Surgery news

To celebrate Clinical Trials Day 2026, we brought our clinical and legal teams together, offering the Monash Office of the General Counsel a unique opportunity to experience the 'real-time' science behind the contracts.

As Professor Smith prepares to step down as Head of the Department of Surgery at the end of 2025, we thank him for over 24 years of exceptional leadership and service.

Congratulations to Dr Geraldine Ooi on receiving the prestigious Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Senior Lecturer Research Scholarship, to advance her research into the complex intersection of obesity and gastrointestinal (GI) cancer

Researchers from the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash Health, and Cabrini Health are investigating whether microplastics could be playing a role in the concerning rise of bowel cancer in people under the age of 50.

A Monash University team has developed a new immune-based biomarker panel that may help predict which bladder cancer patients are unlikely to respond to standard immunotherapy.

Professor Eugene Ek, an orthopaedic surgeon from the Department of Surgery within the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health has been awarded the John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship.

In his capacity as Minister for Medical Research, Deputy Premier, the Honourable Ben Carroll visited the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health.

Professor Julian Smith was awarded the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons' President's Award 2023 given "for exceptional service to cardiothoracic surgery and to the society."

Two expert panels of female surgeons, including senior consultants and surgical trainees, recently shared their journeys into surgery with Monash medical students at the annual Women In Surgery Networking Evening.