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LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY
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DAVID READ
Trauma and Colorectal Surgery
David Read received his General Surgical Fellowship in 1999, and subsequently completed post fellowship training in a wide spectrum of areas including upper GI, thoracic surgery, breast cancer surgery, paediatrics, burns and trauma. He has trained in Adelaide, Darwin, Bath and Sheffield in the UK, and San Antonio Texas.
David’s broad training laid the foundation for his practice as a well regarded Rural general surgeon in Darwin, where he practiced for 15 years where he spent the latter part of his tenure as the Director of Trauma and Burns, at the National Critical Care & Trauma Response Centre. He has niche expertise in the surgery of disaster and conflict, and has been deployed several times. David is Nationally and Internationally recognised for this work, particularly the establishment of the Australian Medical Assessment Team (AUSMAT) surgical field hospital. He was centrally involved in the responses to both Bali Bombings and the Ashmore Reef explosion, and was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross after the 2002 Bali bombings.
More recently, David completed another fellowship, this time in Colorectal Surgery, which included training in CSSANZ approved positions in Melbourne and Auckland.
His research interests include the effect of remoteness on cancer and trauma outcomes, Indigenous health and the epidemiology of trauma.
In early 2020 David commenced as the Director of Trauma and Colorectal Surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is experienced in the management of anorectal conditions, a GESA qualified gastroscopist and colonoscopist, and laparoscopic bowel surgery for both benign disease and cancer. Apart from colorectal surgery, he is very experienced in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, as well as minor general surgical procedures such as vasectomy and soft tissue lumps and bumps.
With his broad experience, David prides himself on his ability to consider the whole of the patient with the greatest sensitivity, care and friendly Northern Territory manner.
Special interest areas:
• Colorectal Surgery
• Hernia Surgery
• Colonoscopy
• Gastroscopy