Geoffrey Draper

A specialist surgeon who trained in General Surgery at Melbourne's Monash Medical Centre followed by advanced training in laparoscopic surgery in England at MATTU.

In particular his focus has been on laparoscopic stomach surgery and hernia surgery, with advanced training in weight loss surgery.

Now, Mr Draper's main focus is weight loss surgery, in particular Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery.

Meet the rest of the team.

In recent years Mr Draper has performed:

+ Over 5000 weight loss operations
+ Including over 1200 Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Bands and over 3000 Sleeve Gastrectomies
+ Over 12000 laparoscopic procedures
+ Nearly 2000 laparoscopic cholecystectomies
+ Over 1000 laparoscopic hernia operations
+ Over 500 other laparoscopic stomach operations (including over 100 laparoscopic anti-reflux operations)

Mr Draper's operates at:

+ Peninsula Private Hospital

Medical School:

+ Monash University

Qualifications:

+ Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery M.B.B.S., (1992)

Post Graduate:

+ Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons FRACS 2001
+ Laparoscopic Surgery Fellow at MATTU, Guildford, UK, 2002 to 2004

Registration:

+ AHPRA

Specialty:

+ General Surgery
+ Laparoscopic Surgery and
+ Obesity Surgery

Professional Memberships:

+ Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand OSSANZ
+ IFSO

Private Hospital Visiting Rights:

+ Peninsula Private Hospital, Frankston

My particular interests are:

+ Laparoscopic (Key Hole) Surgery
+ Laparosocpic Sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity
+ Hernia surgery
+ Upper Gastrointestinal surgery

Extracurricular

+ Swimming, music, wine