Mr Krishna Epari

Krishna is from Tasmania where he graduated from University. He relocated to Victoria to undertake a fellowship in General Surgery. He subsequently completed a 3 year subspecialty training program under the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Section of Upper Gastrointestinal, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Obesity Surgery at Box Hill, St Vincent’s and Fremantle Hospitals. He returned to Perth in 2007 as a specialist Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon with expertise in both Oesophago-Gastric and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. He has a particular interest in minimally invasive surgery including advanced laparoscopic procedures, endoscopy and ERCP. In addition to managing malignancies of the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas and liver he has interests in surgery for morbid obesity, reflux and hiatus hernia, gallstones and abdominal wall hernias.

Medical School:

• University of Tasmania

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Medical Science BMedSci (1994)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours MBBS (Hons) (1997)

Post Graduate:

• Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons FRACS (2005)
• Upper GI Endoscopy, Colonoscopy and ERCP training certified by the Conjoint Committee for Recognition of Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (CCRTGE)

Registration:

• Medical Board of Australia

Speciality:

• Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • Oesophago-Gastric Surgery
  • Obesity Surgery
• Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
• Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
• General Surgery
• Endoscopy
  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • ERCP

Professional Memberships:

• Australian Medical Association
• Avant Mutual Group Limited
• RACS Section of Upper GI, HPB and Obesity Surgery
• Australia New Zealand Hepatic, Pancreatic & Biliary Association (ANZHPBA)
• Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand OSSANZ
• Australian and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgeons Association (ANZGOSA)
• The International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA)
• The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE)

Current Appointments (Public Hospital):

• Consultant Upper GI/HPB Surgeon, Fremantle Hospital, Perth (2007 – Present)

Private Hospital Visiting Rights:

• SJOG Hospital, Murdoch

Other Positions Held:

• ANZGOSA Board member (Current)
• ANZGOSA Database Subcommittee (Current)
• SJOG Murdoch Theatre Subcommittee (Current)
• RACS ASC Perth Scientific Convenor – Upper GI Section (2010)