Candice Silverman
Core Specialist Group
About
Core Specialist Group provides weight loss surgery procedures and medical weight loss solutions, hernia and reflux surgery, and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, consulting from multiple locations around the Gold Coast including Tugun, Lismore, and Ballina.
Procedures Offered
Also offered
Surgeons at This Clinic
Dr Candice Silverman
Founder Peak Surgical Weight Loss Program
Dr Anna Isaacs
Hospital Affiliations
John Flynn Medical Centre
Tugun, QLD
About the Surgeon
Dr Candice Silverman
Dr Candice Silverman specialises in general, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery. Her main areas of interest are upper-gastrointestinal surgery, hepato-pancreatic biliary surgery, hernia surgery, and bariatric (weight loss) surgery.
Training
MBBS (Hons) FRACS, ANZGOSA
Achievements & Roles
Dr Anna Isaacs
Dr Anna Isaacs specialises in upper GI surgery, including hiatus hernia repair, anti-reflux surgery and metabolic surgery as well as the treatment of oesophageal and gastric cancer. She also performs general surgical operations including cholecystectomy, hernia repair and endoscopy, as well as acute general surgical management.
Training
BSc, MBBS, FRACS
Achievements & Roles
Amanda Clark
Amanda Clark is a Gold Coast-based accredited dietitian and specialises in an essential discipline to help obesity patients achieve and maintain significant weight loss. Amanda is passionate about educating patients on their physical capabilities post-surgery. By providing an understanding of how making small, consistently healthy choices contributes to overall results, healthy habits are formed based on an individual's lifestyle and capacity for change.
“Passionate about educating patients on their physical capabilities post-surgery. By providing an understanding of how making small, consistently healthy choices contributes to overall results, healthy habits are formed based on an individual's lifestyle and capacity for change.”
Training
BSc, PGrad Dip Nut & Diet, Adv APD
Jenne Turner
Jenne Turner is an Australian registered psychologist at Core Specialist Group. She has a Master's degree in rehabilitation. Jenne is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the Eating, Weight and Body Image special interest group....
Training
Master's degree in rehabilitation
Achievements & Roles
Lorraine Langsford
Lorraine is a clinical psychologist who has over 30 years' experience working in the areas of physical and psychological health. She has worked as a registered nurse within the public and private health sectors for some 20 years working with physical and psychological illness. Over the past 10 years Lorraine has specialised in clinical and health psychology.
Training
Clinical Psychologist; previously worked as a registered nurse for 20 years
Achievements & Roles
Procedure Information
Gastric Sleeve SurgeryUp to 70-80% of excess weight after 1 year▼
A gastric sleeve or sleeve gastrectomy is a weight loss procedure that involves removing a portion of the stomach.
Gastric Bypass SurgeryUp to 70-100% of excess weight after 1 year▼
In gastric bypass surgery, a new pouch is created from your stomach and attached to your small bowel.
Medical Weight Loss10-15kg after 6 months▼
Prescribed weight loss medication can help achieve your weight loss goals.
Hiatal Hernia Repair▼
The aim of hiatal hernia surgery is to push your stomach back into place and tighten the opening in your diaphragm. There are two types: laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair and open hiatal hernia repair.
Inguinal Hernia Repair▼
If the inguinal hernia leads to constant severe discomfort or complications, surgery, which is usually a simple procedure that takes about 30 minutes, can effectively treat it. Hernia surgery can be open surgery or laparoscopic surgery.
Umbilical Hernia Repair▼
Repairing an umbilical hernia is generally completed in less than 30 minutes. The process involves making a small incision near the belly button, pushing the protruding tissue or hernial sac back inside the abdominal cavity and reinforcing the weakened area with a synthetic mesh.
Support Team
Dietitian
Psychologist
Bariatric Physician / GP
Opening Hours
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 9 am–4:30 pm
Wednesday: 9 am–4:30 pm
Thursday: 9 am–4:30 pm
Friday: 9 am–2 pm
Other Weight Loss Surgeons in QLD
Esh Jeyarajan
Cairns Surgical Collaborative
Cairns Hospital, Cairns Private Hospital
“Cairns Surgical Collaborative is a team of passionate surgeons providing holistic, collaborative and comprehensive surgical care for patients of Far North Queensland, working both publicly and privately across a range of surgical specialties including bariatric, upper gastrointestinal, endocrine, colorectal, hepatobiliary and general surgery.”
Mikhail Mastakov
Dr Mastakov Surgery
ST STEPHEN'S Private Hospital, Sunnybank Private Hospital
“Dr Mikhail Mastakov is a general surgeon specialising in sleeve gastrectomy, hernia repair, and other general surgical procedures, with clinics across Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Hervey Bay.”
Dr Ben Dodd
Brisbane Upper GI Surgery
The Wesley Hospital, North West Private Hospital
“Brisbane Upper GI Surgery is the practice of Dr Ben Dodd, a Brisbane-born laparoscopic upper GI and bariatric surgeon with over 15 years of experience, providing non-judgemental, evidence-based surgical management of weight excess, reflux, gallbladder and hernia diseases.”
Dr Suzanne Ma
Gold Coast Private Hospital Bariatric Surgery
Gold Coast Private Hospital
“Gold Coast Private Hospital offers a holistic approach to bariatric surgery that goes beyond the surgical procedure to embrace long-term care, with a team of world-class surgeons, dieticians, psychologists and nurses providing high-quality care from diagnosis to treatment and aftercare.”