Dr Salena Ward
MBBS, FRACS, MS, PGDipSurgAnatAdjunct Lecturer,
Monash University, Oesophago-Gastric, Bariatric and General Surgeon
Dr Salena Ward is General Surgeon who specialises in surgery of the oesophagus and stomach, including weight loss surgery.
Dr Ward finished Medical School at The University of Melbourne in 2000. Her junior work and surgical training has been at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and The Alfred Hospital, then qualified as a surgeon in 2009. She has specialist oesophageal and gastric surgical training at Box Hill Hospital, then in the United Kingdom at Oxford University Hospital, and returned to Australia in 2012 to start consultant work in public and private practice.
She prides herself on excellence in surgical procedures, and also in clinical and patient care. She has a commitment to education and training, involved in the Eastern Health Clinical School and Research Group, and the St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Surgical Research Group, as well as training medical students and juniors doctors in her public and private hospitals. She completed a Master in Surgery in 2013 through Monash University and is now a supervisor of current students for their Masters in Surgery.
She is also active in the surgical community, and at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, is a Member of the Victoria Regional Committee and assists with the Victorian Annual Surgeon’s Meeting in organisation and supporting research submissions. She is an active member of the relevant Australian Obesity and Oesophago-Gastric Specialist Surgical Societies.
Dr Ward believes in a thorough patient consultation, aims to provide timely, comfortable and efficient service to patients in operative and non-operative care, and keeps the patient and their doctors fully informed at all stages of care.
Education and Experience
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, 2000
Postgraduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy, Melbourne University Private, 2003
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), General Surgery, 2009
Specialist Fellowship in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, 2009-2011
Specialist Fellowship in Oesophago-Gastric Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2011-2012
Higher Education
Master of Surgery completed May 2013 with Monash University
Title: Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency Post Gastrectomy, Oesophagectomy and Panceato-duodenectomy
Publications
GENEVA Collaborators. Global 30-day outcomes after bariatric surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (GENEVA): an international cohort study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. November 27, 2020 doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30375-2
Goonawardena, J. and S. Ward, Effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on Barrett's esophagus: a systematic review. Surg Obes Relat Dis, 2021. 17(1): p. 221-230.
Granek, R.J., M.W. Hii, and S.M. Ward, Major Gastric Haemorrhage After Intragastric Balloon Insertion: Case Report. Obes Surg, 2018. 28(1): p. 281-284.
Ward SM, Mobsby CJ, Wilkinson S. Capsule endoscopy: a surgical perspective. ANZ J Surg. 2008 Jan-Feb;78(1-2):28-33
Huang JG, Lim W, Ward SM, McLaughlin SJ. Education and Imaging. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: splenic autotransplantation. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Jul;23(7 Pt 1):1662
Pilgrim CH, Satgunaseelan L, Ward SM, Evans PM. Gallbladder carcinoma as a long-term complication of cholecystojejunostomy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009 Dec; 13(12):2330-2
Local Presentations
Annual Scientific Meeting, Tasmanian State Committee, RACS. Oct 2005
Ward SM, Mobsby CJ, Wilkinson S. “Capsule Endoscopy: The Tasmanian General Surgical Experience.” Oral Presentation
Annual Scientific Meeting, Victorian State Committee, RACS. Nov 2006
Ward SM. “Operative Assessment: Is it appendicitis or not?” Poster display.
Annual Courses in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Austin Health & The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia. Sep 2008
“Choledocholithiasis post bile duct reconstruction.” Case presentation
ANGZOSA/ANHPBA Annual Conference, Queenstown, New Zealand. Sep 2010
Ward S, Mackay S, Cade R, Hassen S, Banting S, Gibson P. “Pancreatic Exocrine Function post Oesophagetomy, Gastrectomy and Pancreato-duodenectomy.” Oral presentation
International Presentations
Annual Scientific Congress, RACS, Hong Kong. May 2008
Ward SM, McLaughlin S. “Colonscopy: Do Surgeons Do It Better?” Oral presentation
European Pancreatic Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. June 2010
Ward S, Mackay S, Cade R, Hassen S, Banting S, Gibson P. “Pancreatic Exocrine Function post Oesophagectomy, Gastrectomy and pancreato-duodenectomy. Oral poster presentation + electronic poster display
European Pancreatic Conference, Magdeburg, Germany. June 2011
Ward S, Mackay S, Cade R, Hassen S, Banting S, Gibson P. “Pancreatic Exocrine Function measured post Major Upper Gastrointestinal Resections.” Oral Presentation
DDF / AUGIS Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom, June 2012
Ward S, Mackay S, Cade R, Hassen S, Banting S, Gibson P. “Pancreatic Exocrine Function after Major Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery tested with a Carbon 13 Mixed Triglyceride Breath Test.” Poster Display
Teaching Roles
Teaching of medical students, junior doctors and training surgical registrars
Assistant instructor RACS Statistics for Surgeons Workshop
Assistant instructor RACS Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course
Co-ordinator of Upper GI medical students training in Oxford Hospitals, UK
Public Hospital Appointments
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, St Vincents Health, Melbourne
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Eastern Health, Box Hill and Maroondah Hospitals
Professional Associations
RACS - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
ANZGOSA - Australia and New Zealand Gastro-Oesophageal Surgery Association
ANZHPBA - Australia and New Zealand Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
OSSANZ - Obesity Surgery Society of Australian and New Zealand
ACMAV - Australian Chinese Medical Association of Victoria
ASAM - Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine
GSA - General Surgeons Australia