Rotations

Melbourne 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 Melbourne Health and information related to each rotation offered. Links to the hospitals internet homepage are provided.

Hospitals

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The Royal Melbourne Hospital

The RMH is a 400 bed tertiary referral hospital

Supervisor of advanced training: Mr

General Surgery 1

GS1 is the
There is one dedicated surgical colonoscopy list per week and the unit also runs an anorectal ultrasound and physiology lab.

Head of unit: Mr

Consultants: Mr

Junior staff: Fellow, registrar, 2 interns

Department of Surgery

The DOS unit

Head of unit: Mr

Consultants: Mr

Junior staff: Fellow or registrar, 2 interns

General Surgery 3

GS3 is

Head of unit: Associate Professor

Consultants: Mr

Junior staff: Fellow, registrar, 2 interns


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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is a dedicated cancer treatment centre. The surgical oncology services provided within Peter Mac are continually increasing in breadth and complexity. This hospital is able to manage the full spectrum of cancer related illness within a multidisciplinary setting. One registrar is on rotation from the Royal Melbourne Hospital and works on the Gastrointestinal Unit whilst a second registrar is on rotation from the St Vincent's Hospital and works on the Breast and Melanoma Unit.

Supervisor of advanced training: Associate Professor Michael Henderson

Breast and Melanoma

This unit provides specialist surgical care for breast and skin cancers. There is also collaboration with the sarcoma unit for management of soft tissue and retroperitoneal sarcomas.

Head of unit: Associate Professor Henderson

Consultants: Mr David Speakman, Dr Catherine Poliness, Dr Stewart Hart

Junior staff: Registrar, 1 resident

GastroIntestinal

This unit provides specialist surgical care for all gastrointestinal malignancies.

Head of unit: Professor Robert Thomas

Consultants: Mr Bruce Mann, Associate Professor Jack Mackay, Mr Gavin Wright, Mr Frank Chen, Mr Malcolm Steel

Junior staff: Registrar, 1 resident


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Ballarat Base Hospital

The Ballarat Base Hospital. Two registrars rotate to Ballarat from St Vincent's whilst a third rotates from the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Supervisor of advanced training: Mr Stephen Tobin

Colorectal

This unit provides specialist surgical care for breast and skin and soft tissue cancers.

Head of unit: Mr Stephen Tobin

Consultants: Mr Bruce Stewart

Junior staff: Registrar, 1 intern

Upper GastroIntestinal

This unit provides specialist surgical care for breast and skin and soft tissue cancers.

Head of unit: Mr David Deutscher

Consultants: Mr Andrew Lowe, Mr Stuart Eaton

Junior staff: Registrar, 1 intern

Vascular/Plastics

This unit provides specialist vascular surgical services. Open and edovascular surgery is performed as well as renal access surgery. The registrar is also involved with plastic surgery at Ballarat and will be exposed to a wide range of reconstructive surgery.

Head of unit: Mr Rob Ventura

Consultants: Mr Michael Condous, Mr Rob Sheen (plastics)

Junior staff: Registrar, 1 intern


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