Dr James Chau, Weightloss Keyhole Surgery Centre, Miranda NSW

Dr James Chau

Dr. James Chau is a consultant upper gastrointestinal surgeon, specialising in weight loss surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, minimally invasive laparoscopic hernia repair, endoscopy, general and bariatric surgery.

He is a Consultant Surgeon at St George Private, Kareena Private, Dubbo Private, and Figtree Private Hospitals.

He is an Accredited Bariatric Surgeon at St George Private Hospital, Centre of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery.

After graduating from The University of Sydney he was accepted into the surgical training program in his first residency year. Dr. Chau completed his Advanced Surgical Training in the minimum required time of four years. He went on to complete Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Surgery at The Canberra Hospital, and Fellowship in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery and Bariatric Surgery at St George Private and Public

Hospitals. During his Fellowship year at St George Private Hospital, he gained considerable experience in complex revisional bariatric surgery, and advanced laparoscopic surgery.

Dr. Chau’s main interests are weight loss and metabolic surgery. He has researched extensively in Sleeve Gastrectomy and Revisional surgery for failed Gastric Bands and has presented scientific papers in International and National Meetings.

He specialises in revision of gastric bands, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, revisional bariatric surgery, and metabolic surgery for diabetes.

Memberships

Dr. Chau is a member of the following professional associations

Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

Australia and New Zealand Hepatic, Pancreatic & Biliary Association

Australia & New Zealand Gastric & Oesophageal Surgery Association

Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

Australian Medical Association

Scientific Presentations

Dr. Chau presented in the following National and International meetings

3rd Annual International Consensus Summit for Sleeve Gastrectomy. Topic. Antral resection techniques for Sleeve Gastrectomy. New York. December 2-4, 201 80th Annual Scientific Congress. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Topic. Revisional sleeve gastrectomy for failed laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands.

Adelaide. May 2-6, 2011 80th Annual Scientific Congress. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Topic.

Short term results comparing antral sparing vs partial antrectomy for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Adelaide. May 2-6, 2011