Dr Havish Srinath

Dr Havish Srinath grew up in Sydney but moved to sunny Queensland to study medicine at the University of Queensland. He fell in love with the Gold Coast and Northern NSW when working as a junior doctor at the Tweed Hospital. He completed his general surgical training via the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and obtained his FRACS in 2019.

Dr Srinath completed two further subspeciality training years in colorectal surgery as a fellow under the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ). These years included robotic and minimally invasive surgery at the Tweed/John Flynn Hospital and the intestinal failure and inflammatory bowel disease unit of Fiona Stanley Hospital. Dr. Srinath has a keen interest in benign and malignant colorectal disease including endoscopy, diverticular disease, colorectal cancer, pelvic floor disorders and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr Srinath is a member of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) and the CSSANZ.

Dr Srinath has an interest in research with focus upon diverticular disease, robotic surgery and colorectal cancer. He has published and presented in local and international forums.

Dr Srinath has been an avid teacher since medical school. He was involved in tutoring of medical students and has been part of the academic teaching faculty at UQ, Griffith and Bond universities. He subsequently obtained a graduate diploma in medical education at the University of Dundee, Scotland to further his interests in surgical education.

Ms Amy Pearn

Amy Pearn has been providing cancer genetic services to the public since 2005. She has a Masters in Genetic Counselling from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and is certified by the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) and the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC). She has worked in public health, research, laboratory and consultative genetic counselling roles internationally as well as in Australia. 

After 15 years working in public health, Amy founded the Gene Council, a private service based in Perth providing virtual cancer genetic counselling and testing and works with the HGSA advocating for regulation and funding models for genetic counsellors. Amy sat on the national eviQ Cancer Genetics Reference Committee for over 10 years and coordinated the roll-out of mainstream genetic testing for women with ovarian cancer in WA.

Professor Dieter Weber

Professor Dieter Weber is the Head of Department of General Surgery and Head of Trauma Service at Royal Perth Hospital. He is clinically engaged as consultant surgeon both in Trauma and General Surgery.

After graduating from the University of Western Australia, he completed his General Surgery Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). He subsequently subspecialised in Trauma Surgery in Newcastle.

Prof. Weber is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Western Australia and holds an adjunct position with the University of Newcastle in his role as a course coordinator for the Masters of Traumatology. He has authored and instructed on various trauma and emergency surgery related courses and is engaged in research in these fields.

He is a Board member of the World Society of Emergency Surgery and is also a member of the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery and the International Surgical Society. With RACS, he serves as the Deputy Chair of the Clinical Examinations Committee. He also chairs the Post-Fellowship Education and Training Committee for Trauma Surgery and is an executive committee member for the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Surgery of Trauma as Supervisor of Post-Fellowship Training. He is also a member of the RACS WA Trauma Committee.

Ms Lola Sikora

Lola Sikora is the Trauma Program Manager at Royal Perth Hospital. Lola has worked within the State Major Trauma Unit for 13 years and has undertaken a variety of senior nursing roles within the Trauma Service. In her role as Trauma Program Manager, Lola is responsible for the management of the service’s Injury Prevention initiatives including the P.A.R.T.Y. Program and Stop the Bleed as well as the WA State Trauma Registry and Trauma Service research activity. Lola also provides leadership and support for the operational management of the WA State Trauma Service.

Lola holds a Graduate Diploma of Forensic Nursing and a Master of Public Health and is passionate about teaching, also having positions as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine, UWA, and as a Sessional Tutor for the University of Notre Dame.  

Dr James Carroll is a general surgeon, trained in Queensland and awarded FRACS in 2022. He is a current ANZAST Trauma Fellow based at Royal Perth Hospital having completed a year of post-fellowship training in trauma at Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2022. 

Dr Carroll teaches EMST and has an interest in trauma care. Dr Carroll is a Captain in the Australian Army Reserves and also holds a Masters of Public Health.

Dr Abdallah Elsabagh

Dr Abdallah Elsabagh is a Perth based general and colorectal surgeon. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cairo in Egypt as well as basic surgical training and underwent MRCS program in the Royal College of Surgeons in England, before migrating to Australia in 2009. He joined the Australian workforce and finished formal general surgical training in Western Australia in 2019.

After being award his general surgery fellowship, Dr Elsabagh underwent an additional two years of colorectal fellowship training at Flinders Medical centre, Adelaide and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, where robotic surgery for colorectal conditions was part of his training.

Dr Elsabagh has a strong academic background, holding a Masters in Surgical Science and a Masters in General Surgery from the University of Edinburgh in 2017. He has also published several international publications.

He is a provisional member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ), a member of General Surgeons Australia and is accredited with the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) to perform colonoscopy and gastroscopy. 

Associate Professor Marina Wallace

Associate Professor Marina Wallace is a consultant colorectal surgeon at Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals. She trained in the UK and did her specialist training and fellowship at St Mark’s Hospital in London. She was sponsored by the National Institute of Health (United States) to coordinate the largest randomised control trial of patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis run from St Mark’s Hospital and this allowed her to complete her Masters in Surgery thesis in 2000 from the University of London. She became a consultant colorectal surgeon in 2001 and spent 6 years working at Watford General Hospital.

A/Prof. Wallace emigrated to the sunnier and healthier West Australia in 2007 where she was offered the Associate Professor position at UWA and Fremantle Hospital. She was with the University until 2022. She is now Lead Surgeon for Fiona Stanley Hospital, Acting Head of Surgery for the general surgical department and a full-time colorectal surgeon. She runs the family cancer clinic, originally developed by Michael Levitt, in association with the Family Cancer Registry where she helps the Registry coordinate the clinical care of patients with inherited colorectal conditions.

A/Prof. Wallace enjoys open water swimming and playing tennis, both sports she does with enthusiasm but not much skill.

Dr Corinne Jones 

Dr Corinne Jones is a senior specialist breast surgeon, in a full time solo practice at St John of God Hospital in Subiaco.  She was the first female, born and educated in Perth, to become a general surgical trainee, completing her training in Perth in 1998.

During 1999 Corinne worked as a locum consultant breast surgeon in the Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Breast Units. In late 1999 she travelled to the NHS in Glasgow, to undertake a 2 year breast and thyroid fellowship, having also acquired membership of the UK Specialist Register. With no job offers at home, and opportunities on offer in the UK, she worked in Sheffield and then Boston in Lincolnshire, England.

In late 2003 she moved to Poitiers France with her infant daughter and husband and completed a 12 month thyroid surgery Fellowship.

Corinne returned to Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, England, in late 2004, to a permanent NHS post as Director of the Breast Service and established a dedicated Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Service with the ENT surgeons. She also gained extra experience removing parathyroid tumours with a senior urologist in the hospital.

In 2008, Corinne returned to Perth and undertook sessions at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Breast Unit with General Surgery on call. At the same time, she also began private practice sessions at St John of God Hospital Mt Lawley before moving across to St John of God Hospital Subiaco in 2010.

By 2014 she began leasing and running her own rooms, with her house husband expanding his business management skills. She also undertook some consulting in Joondalup at Genesis in Shenton House, from 2016 to the start of COVID in 2020.

Throughout these early years in privat practice, Corinne spent some time as an assistant surgeon to several surgical colleagues around Perth.

Corinne currently shares rooms at St John of God Hospital Subiaco with haematologist Dr Ben Carnley and operates full time at Subiaco. She undertakes combined breast cancer reconstruction cases with plastic surgeons at St John of God Hospitals in Subiaco and Murdoch, West Leederville Day Hospital, The Mount and Hollywood Hospitals.

In late 2022 she also began locum consultant cover sessions, in the Fiona Stanley Breast Unit, operating at both FSH and Fremantle Hospital.

Dr Yi Th ng Seow

Dr Yi Th ng Seow is a GSET 2 trainee currently working in Endocrine Surgery team at the Royal Perth Hospital. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Western Australia, followed by a Master of Surgery from the University of Sydney. Outside her professional commitments, Dr Seow enjoys cycling with her husband and sons, embracing family time and an active lifestyle.

Dr Suresh Navadgi 

Dr Suresh Navadgi specialises in complex laparoscopic upper GI surgery for benign conditions such as reflux, hiatus hernia, bile duct stones, splenectomy. He also performs state-of-the-art minimal invasive and open liver and pancreatic surgery and liver ablation for primary and metastatic cancers. Dr Navadgi performs general surgery procedures routinely such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy, groin and ventral hernia repairs. 

Dr Navadgi completed his initial general surgery training at Mumbai University before embarking on a three-year Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at The Tata Memorial Cancer Centre, where he trained with some of the world’s leading experts in hepato-biliary and pancreatic surgery. During his fellowship, he also had the opportunity to visit the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York and the University of Heidelberg in Germany. 

In 2008, Dr Navadgi made the move to Australia, where he obtained the Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgery in 2012. He then completed subspecialty training in upper GI and hepato-biliary surgery in Melbourne, followed by a solid organ Transplant Fellowship in Auckland, New Zealand. Dr Navadgi’s exceptional knowledge and surgical skills have been recognised with numerous awards, including the ANZHPBA fellowship and the prestigious ‘Padbury Trophy’ for excelling in his fellowship exams. 

Dr Navadgi has scientific publications in several peer-reviewed journals and is actively involved with the Australian College of Surgeons in training future surgeons. 

Dr Anand Trivedi

Dr Anand Trivedi is a consultant General and Acute Care Surgeon currently serving at Fiona Stanley and Rockingham General Hospitals. He also works at St John of God Hospital in Murdoch for his private patients. Dr Trivedi has special interests in Emergency Surgery and Complex abdominal hernias and reconstructions.

In addition to his clinical roles, Dr Trivedi is actively involved as an academic adjunct with the Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre (CTEC) at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He also serves as a training supervisor for General Surgeon Australia. 

At present Dr Trivedi is Consultant Lead for Surgical Education at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth. 

Associate Professor Mo Ballal

Associate Professor Mo Ballal is a highly trained Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric surgeon, having completed his training under some of the world’s leaders in both General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery. 

A/Prof Ballal embarked on his journey to become a surgeon at the prestigious Hacettepe School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey. Having completed his medical degree in 1997, he was offered the opportunity to train as a general surgeon in Liverpool, UK, in the highly competitive and world-renowned general surgery program. A/Prof Ballal successfully completed his general surgery training and was admitted to the UK’s governing body as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons – Edinburgh in 2009. 

Following his qualification in General Surgery, he further enhanced his skills by relocating to Perth, Western Australia to complete additional surgical training in the field of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery with Professor David Fletcher, and his team including Dr Krishna Epari and Dr Alan Thomas. This was completed in 2012. Subsequently, A/Prof Ballal was offered the opportunity to join Fremantle Hospital Upper GI Unit as a consultant surgeon and continues to hold this position today at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch, Western Australia. 

A/Prof Ballal combines his love for learning by maintaining his public appointment with his private practice at Upper GI West.

Dr Nick Newman

Dr Nick Newman is a graduate of UWA and trained in General Surgery in WA before undertaking a Rural Surgical Fellowship in Darwin. He gained an interest and experience in Hand Surgery in Darwin before moving to Bunbury WA in 1997. He has worked full time in private practice and has provided a VMO service to the Southwest WA public hospitals for 27 years. During that time he has consolidated his experience in hand surgery.

While he is not a subspecialist hand surgeon, approximately one third of his operative work is hand surgery.

Dr Shahriar Raj Zaman

Dr Shahriar Raj Zaman or Raj as he’s most well known as, is an Australian and internationally trained, fully qualified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon.

He qualified from the University of Western Australia in 2009 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. He is Australian board certified, completing the Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) Examination in June 2022.

Following completion of his training, Dr Zaman pursued further subspecialty training in Seoul, South Korea at the world-renowned Asan Medical Centre in complex microsurgical reconstruction under the esteemed tutelage of Professors JP Hong, Peter Suh, John Pak and JW Choi with Dr Zaman later being invited to present at the Centre addressing melanoma. Dr Zaman completed further training in aesthetic surgery with the Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons in Sydney.

Dr Zaman is a respected figure in the medical community, recognised for his commitment to education and research. He is a dedicated mentor to junior doctors and plastic surgery trainees, and he is published both domestically and internationally.

His surgical experience is extensive, and his particular interests include hand surgery, melanoma and skin cancer, complex microsurgical reconstructions as well as aesthetic breast and body contouring surgery.

Dr Zaman operates out of St John of God’s Murdoch, Mt Lawley and Bunbury locations.

Dr Hendrick Tan

Dr Hendrick Tan completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and began his medical career at Royal Perth Hospital. He then went on to specialist training in radiation oncology at Sir Charles Gairdner and Fiona Stanley hospitals.

Following this, Dr Tan undertook a clinical research fellowship at the Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre in Canada in the field of neuro-oncology, thoracic oncology, stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) and MRI-guided radiation therapy. 

His clinical interests include neuro-oncology (brain, skull base, spine), adaptive RT, treatment of oligometastases, gastrointestinal and thoracic cancers.

Dr Jacinta Cover

Dr Jacinta Cover is a regional general surgeon for the last 10 years with a focus on colorectal surgical care and emergency surgery. She trained in Western Australia and now practices at Bunbury Hospital. 

Dr Cover is co-HOD for general surgery and Medical Director of Surgical, Maternity and Paediatric Services at Bunbury Regional Hospital as well as a lecturer at the Rural Clinical School.

Mr Peter Li

Peter Li is a Lead Quality Analyst for the Healthcare Quality Intelligence Unit in the WA Department of Health. As part of this team, he has led on the management of the statewide Safety and Quality Indicator Set, developed clinical deep dive dashboards, and has led in the application of data science techniques in the safety and quality space.

Prior to the Department of Health, Peter previously worked at the Department of Treasury, where he applied data science techniques to various fields such as Justice, Communities and Transport.

Dr Jamal Tashkandi

Dr Jamal Tashkandi is an anaesthesia consultant who completed his medical training at King Khalid University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 1991, followed by ANZCA fellowship in New Zealand in 2006. He has worked in numerous hospitals across Australia (NSW, QLD and WA), New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia.

Dr Tashkandi has a keen interest in medical teaching and education at all stages. In KSA, he held two Associate Professor positions at King Khalid University, among the top-ranked medical schools in the kingdom, followed by a role at Umm Al-Qura University. In these positions, Dr Tashkandi was heavily involved in curriculum development and standardisation of medical student exams. Upon returning to Australia in 2017, he has been teaching for Part 1ANCZA fellowship exams.

Dr Tashkandi is an active member of the anaesthesia community, belonging to the Australian Society of Anaesthesia (ASA) and the Australian Islamic Medical Association (AIMA), having presented at their inaugural conference in 2021. He has also recently joined Australian Doctors for Africa (ADFA), completing his first trip to Madagascar, where he joined the Urology team for 2 weeks.