John Flynn Private Hospital welcomes Dr Andrie Stroebel from November 2015.

Dr Andrie Stroebel Cardiac-Thoracic Surgeon who has interset in adult cardiac-thoracic surgery.

Born in South Africa, he graduated from Stellenbosch University in 1999 inspite of the distractions offered by the greater Cape Town region. After a few years working as a GP in both South Africa and the United Kingdom he started General Surgical training at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

During his time in Johannesburg as a general surgical registrar he had extensive exposure to trauma in the only Level 1 trauma unit in Africa. After relocating to Bloemfontein he embarked on his training as a Cardio-thoracic Surgeon. His mentor in Bloemfontein encouraged travelling as a means of broadening your exposure and he was fortunate to do one year of cardiothoracic training at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, Oxfordshire.

He then returned to Bloemfontein, South Africa where he completed his training in Cardio-thoracic Surgery and was awarded a Masters Degree in Cardio-thoracic Surgery as well as a Fellowship of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa in Cardio-thoracic Surgery in 2010. Curiosity and a deep desire to broaden his surgical expertise led him to The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane where he worked as the Postgraduate Fellow in Cardio-thoracic Surgery from 2011 - 2013. Having spent time in 3 continents during his training, Dr Stroebel has been exposed to all aspects of Cardio-thoracic Surgery and a diverse variety of pathology.

Dr Stroebel was awarded a Fellowship in Cardio-thoracic Surgery from the RACS in 2013. A Staff Specialist position lured Dr Stroebel from The Prince Charles Hospital to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in 2014. A great opportunity then arose on the Gold Coast and Dr Stroebel joined the newly established Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery at the Gold Coast University Hospital in January 2015.

Dr Stroebel believes in holistic patient care and working within a multi-disciplinary team for improved patient outcomes. Dr Stroebel strives to deliver state-of-the-art evidence based care to his patients.

Dr Stroebel's interests are:

Cardiac Surgery:
? Coronary artery bypass grafting
? Aortic valve surgery
? Mitral valve surgery
? Tricuspid valve surgery
? Aortic surgery including aortic root replacement
? Surgery for atrial fibrillation

Thoracic Surgery:
? Pulmonary resection for lung cancer
? Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) including VATS Lobectomy
? Surgery for recurrent pneumothorax
? Mediastinal tumour excision
? Surgery for inflammatory lung disease
? VATS sympathectomy
? Bronchoscopy