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Melbourne Gastro Oesophageal Surgery

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Mr. Michael Hii is an Oesophago-Gastric and Bariatric (weight loss) surgeon. He works as a consultant at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, St Vincent’s Private Hospital and Epworth Healthcare. He is the deputy director of the Hepatobiliary and Upper GI unit at St Vincent’s Hospital and the Pre-SET supervisor.

Michael completed medical school at the University of Melbourne and then surgical training at St Vincent’s Hospital and Eastern Health. He was awarded his surgical fellowship in 2009 and underwent subspecialty training in Melbourne and Brisbane.

Michael enjoys a really busy clinical workload – in addition to clinical work, he maintains a strong interest in research and education. He is a clinical senior fellow at the University of Melbourne, and he is the chair the St Vincent’s Upper GI and Hepatobiliary research group. He has published widely in Upper GI and bariatric literature.

Mr. Hii’s clinical areas of interest include the treatment of oesophageal and gastric cancer, hiatus hernia repair, anti-reflux surgery, surgery for achalasia and obesity surgery (including gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and revision procedures). Research areas of interest include enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs, the role of exercise in cancer treatment and understanding the mechanisms behind weight loss surgery.

Outside of work Michael is passionate about his family time, he loves spending time with his daughters, collecting old guitars and dabbles in the game of golf.

Michael provides the following services

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301, Level 3 100 Victoria Parade East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002,3002,East Melbourne,Melbourne