Dan Croagh
Mr Daniel Croagh is a Hepatobiliary Surgeon and Interventional Endoscopist. During his surgical training, he undertook a PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in cell biology with a focus on oesophageal stem cells and the development of in-vivo models to investigate Barrett’s oesophagus.
He then completed his training in HPB surgery including a two-year fellowship at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK. After completing his PhD in 2005, he has maintained a strong interest in research whilst completing his training in pancreatic surgery and interventional endoscopy. He is recognised for his training in endoscopic ultrasound and ERCP by the Conjoint Committee for Recognition of Training in Endoscopy.
In the last 10 years, his responsibilities have included contributing to the development of the hepatobiliary surgical service at Monash Health, which caters for a patient catchment of 1.3 million people in the south-east of Melbourne, along with promoting clinical research in the Upper GI and HPB unit. He has devoted a large amount of time to the provision of patient care, staff training and change of management within surgery.
The number of pancreatic resections has increased 4-fold since his appointment in 2011. He has spent approximately 10% of his time on translational research during this period and this has been focused on the clinical trials and the development of EUS-FNA for the molecular profiling of pancreatic cancer to guide patient targeted therapies.
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