About George

George is passionate about caring for his patients who suffer from obesity and the consequences of this disease.  He is one of Australia’s most experienced, highly skilled, knowleagable and compassionate Weight Loss Surgeons.  His expert technical skill, decision making, advanced knowledge and adaptability ensures that his patients receive the best care, advice and management for their health problems.  George’s involvement in both large Tertiary University Public and Private Hospitals allows him to care for his patients anywhere, to be involved in training young surgeons and also in the latest research.  His extensive training and experience in not only Weight loss and metabolic surgery, but also Upper Gastrointestinal, Liver and Pancreas surgery and advanced endoscopy allows him to deal with complications of Bariatric surgery in patients from both locally and abroad and offer the entire range of Weight loss procedures available. 

George completed his qualifications in General surgery obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2012 through St Vincents Hospital in Melbourne. Both there and at Box Hill Hospital he also completed further two years of subspecialty training in Upper Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary Surgery and advanced Endoscopy before moving to the United Kingdom to further his experience.  There he became the senior Fellow in the Liver and Pancreas Surgery Unit at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, the 2nd biggest and busiest University Hospital and NHS trust in UK and Europe. 

In his second year in the UK he trained in Bariatric and Upper GI surgery in the world renowned Oxford University Hospital Upper GI unit becoming adept at Bariatric Surgery as at the sole Senior Clinical Fellow responsible for running this Prestigious Bariatric Surgery Unit.  

He returned home to take up a  Specialist Surgeon position in the Public Bariatric Surgery Unit at Eastern Health – Box Hill Hospital and in the Liver, Pancreas and Upper GI unit at University Hospital Geelong.  He commenced the Bariatric Surgery Program at Epworth Geelong and performes a large number of complex, revisional and primary Bariatric procedures both Robotically and laparascopically. Together with his surgical partner Mr Darrin Goodall- Wilson, our dieticians, psychologists and specialist nursing team, George is able to provide world class, gold standard care and  expertise and care for all his patients.