Mr Paul Burton
MBBS (Hons), FRACS, PhD
Upper GI Surgery

Mr Paul Burton

Paul is an Upper GI surgeon who specialises in surgery of the stomach and oesophagus, laparoscopic surgery and weight loss surgery.

Paul was trained in Melbourne and subsequently Cambridge, United Kingdom. In addition to his surgical training Paul has completed a PhD relating to upper GI surgical interventions. This research has led to major changes in the understanding of various Upper GI surgical operations, incorporated the development of several new diagnostic tests and has resulted in improved patient education. He received doctoral thesis excellence awards from Monash University for this work.

Paul has concurrent appointments as a senior research fellow in the Monash University Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE). He has published extensively in the areas he practises   and has been involved in conducting training courses throughout Australia particularly relating to LAP-BAND surgery.

His ongoing research is funded by competitively awarded by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS).

Paul is happy to see both private and public patients and also operates at The Alfred hospital and Sandringham hospital.

Contact details

Tel: (03) 8573 0000
Fax: (03) 8610 0080

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