Our staff

Professor Wendy Brown MBBS(hons) PhD FRACS FACS

Head, Monash University Department of Surgery
Director, Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE)
Clinical Lead, Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: wendy.brown@monash.edu

Professor Wendy Brown was the first woman to be appointed Chair of the Monash University Department of Surgery in 2015.She is also the Director of the Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) and Clinical Lead for the National Bariatric Surgery Registry and the Victorian Upper GI Cancer Registry.

Professor Brown’s areas of expertise include bariatric and upper gastrointestinal surgery, including cancer and reflux disease.Her research focuses on optimally managing the chronic disease of obesity and measuring the effects of weight loss on health, quality of life and survival. She has led the development of the Bi-national Bariatric Surgery Registry obtaining funding for the pilot and roll out. The aim of the Registry is to capture all bariatric procedures across Australia and New Zealand and track the outcomes (weight, diabetes status and need for re-operation) longitudinally for 10 years. She has published over 60 peer reviewed papers and has been invited to speak at over 70 National and International conferences.

Professor Brown serves the broader medical community in a wide variety of roles. She is president elect of the Australia & New Zealand Gastro Oesophageal Surgery Association and immediate past president of the Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand. She is the senior examiner in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Court of General Surgery Examiners. She is Chair of the Avenue Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee, and member of their Medical Advisory Committee.She is the Scientific Chair of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders. She has been a chair and team member of Australian Medical Council assessment teams for undergraduate programs and is a member of the RACS board in Surgical Research. She has previously been a member of the Victorian State Ministerial Cancer Taskforce (2003-2004) and Bariatric working party (2008), Victorian Surgical Consultative Council (2011-2016) as well as the Tasmanian Department of Health working party on Bariatric Surgery (2009-2010).

Dianne Brown BEc (Hons)

Business Manager - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: med-bsr@monash.edu

Dianne is currently acting as the business manager for the Bariatric Surgery Registry. Dianne has worked as a management consultant, specializing in strategy, for 20 years in Australia, Asia and Europe. She has worked with some of the world's largest banks, manufacturers and service companies in the areas of costing, strategic marketing, portfolio analysis and market entry strategy.

More recently Dianne has been involved with not-for-profits and public institutions in the areas of education, publishing, welfare provision and health. At the BSR, Dianne's key responsibility is to develop a business model that will sustain the registry in the long term

Casual Staff Members:

Jazmin Padarath

Administrative Assistant - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: jazz.padarath@monash.edu

Anna Palmer

Data Entry & Ethics Assistant - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: anna.palmer@monash.edu

Lucy Davenport

Data Entry & Administrative Assistant - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: lucy.davenport@monash.edu

Matthew Mcmillan

Data Entry Assistant - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: matt.mcmillan@monash.edu

Sonya Palma

Administration Assistant - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: sonya.palmer@monash.edu

Berihun Zeleke

Data Entry - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: berihun.zeleke@monash.edu

Dylan Lester

Data Entry - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: dylan.lester@monash.edu

Sue Lasich

Patient Contact - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: sue.lasich@monash.edu

Maddy goodman

Data Entry - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: maddy.goodman@monash.edu

Eddy Fenthun Woldemareyam

Data Entry - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: edomgenet.woldmareyam@monash.edu

Adrian Heal

Database Officer - Bariatric Surgery Registry
E: adrian.heal@monash.edu

Steering Committee Members:

	Professor Ian Caterson Foundation Director of the Boden Institute of Obesity Nutrition Exercise and Eating Disorders and Boden Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Sydney
	Professor Wendy Brown Director of CORE, Centre for Obesity and Research Education - Clinical Lead, Bariatric Surgery Registry
	Professor Paul O’Brien Head of Centre for Bariatric Surgery, Emeritus Director - Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE)
	Mr David Ross Director of Healthcare Access, Medical Technology Association of Australia
	Mr Andrew MacCormick OSSANZ Representative - Surgeon Associate Professor Mark Smithers Australian & New Zealand Gastric & Oesophageal Surgery Association President
	Dr Meron Pitcher Independent RACS Representative
	Professor John McNeil Epidemiologist & Head of School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
	Professor Christopher Reid Head, Clinical Informatics and Data Management Unit
	Dr Sue Evans Executive Officer, CRE for Patient Safety, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine for Monash University Registry Custodian, Bariatric Surgery Registry Ms Natasha Ryan Medical Benefits Division, Department of Health Ms Leeann Galloway Medical Benefits Division, Department of Health Ms Clare Poprawski Medical Benefits Division, Department of Health