Paul J McMurrick

M.B.B.S. (Hons.) FRACS
Colon and Rectal Surgeon

Business Address:

Monash University Department of Surgery
Suite 20, Cabrini Hospital
Isabella St
Malvern, 3144
Phone: 61 3 9500 0154
Fax: 61 3 9509 0812

Consulting Suites

301 Blackburn Rd Fax 61 3 9887 8532
Mount Waverley, 3149

Current Appointments

Lecturer in Surgery, Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery

Visiting Surgeon, Colorectal Surgical Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

Visiting Surgeon, Gastrointestinal Surgical Service, Monash Medical Centre

Colorectal Fellowship : 1997

Clinical Foreign Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester Minnesota USA

FELLOWSHIPS/SCHOLARSHIPS

• Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1996
• Clinical Foreign Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 1997
• Research Fellow, Endosurgery Research Unit, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, 1993-4 .
• Honorary Scholar, Department of Surgery, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, 1993-4.
• Alfred Hospital Post Graduate Research Scholarship, 1993-95.

PRIZES/AWARDS:

Victorian General Surgical Registrar College Research Prize
Annual Meeting, 1993

DS Rosengarten Memorial Alfred Hospital Surgical Research Prize
Alfred Hospital December, 1994

Foundation Travelling Fellowship for Young Fellows, 1997
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

TERTIARY EDUCATION

M.B.B.S. (Hons) Monash, 1988

High Distinction, ranked second in graduating year

"Sigma" award : Neonatal paediatrics 1987 (highest ranked candidate in year)

POSTGRADUATE CAREER

1989 Internship Alfred Hospital
Rotations : General Surgery, Burns, Emergency Department, General Medicine

1990 JRMO Alfred Hospital
Rotations : E.N.T., Rehabilitation, Emergency Department, Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic/Heart-Lung Transplant Unit (incl. Intensive Care)

1991 SRMO Alfred Hospital
Rotations : General Surgery (Registrar), Neurosurgery, Emergency Department Plastics/Faciomaxillary Surgery

1992-1996 Accredited General Surgical Registrar: Alfred Hospital
Rotations :

Caulfield General Medical Centre
Colorectal/General/Laparoscopic Surgery: Head of Unit : AL Polglase
Western Hospital
General Surgery/Colorectal Head of Unit : T Jones

Mornington Penisula Hospital
General Surgery Head of Unit : Professor C Russell

Alfred Hospital
Upper GI/Laparoscopic Surgery Head of Unit : SDS Woods
General Surgery/Trauma Head of Unit : Professor PE O’ Brien
Burns Head of Unit : Professor J Masterton
Vascular Surgery Head of Unit : KE Stuchbery
Colorectal Surgery Head of Unit : IG Cunningham

1997 Clinical Foreign Fellow in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (12 month appointment, sole appointee)
Consultants : H Nelson (Chair), R Dozois, S Nivatvongs, B Wolff, J Pemberton, R Devine, T Young-Fadok

Membership of Societies

Australian Medical Association

Victorian Branch of the Medico Legal Society

Melbourne Motility Group (Foundation Member)

Member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia (Prov)

Statistics

Completed "Statistics for Research Workers" course (52 hours). University of Melbourne Trained in "Minitab" statistical computer program

Computing and Audit

Author : "Registrars Log Audit" (relational database)
Co-Author : "Colorectal Neoplasia Audit" (Alfred Hospital)

Examinations

Fellowship : Royal Australasian College of Surgeons May, 1996
Educational Commitee for Foreign Medical Graduates USA March, 1996
Early Management of Severe Trauma (RACS) October, 1996