A/Prof Sean Mackay
A/Prof Sean Mackay
About
Associate Professor Sean Mackay is an upper-GI surgeon based in Melbourne, Australia, with clinical interests in hepatobiliary surgery, upper gastro-intestinal surgery, bariatric (weight-loss) surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, and therapeutic endoscopy.
Procedures Offered
Also offered
Hospital Affiliations
Epworth Eastern Hospital
Box Hill, VIC - private
Box Hill Hospital (Eastern Health)
Box Hill, VIC - public
About Associate Professor Sean Mackay
Associate Professor Sean Mackay is an upper-GI surgeon based in Melbourne, Australia.
- Associate Professor at the Eastern Health Clinical School (Monash University)
- Associate Professor at Eastern Health Clinical School (Monash University)
- Co-convenor of the Eastern Health Surgical Research Group
- Supervisor of surgical fellows enrolled for higher degrees
- Proud Sponsor of PodMD
Procedure Information
Sleeve Gastrectomy▼
The sleeve gastrectomy was initially developed as an operation to bridge the super-obese patient to a gastric bypass or bilio-pancreatic diversion. It was observed that the sleeve gastrectomy could achieve very significant weight loss and it came to be used as a weight loss operation in its own right, in a wider range of patients. The sleeve gastrectomy has now become the operation of choice for most patients requiring bariatric surgery.
Gastric Bypass (Roux-en-Y)▼
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a laparoscopic/keyhole operation that has long been popular in the USA and is one of the most common weight loss operations around the world. It is an effective surgical option but it does come with a higher complication rate, both in the early phase and down the track from the surgery. In Australia, the bypass is often done as a "salvage" procedure when another surgical approach has failed.
Re-operative surgery▼
Some patients will require a second (or subsequent) weight loss operation. Possible reasons include failure to lose weight, a complication of the surgery, or excessive weight loss. The approach to each patient will be different, depending on a variety of factors.
Other Weight Loss Surgeons in VIC
Dr Andrew Huo
Melbourne Weight Loss Centre
“Melbourne Weight Loss Centre provides a specialised surgical weight loss treatment service for people who are morbidly obese and especially for those with obesity-related illnesses. They also specialise in the treatment of reflux disease and minimally-invasive general surgery as well as providing an endoscopy service.”
Zeev Duieb
Greater Eastern Obesity Surgery
“Greater Eastern Obesity Surgery is a team of health care specialists led by Bariatric Surgeon Dr Zeev Duieb, committed to working with patients to help them achieve their health and lifestyle goals. Conveniently located across multiple sites in Melbourne, they provide services to patients from all over Victoria.”
Mr Anthony Clough
Melbourne Centre for Bariatric Surgery
Epworth Eastern Hospital, St John of God Bendigo
“Melbourne Centre for Bariatric Surgery is led by Mr Anthony Clough, a General, Upper GI & Bariatric specialist with an interest in minimally invasive and robotic surgery. The clinic was the first in Melbourne to offer robotic technology for gastric bypass surgery and the first to offer SADI/SIPS duodenal switch surgery to Melbourne patients.”
Chek Tog
Specialist Surgical Group
“Specialist Surgical Group is a Melbourne-based multi-disciplinary specialist medical centre offering weight loss, plastic, skin cancer, upper GI, endocrine, breast, hand, and general surgery across locations in Essendon and Bundoora.”