A/Prof Jerome Laurence
Innerwest Upper GIT Surgery
About
Dr Jerome Laurence is a specialist in upper gastrointestinal surgery focusing on liver, pancreas, gallbladder, stomach and oesophageal cancer, with a particular interest in minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgery. He also performs dialysis access, liver and kidney transplantation surgery, and surgery for morbid obesity.
Hospital Affiliations
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
NSW - public
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
NSW
Mater Hospital
NSW - private
Strathfield Private
NSW - private
About Dr Jerome Laurence
Dr Jerome Laurence undertook medical school, internship and junior resident training in Surgery in the United Kingdom.
- Medical school, internship and junior resident training in Surgery in the United Kingdom. Northcote Scholar, PhD in transplantation immunology at the University of Sydney. General Surgery training at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord hospitals, Sydney. Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2011). Two-year post-fellowship HPB and UGI surgery program at Westmead Hospital and Royal Brisbane Hospital. Two-year fellowship in HPB and transplantation surgery at Toronto General Hospital, approved by American Society of Transplant Surgeons and Americas Hepatobiliary Association.
- Associate Professor at the RPA Institute of Academic Surgery and the University of Sydney
- Northcote Scholar
- Fellowship approved by American Society of Transplant Surgeons and Americas Hepatobiliary Association
- Published extensively in HPB oncology and transplantation
Procedure Information
Surgery for morbid obesity▼
Listed as a procedure offered by Dr Laurence, with training in laparoscopic surgery for morbid obesity received at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic)▼
Includes cholecystectomy (gallstones), common bile duct stones, reflux and hiatus hernia, abdominal wall hernia, adrenal gland disorders, disorders of the spleen, pancreatic resection, live donor nephrectomy, and liver resection.
Endoscopy▼
Colonoscopy and gastroscopy procedures.
Cancer surgery▼
Surgery for cancers of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, oesophagus, and stomach.
Transplantation surgery▼
Liver and kidney transplantation surgery, including live donation.
Dialysis access surgery▼
Dialysis access surgery as listed among procedures offered.
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