Wendy A. Brown

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  • Professor and Chair, Monash University Department of Surgery, School of Translational Medicine, Alfred Health, Monash University

Professor Wendy Brown graduated from Monash University with MBBS (hons) first in her class in 1992. She attained her PhD through the Monash University Department of Surgery at the Alfred in 2001 and completed her surgical training in 2002. Her sub-specialist interests are oesophago-gastric cancer, gastrooesophageal reflux disease and bariatric surgery. Her research interests focus on the health benefits from weight loss, physiology of upper GI procedures, optimal service delivery models for bariatric surgery and registry science.
Professor Brown is the first woman appointed as Program Director of Surgical Services and Professor/Chair of Monash University Department of Surgery at Alfred Health Melbourne. Other appointments include Clinical Director of the ANZ Bariatric Surgery Registry, Chair of the Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council Surgical Sub-Committee, Past-President of Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand and Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Oesophago-Gastric Association, Past-Senior Examiner in General Surgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Past- Chair of the Scientific Committee and Global Registry of the International Federation for Surgery for Obesity.
Professor Brown was awarded the prestigious Royal Australasian College of Surgeons John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship for Research Excellence in 2018. She received the International Federation for Surgery for Obesity Appreciation award (2022) Presidents Award (2023) and Research Excellence Award (2024) for her contributions to bariatric surgery.

Experience

  • 2003–present
    Director, Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE)
  • 2003–present
    Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Monash University
  • 2003–present
    Visiting Medical Officer, Upper Gastrointestinal/Professorial Unit, Alfred Hospital

Education

  • 2008 
    American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • 2002 
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • 2001 
    Monash University, PhD
  • 1992 
    Monash University, MBBS (hons)

Publications

  • 2011
    Changes in Satiety, Supra- and Infraband Transit, and Gastric Emptying Following LAGB, Obesity Surgery
  • 2010
    Does Pregnancy Increase the Need for Revisional Surgery After LAGB?, Obesity Surgery
  • 2010
    Effects of Adjustable Gastric Bands on Gastric Emptying, Supra- and Infraband Transit and Satiety, Obesity Surgery
  • 2010
    Operationstechnik von Wendy A. Brown und Andrew I. Smith (Australien)., Adipositas-chirurgie: Verfahren, Varianten und Komplikationen.
  • 2010
    Predicting Outcomes of Intermediate Term Complications and Revisional Surgery Following LAGB, Obesity Surgery
  • 2010
    Pro-inflammatory CD11c+CD206+ adipose tissue macrophages are associated with insulin resistance, Diabetes
  • 2010
    Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in severely obese adolescents: a randomized trial. , JAMA
  • 2010
    Outcomes, Satiety, and Adverse Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms Following LAGB, Obesity Surgery
  • 2010
    Mechanisms of Bolus Clearance in Patients with Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Bands., Obesity Surgery
  • 2010
    Criteria for assessing esophageal motility in LAGB patients, Obesity Surgery
  • 2009
    Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Effects, side effects and challenges., Australian Family Physcian
  • 2009
    Pathophysiology of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Bands, Obesity Surgery
  • 2009
    Effects of Gastric Band Adjustments on Intraluminal Pressure., Obesity Surgery
  • 2009
    The effect of laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands on esophageal motility and the OG junction, Obesity Surgery
  • 2009
    Medium-term outcome of fundoplication after lung transplantation., Diseases of the Oesophagus
  • 2009
    A Rodent Model of Adjustable Gastric Band Surgery, Obesity Surgery
  • 2008
    Small Bowel Obstruction creates a Closed Loop in patients with a LAGB, Obesity Surgery
  • 2008
    Assessing the acute abdomen in the bariatric patient: a need for improvement, Obesity Surgery
  • 2008
    Symmetrical Pouch Dilatation After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Obesity Surgery

Research Areas

  • Surgery (110323)
  • Gastroenterology And Hepatology (110307)

Contact Wendy for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision