Dr. Mehrdad Nikfarjam - Liver, Pancreas & Biliary Surgeon Your Practice Online
 
Pancreas Surgery
Pancreas Surgery
Surgical removal of pancreatic cancer when there is no spread to other organs is the only chance of possible cure.
Pancreas Surgery
Pancreas Surgery
Liver & Biliary Surgery
Certain patients with primary and secondary liver tumors and can potentially be cured with surgery. Outcomes of patients with colon cancer spread to the liver in particular...
Liver & Biliary Surgery
Pancreas Surgery
Gallbladder Surgery
The field of gallbladder surgery in recent times is rapidly changing. Keyhole surgery is now the standard method for removing the gallbladder when indicated.
Gallbladder Surgery
Pancreas Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Dr Mehrdad Nikfarjam has been trained by Leading surgeons in the USA in the field of Minimally Invasive Surgery and undertakes minimally invasive hernia...
Minimally Invasive Surgery
 
 
Pancreas Surgery
Liver & Biliary Surgery
Gallbladder Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
 
Appointment
Education

Academic

  • Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery (MB.BS.) (Hons) 1997 Monash University, Australia
  • Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) 2005 University of Melbourne, Australia "The Effect of Laser Induced Thermal Ablation on Liver Tumours"
  • F.R.A.C.S. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (May 2006)
  • Medical Doctorate (MD) 2007 - Pennsylvania, USA

Post Graduate Experience

Date Position Hospital
1998 Intern The Alfred Hospital
1999 HMO 2 – Surgery The Alfred Hospital
2000 HMO 3 – Surgery The Alfred Hospital
2001 Advanced Surgical Trainee The Alfred Hospital
2002 PhD Advanced Surgical Trainee Monash University The Alfred Hospital
2003 PhD Advanced Surgical Trainee University of Melbourne Austin Hospital
2004 PhD Advanced Surgical Trainee University of Melbourne Austin Hospital
2005 Advanced Surgical Trainee Austin Hospital
2006

Advanced Surgical Trainee

Fellow/Lecturer, Department of Surgery
University of Melbourne

Austin Hospital
2007

Fellow (Research/Clinical) Pancreas Unit

Fellow (Clinical) Instructor – Liver Pancreas Foregut Unit
(Fellowship Council matched position)

Massachusetts General Hospital, MA, USA (April – July 2007)

Penn State, Hershey Medical Center, PA, USA (July 2007- July 2008)

2008 Fellow (Clinical) Instructor – Advanced Laparoscopy, and endoscopy
(Fellowship Council matched position)
University Hospitals Case Medical Centre OH, USA
(July 2008- July 2009)
2009 Lecturer, Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgery/Transplant University of Melbourne
Austin Hospital, Heidelberg
Melbourne, Australia

Undergraduate

  • 2002 – Monash University – 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th year medical school clinical program tutor
  • 2003 – 2006 – University of Melbourne – 4th and 5th year medical school clinical teaching
  • 2006 – 2009 Honorary Fellow/Lecturer in Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne
  • 2007 – 2008 Instructor, Penn State University, Hershey Medical Center PA, USA
  • 2008 – 2009 Instructor, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Ohio, USA
  • 2009 – Examiner, University of Melbourne

Postgraduate

  • 2002 – 2004 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - Convener Advanced Trainee Seminar Programme, Melbourne, Victoria 2002–2004
  • 2007 – 2008 Resident teaching seminars – Penn State University, Hershey Medical Center, PA, USA
  • 2008 Faculty, SAGES Laparoscopic and Endoscopic workshop, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • 2008 Instructor, Advanced Gastroenterology Fellows Endoscopic workshop, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • 2008 – 2009 Resident teaching seminars – University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Ohio, USA
  • 2008 – 2009 Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery training, University of Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Ohio USA
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