Education and Experience

• Hepatobiliary Surgical Fellow — Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2009-2011)

• Upper GI/Hepatobiliary Fellow — St Vincent’s Hospital (2008)

• Upper GI/Hepatobiliary Fellow — Box Hill Hospital (2007)

• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (2007)

• MBBS (Hons) — University of Melbourne (1998)

Current Research Interests

• Liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery including ERCP

• Upper gastrointestinal surgery

• Cancer surgery

• Advanced laparoscopic surgery including laparoscopic liver and pancreas surgery

• Hernia surgery

• Therapeutic and diagnostic upper GI endoscopy and stenting

• General Surgery
  

Publications

• Bradshaw, L., Lau, L., Knowles, B., Fox, A. and Banting, S. W 2020, 'The incidence of symptomatic remnant gall bladder: a population study,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, doi:10.1111/ans.15986

• Rodrigues, B. T., Mei, S. L., Fox, A., Lubel, J. S. and Nicoll, A. J 2020, 'A systematic review on the complications and management of hepatic adenomas: a call for a new approach.,' European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, pp. 923-930. doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000001766

• Chai, V., Fox, A., Chong, L., House, E. and Sutherland, T 2020, 'Contrast-enhanced sonographic appearances of two primary hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipomas,' Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, vol.48, no.5, pp. 283-286. doi:10.1002/jcu.22819

• Goonawardena, J., Ratnayake, C., Cheung, K. and Fox, A 2020, 'Should bariatric surgery be offered for hepatocellular adenomas in obese patients?,' Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, doi:10.1016/j.soard.2020.06.043

• Loveday, B. P., Zilbert, N., Serrano, P. E., Tomiyama, K., Tremblay, A., Fox, A. M., Segedi, M., O'Malley, M., Borgida, A., Bianco, T. and Creighton, S, et al. 2019, 'Neoadjuvant therapy and major arterial resection for potentially reconstructable arterial involvement by stage 3 adenocarcinoma of the pancreas,' HPB, vol.21, no.6, pp. 643-652. doi:10.1016/j.hpb.2018.10.004

• Freckelton, J., Croagh, D., Holt, D. Q., Fox, A., Wong, R., Lee, M. and Moore, G. T 2019, 'Body Composition Adjusted Dosing of Gemcitabine-Nab-Paclitaxel in Pancreatic Cancer Does Not Predict Toxicity Compared to Body Surface Area Dosing,' Nutrition and Cancer, vol.71, no.4, pp. 624-628. doi:10.1080/01635581.2018.1542011

• Marley, L., Navadgi, S., Banting, S., Fox, A., Hii, M. and Knowles, B 2019, 'Safety, efficacy and compliance of extended thromboprophylaxis in hepatobiliary and upper gastrointestinal surgery,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol.89, no.4, pp. 357-361. doi:10.1111/ans.14287

• Lau, L. F., Knowles, B., Fox, A. and Banting, S 2018, 'Management of gallstone pancreatitis in the vagrant liver,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol.88, no.10, pp. E741-E742. doi:10.1111/ans.13715

• Loveday, B., Tomiyama, K., Zilbert, N., St-Germain, A. T., Aybar, P. E., Fox, A., Segedi, M., Scholtz, P., O'Malley, M., Borgida, A. and Bianco, T, et al. 2018, 'Major arterial resection for stage 3 --adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.,' Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol.36, no.4, pp. 362-362. doi:10.1200/JCO.2018.36.4_suppl.362 – supplementary

• Keong, B., Wilkie, B., Sutherland, T. and Fox, A 2018, 'Hepatic cystic echinococcosis in Australia: an update on diagnosis and management,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol.88, no.1-2, pp. 26-31. doi:10.1111/ans.14117

• Ho, S., Rayzan, D., Fox, A., Kalogeropoulos, G., Mackay, S., Hassen, S., Banting, S. and Cade, R 2017, 'Endoscopic sphincterotomy with sphincteroplasty for the management of choledocholithiasis: a single-centre experience,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol.87, no.9, pp. 695-699. doi:10.1111/ans.13058

• Toppi, J. T., Johnson, M. A., Page, P. and Fox, A 2016, 'Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: utilization and usefulness in suspected choledocholithiasis,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol.86, no.12, pp. 1028-1032. doi:10.1111/ans.12867

• Fahy, E., Hardikar, R., Fox, A. and Mackay, S 2014, 'Quality of patient health information on the internet: Reviewing a complex and evolving landscape,' Australasian Medical Journal, vol.7, no.1, pp. 24-28. doi:10.4066/AMJ.2014.1900

• Cade, R., Fox, A., Fahy, E. and Hii, M 2013, 'Prevention of Barrett's metaplasia in a human model of duodenogastro-oesophageal reflux,' Gastroenterology Insights, vol.5, no.1, pp. 12-15. doi:10.4081/gi.2013.e4

• Sandhu, L., Fox, A., Cindy, N., Barnett, H., McLeod, R. S., Gallinger, S. and Moulton, C 2012, 'Assessing the management of hepatic colorectal cancer metastases: is treatment consistent in Ontario?,' HPB: the official journal of the IHPBA, vol.14, no.6, pp. 409-413. doi:10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00467.x

• Fox, A. M., Pitzul, K., Bhojani, F., Kaplan, M., Moulton, C., Wei, A. C., McGilvray, I., Cleary, S. and Okrainec, A 2012, 'Comparison of outcomes and costs between laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and open resection at a single center,' Surgical Endoscopy, vol.26, no.5, pp. 1220-1230. doi:10.1007/s00464-011-2061-y

• Bhojani, F. D., Fox, A., Pitzul, K., Gallinger, S., Wei, A., Moulton, C., Okrainec, A. and Cleary, S. P 2012, 'Clinical and Economic Comparison of Laparoscopic to Open Liver Resections Using a 2-to-1 Matched Pair Analysis: An Institutional Experience,' Journal of the American College of Surgeons, vol.214, no.2, pp. 184-195. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.10.020

• Fox, A. M., Gallinger, S. and Moulton, C 2011. 'Colorectal Carcinoma Liver Metastasis: Surgical Clinical Perspective,' in Brodt, P (ed.), LIVER METASTASIS: BIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT, SPRINGER. pp. 353-380. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0292-9_12

• Reichman, T., Fox, A., Adcock, L., Wright, L., Abbey, S., Levy, G. and Grant, D 2010, 'Anonymous Living Liver Donation: Donor Profiles and Outcomes,' American Journal of Transplantation, vol.10, no.9, pp. 2099-2104. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03244.x

• Hii, M. W., Fox, A. M. and Cade, R. J 2008, 'Laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous-endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol.78, no.11, pp. 1047-1047. doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04740.x

• Miller, F. J., Miller, C. A., Fox, A. M., Craig, G. L. and Watters, D. A 2006, 'Influence of training on the family,' ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol.76, no.10, pp. 907-911. doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03829.x

• Sandhu L, Fox A, Nhan C, et al. Assessing the management of hepatic colorectal cancer metastases: is treatment consistent in Ontario?. HPB (Oxford). 2012;14(6):409-413. doi:10.1111/j.1477-2574.2012.00467.x

Local Presentations

3rd Biennial Congress of the Asian Pacific Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre September 2011.

Paper title:

• Multimodality therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma with arterial involvement. ARCAP : Arterial Resection for Cancer of the Pancreas

• Clinical outcomes in distal pancreatectomy. Association of drain usage and fistula formation.

ASC Melbourne 2004

• “CARDS – A rectal cancer web-based database”

Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Clinical Research Prize in Surgery held at Cabrini Hospital Melbourne, October 2004

• “Loop ileostomy closure? A safe procedure”

Federation of GI Societies Meeting, Oct 2013 AGW Melbourne

• Curative treatment of HCC Pushing the surgical boundaries - real world practice for resection

International Presentations

SAGES meeting San Antonio Texas 2011

• Comparison of outcomes and costs between laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and open resection at a single center.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre 2011

• Initial single center experience with arterial resection for cancer of the pancreas – the role of multimodality therapy

ASC Hong Kong 2008

• “What Help is available” Preparing for the Part II surgical exam

Public Hospital Appointments

General Surgeon:

• St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne 

• Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital 

Professional Associations

• FRACS – Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

• ANZHPBA – Australia and New Zealand Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association 

• IHPBA – International Hepato, Pancreatic and Biliary Association. 

• ANZGOSA – Australia and New Zealand Gastro-Oesophageal Surgery Association

• AMA – Australian Medical Association 

Qualifications

FRACS, MBBS