Dr Daniel Chan
Dr Daniel Chan is a Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon at St George Hospital, St George Private Hospital and East Sydney Private Hospital. He is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the UNSW St George & Sutherland Clinical School. He completed AANZGOSA post-fellowship training in Upper GI Surgery at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (2023) and Royal North Shore Hospital (2024).
As an early career researcher, Dr Chan has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications (h-index 20) in upper GI surgery, therapeutic endoscopy, bariatric surgery, hernia surgery and surgical oncology. He is a Director of the Upper Gastrointestinal & Metabolic Research Foundation (UGIMRF) and supervises undergraduate Independent Learning Project and BSc (Medicine) Honours students.
Dr Chan is a Major in the Australian Army Reserve, Deputy Chair of the RACS Military Surgery Section, and an Editor of the Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health.
Post-nominals: MBBS MPH FRACS FAANZGOSA AFHEA
Research Interests:
Minimally invasive surgery, Endoscopic surgery, Hiatus and abdominal wall hernia surgery, Obesity and bariatric surgery, Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, Surgical oncology, Military surgery
Society Memberships & Professional Activities:
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons: Upper GI Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, and Military Surgery (Deputy Chair) Sections
Australian and New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society
Australia and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association
Australasian Military Medicine Association
Gastroenterological Society of Australia
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (International member)
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My Teaching
Involved with teaching and examination of Phase 1, 2 & 3 students through St George Hospital Clinical School.