About the Discipline
University of Adelaide Discipline of Surgery
The University of Adelaide Discipline of Surgery has a presence within
the Royal Adelaide Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, both major
teaching hospitals of the University of Adelaide. In addition, it
has a presence at the Lyell McEwin Health Service, a smaller peripheral
hospital, as well as representation in a number of rural centres including
Mt Gambier, Whyalla, Port Lincoln, Port Augusta and Port Pirie.
This collection of hospitals provides a mix of rural and major city
hospital teaching as well as the opportunity to allow easy referral of
patients between appropriate centres. The Discipline has had as its
major area of interest general surgery, in particular upper gastrointestinal
surgery, hepatobiliary surgery and oncological surgery.
Research laboratories are located at both the Royal Adelaide
Hospital and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital campuses, with small animal facilities
available within the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and large and small animal
facilities at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital site.
Royal Adelaide Hospital
The University Discipline at the Royal Adelaide Hospital is multifaceted
with strong interests in clinical care of patients, clinical
research through clinical trials, and basic science research, which is
funded predominantly by grants from bodies such as the Anti-Cancer Foundation
and the National Health and Medical Research Council. Because of its international
reputation in the field of upper gastrointestinal disease, the Department
of Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital has been particularly successful
in the acquisition of such grants over the last few years.
The Discipline conducts randomised controlled trials looking at various
aspects of surgical treatment of gastro oesophageal reflux disease.
The international reputation of the Discipline is attested to by invitations
to its members to speak at international meetings, invitations for visiting
professorships to prestigious international departments, and the fact that
we receive of the order of 15-20 applications each year from overseas doctors
wishing to come and spend a year or two working in our department.
The individual interests of members of the Discipline are listed elsewhere
on this web site.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The Discipline of Surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has access to excellent basic science
laboratories, as well as a very busy and well-equipped Animal House.
The Discipline is responsible for oversight of all surgical services within
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and currently controls a $40 million budget
annually to deliver surgery at The Queen Elizabeth site.
In addition to research interests of colonic disease, laparoscopic surgery
and minimally invasive tumour destruction by electrolytic techniques and
a strong interest in wound healing, there has also been a major research
interest in the delivery of seamless surgical care to the community.
There are now full-time or part-time academic staff in the Departments
of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Breast Endocrine Surgery, Colorectal
Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology, Otorhinolaryngology,
Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Vascular Surgery. With this increased
emphasis on academic staff, there has been a substantial rise in the research
output and the development of novel teaching techniques, particularly in
the area of day surgery and rural surgery on behalf of the University of
Adelaide.
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