Academic Department
Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery
The Fröhlich West Chair of Surgery
Edcuation
One of the principal roles of the Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery is the teaching of Monash University medical students. These third year Monash University medical students come to Cabrini for a 12 month placement and alternate 6 months of medicine and 6 months of Surgery.
Post graduate surgical education continues with the ongoing accreditation of Cabrini Health by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for advanced surgical training. Cabrini Health is the only private hospital in Australia to have such independent accreditation for the training of surgeons. The success of a training program in the private sector is being carefully monitored not only by Cabrini but also other private hospitals and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. It is hoped that more accredited positions within the private sector can be achieved in the future.
The Alan Ahda Evi Selwyn Family Research Scholarship in Clinical Surgery
The 2005/2006 recipients of the research prize are Dr Cherry Koh and Dr Paul Simpson. Their project in conjunction with Mr. Paul McMurrick and Professor Adrian Polglase examines infection control issues in relation to the use of rigid sigmiodoscopes. The project is titled “Single-use Rigid Sigmoidoscope Insufflators: Evidence Based Practice”
Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Clinical Research Prize in Surgery
The Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Clinical Research Prize in Surgery in now in its 8th year. Each year the Research Prize seems to gain more momentum and strength. The Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Clinical Research Prize in Surgery is held annually in October. In 2006 thirty-five surgical residents/registrars who have entered or intend entering an accredited surgical training program in Australasia submitted abstracts for consideration. From the abstracts submitted 10 finalists were selected to present.
The 2006 prize winner was Dr Alkis Psaltis from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Adelaide. His presentation was entitled “An animal model for the
study of biofilms in rhinosinusitis”
Honorary Research Fellow/Surgical Assistant 2007
Dr Vinay Rane
Basic Surgical Trainees (BST) 2007 (2 x 3 month rotations)
Dr Lok Wong and Dr Jason Maani
