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Dr Patrick Cregan FRACS

Professer Michael Cox

Dr Patrick Cregan FRACS

Current Appointments Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Western Sydney Clinical Director of Surgery, Sydney West Area Health Service Chair, Surgical Services Taskforce, NSW Department of Health Visiting Surgeon: Nepean Hospital, Nepean Private Hospital, Springwood Hospital Chair, Virtual Critical Care Unit (ViCCU) Member, Board of Directors, NSW Cancer Institute Chairman of Board of Directors , MedicVision Clinical Interests Research Interests Endocrine Laparoscopic Surgery Bariatric (Obesity) Surgery Surgical Robotics High performance computing and surgery Hapto-Visual environments ViCCU Project

Professor Michael Cox

Professor Cox graduated from Melbourne University in 1982, and trained in general surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.  Additional post fellowship training was gained at Belfast, Colchester England and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide.  He was appointed to Nepean Hospital in 1994. Professor Cox has recently been appointed Professor of Surgery, University of Sydney at Nepean Public Hospital and is active in training general surgeons.  He runs regular tutorials for trainees and is the past chairman of the Board in General Surgery in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS).  He is an examiner on the court of examiners for RACS. Clinical Interests Research Interests Diseases of the Upper Gastro-intestinal tract and their management. Laparoscopic Surgery (has performed over 4,000 Laparoscopic procedures) Endoscopic therapeutic procedures (2,000 procedures performed) ERCP procedures (1,500 procedures performed) He recently developed an interest in surgery for Morbid Obesity and is involved in the Gastric Banding program initially established by Dr Cregan Treatment and complications from gallbladder surgery Treatment and complications of complex gallbladder disease. Development of the Acute Surgical Unit