Following on from World Obesity Day, a day that was created last year by the Obesity Prevention, Policy and Management Group to raise awareness of this global epidemic, we are continuing to explore reasons why obesity rates have risen so high and continue to do so in... Read more
World Obesity Day at Upper GI Surgery World Obesity Day 2016 was a big success globally, raising a lot of awareness around the topic and gaining a lot of media coverage. One of our own doctors, Dr Georgia Rigas, gained a lot of publicity for this topic here in... Read more
You may not have heard of World Obesity Day as it was only introduced by the World Obesity Federation in 2015. The World Obesity Federation represents professional members of the scientific, medical and research communities from over 50 regional and national... Read more
Introducing Our Support Team at Upper GI Surgery The Upper GI Surgery specialist practice has been established over 12 years, with our Sydney base located in Kogarah, and other clinics in Wollongong, Orange and the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. During this time as our... Read more
Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) is a method of creating an oesophageal myotomy for achalasia and other oesophageal motor disorders that has established itself as credible alternative to laparoscopic myotomy. We (Jason Maani, Payal Saxena and Michael Talbot)... Read more
Talk at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Meeting in Brisbane by Sonia Tran, Amjid Riaz, Joel Zhou, Kirsten Hepburn and Michael Talbot An association between creation of an Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) and improved outcomes in the management of acute... Read more
