About Us
Dr Simon Ghosh
General, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon
BSc (Hons) MB, BS (Lond) FRACS
Our team is led by Dr Simon Ghosh, a consultant General and Laparoscopic (keyhole) surgeon specialising in Bariatric weight loss surgery on the Central Coast.
Specialisation
Weight loss Surgery
Dr Simon Ghosh is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Australia in General Surgery and has undertaken further formal training in Bariatric Surgery with Dr George Hopkins at the Royal Brisbane Hospital & Holy Spirit Private Hospital. The fellowship was a high volume practice with a case load of more than 500 bariatric procedures annually.
These included primary bariatric cases including:
- Gastric sleeve
- Mini-gastric bypass / single anastomosis gastric bypass
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
- Laparoscopic gastric band placement
- Band removal
- Revisional bariatrics
- band to bypass
- band to sleeve
- sleeve to bypass
Laparoscopic & General Surgery
Dr Ghosh also offers surgery in emergency and elective cases including:
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Skin cancer excisions
- Laparoscopic (keyhole) and open repair of
- Inguinal hernia
- Femoral hernia
- Umbilical / paraumbilical hernia
- Incisional ventral hernias
- Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair (anti-reflux surgery)
- Laparoscopic removal of gallbladder (gallstones)
- Open and Laparoscopic hemicolectomy
- Appendicectomy
- Haemorrhoid surgery
Bariatric Research & Education
University
- BSc (Hons) King’s College London, University of London (1995)
- MBBS Royal Free Hospital, University College London (2002)
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
- Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand (OSSANZ)
- Conjoint Fellow, University of Newcastle
- General Surgeons Australia (GSA)
Hospital appointments
- Gosford Private Hospital
- Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital
- Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
Research, Education, Publications & Presentations (Bariatric)
- A twelve month review of revisional single anastomosis gastric bypass for complication laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for BMI over 35 (Obesity Surgery 2017 in press & poster presentation ASMBS New Orleans & OSSANZ conference 2016
- Migration of eroded laparoscopic adjustable gastric band causing small bowel obstruction and perforation (BMJ Case reports 2017)
- Advanced bariatric fellows workshop “Operative decision making’ co-convener with Dr George Hopkins. Holy Spirit Private Hospital Dec 2016
- RACS Annual Surgical Meeting Presentation: New techniques in bariatric surgery: Single anastomosis gastric bypass Brisbane 2016
- RACS Annual Surgical Meeting Presentation: Late problems in gastric bypass Brisbane 2016
- Bariatric case studies – What would you do now? OSSANZ Scientific Program October 2016 with Dr George Hopkins
General Research & Education
Research, Education, Publications & Presentations (General Surgery)
(i) Al-Hayo O, Stevenson C, Mangkorntongs V, Indrees Y, Dawson, A, Ghosh S (2016)
Antibiotic utilization in patients undergoing appendicectomy; variables affecting prescription at a regional hospital. ANZ J. Surg. 86 (Suppl. 1) GS037P, 53
(ii) Bull N., Ghosh S., Lawson J. & Munro W. (2013) Poor Compliance with VTE Prophylaxis Guidelines. Why does it happen and how can we improve it in a regional hospital? ANZ J. Surg.; 83 (Suppl. 1) 78-82.
(iii) Ghosh SC, Nolan GJ, Simpson RRA concealed small bowel perforation in an adult secondary to bicycle handlebar trauma. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. (2013) May; 95 (4): e69-70
(iv) Yeoh T S Y, Ghosh S, Reza M, Munro W Management of blunt traumatic splenic injury ANZJ.Surg (2008) TS14, 78(Suppl.) A138-A150
(v) S Ghosh, R Joy, S Hickey A rare presentation of laryngeal neuroma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN 2B) J Laryngol Otol. (2007) Aug: 1-3
(vi) Ghosh S, Simpson R J, McKie A T, Peters T J (King’s College LondonInduction of pancreatitis-associated protein by indomethacin and alcohol Clin. Sci. (1996) Supplement 35 (M10)
(vii) McKie A T, Simpson R J, Ghosh S, Peters T J, Farzaneh F (King’s College London)
Regulation of pancreatitis-associated protein (HIP/PAP) mRNA levels in mouse pancreas and small intestine. Clin. Sci. (1996) 91:2 (213-218)