Andrew practices as a Gastroenterologist at Epworth and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and is also a senior Consultant Physician in Specialist General Medicine at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.Among his achievements and research interests Andrew is founder of the Bariatric Interest Group at Epworth Healthcare, because he has a very committed interest in non-surgical treatments for obesity.
\n\nAs well as his interest in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Andrew is committed to teaching the next generation. He is the Consortium Director of Physician training for the Greater Western Consortium, which includes the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Western, Ballarat, Wangaratta and Albury Base Hospitals. He is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne and an examiner for the Royal Australian College of Physicians.
\n\nAndrew graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 with a degree in Medicine and Surgery, and undertook his specialty training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Box Hill Hospital under Professor Peter Gibson. He was appointed Consultant Gastroenterologist at Royal Cornwall Hospital in the UK, and returned to Australia in 2006 to work in the public health system and to build his Melbourne practice.
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