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About A/Prof David Liu

 

Associate Professor David Liu is an Upper Gastrointestinal and General surgeon, servicing Melbourne’s burgeoning Northern, Eastern and Western suburbs. He consults in his main rooms at Latrobe Priva ...

Special interests

Oesophageal cancer, gastric cancer, small bowel cancer, acid-reflux, hiatus hernias, achalasia, pharyngeal pouches, gallstone diseases, abdominal wall and groin hernias.

Qualifications

FAANZGOSA | Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association | 2022

FRACS | Royal Australasian College of Surgeons | 2020

PhD | University of Melbourne | 2017

PGDipSurgAnat | University of Melbourne | 2009

BMedSc | University of Melbourne | 2007

MBBS (Hons) | University of Melbourne| 2007

Awards and Publications

Awards and Prizes

2023, Certificate of Leadership: North Eastern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service

2023, Best Surgical Teacher Award: Austin and Northern Surgical Association

2022, Excellence in Surgical Training Award: General Surgeons Australia

2021, Excellence in Surgical Training Award nomination: General Surgeons Australia

2017, Austin Surgery Research Medal: Austin Hospital Department of Surgery

2017, R C Bennett Medal: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2017, Developing a Career in Academic Surgery Prize: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2017, Peter MacCallum Postgraduate Research Medal: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

2016, Harold Mitchell Travel Award: Harold Mitchell Foundation

2016, Excellence in Cancer Research Prize: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centres (VCCC) and the Picchi Foundation

2015, RJ Thomas Research Prize: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

2014, Surgical Research Society Travel Grant: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2014, Robert J Thomas Award: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2013, John Ham Medal: General Surgeons Australia  

2013, Developing a Career in Academic Surgery Prize: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2013, Surgical Research Society Travel Grant: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2012, Gordon Gordon-Taylor Medal: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2011, Annual Scientific Congress Research Prize: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2010, Department of Cancer Surgery Research Prize: The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

2010, Department of Specialist General Surgery Research Prize: The Royal Melbourne Hospital

2005, Commonwealth Learning Scholarship: Australian Federal Government

2003, Dean’s Honours List: The University of Melbourne

2001, Dean’s Award: The University of Melbourne

 

Grants 

2023, Mid-Career Research Fellowship, Victorian Cancer Agency

2023, Grants-in-Aid, Cancer Council of Victoria

2023, Innovation Grant, Australian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group

2022, IDEAS Grant, National Health and Medical Research Council

2022, Stem cells therapy mission, Medical Research Future Fund

2022, Discovery Partner Fellowship, Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation

2022, Service Improvement Grant, North Eastern Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service

2022, Grant-In-Aid of Medical Research, Austin Medical Research Foundation 

2021, Paul Mackay Bolton Grant for Cancer Research, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2021, APH Philanthropic Foundation Research and Innovation Grant, Eastern Health Foundation

2019, Small Research Grant, Northern Health Foundation

2016, Translational Research Project Grant, Victorian Cancer Agency

2016, Project Grant, National Health and Medical Research Council

2016, Foundation Grant, Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation

2015, Cancer Therapeutics Fellowship, Cancer Therapeutics CRC

2014, New Investigator Grant, Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation

2014, Eric Bishop Research Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2013, John Loewenthal Research Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2012, Reg Worcester Research Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

2012, Postgraduate Scholarship, National Health and Medical Research Council

 

Publications (Full publication list)

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xQJQXGkAAAAJ&hl=en

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145 Studley Road, Heidelberg VIC 3084
03 9496 ...
305 Grattan Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002
(03) 8 ...
Cnr Plenty Rd and Greenhills Roads, Bundoora VIC 3083
03 9467 ...
216 Burgundy Street, Heidelberg VIC 3084
(03) 92 ...

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