
The Monash Medical Centre is a 400 bed tertiary referral hospital directly servicing the outer south east of Melbourne. MMC is actively affiliated with and supports many regional and rural hospitals.
Supervisor of advanced training: Mr Alan Saunders
General Surgery 1
Head of unit: Mr
Consultants: Mr
Junior staff: Fellow, registrar, 2 interns
Department of Surgery
Head of unit: Mr
Consultants: Mr
Junior staff: Fellow or registrar, 2 interns
General Surgery 3 (GS3)
Head of unit:
Consultants: Mr
Junior staff: Fellow, registrar, 2 interns
Cardiothoracic Surgery (CTS)
Head of unit: Mr
Consultants: Mr
Junior staff: 3 registrars (2 cardiothoracic trainees, 1 general trainee), 1 resident, 1 intern
Casey Hospital
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Supervisor of advanced training: Mr
Breast and Melanoma
This unit provides specialist surgical care for breast and skin and soft tissue cancers.
Head of unit:
Consultants:
Junior staff: Registrar, 1 resident
Breast and Melanoma
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Head of unit:
Consultants:
Junior staff: Registrar, 1 resident
Dandenong Hospital
Supervisor of advanced training: Associate Professor Bruce Waxman
Surgical Unit 1
This is a general surgical unit.
Head of unit: Associate Professor Bruce Waxman
Consultants:
Junior staff: Registrar, 1 resident
Breast and Melanoma
This unit provides specialist surgical care for breast and skin and soft tissue cancers.
Head of unit:
Consultants:
Junior staff: Registrar, 1 resident
Latrobe Regional Hospital
Located in Traralgon Latrobe regional Hospital is the larget in Gippsland. A wide range of general surgery is performed at this 257 bed state-of-the-art purpose built, fully integrated public hospital.
Two registrars are rotated to the Latrobe Regional Hospital from the Monash Medical Centre.
Supervisor of advanced training: Mr David Birks
General Surgery A
Head of unit: Mr David Birks
Consultants:
Junior staff: Registrar, 1 intern
General Surgery B
Head of unit:
Consultants:
Junior staff: Registrar, 1 intern