Dr Ashok Gunawardene

Dr Ashok Gunawardene is a General Surgeon with an interest in hiatus hernia, gallstone disease, laparoscopic hernia repair and management of obesity. He offers weight loss procedures including intra-gastric balloon insertion and management and sleeve gastrectomy and is a GESA-accredited practitioner in upper and lower GI endoscopy.

Dr Ashok Gunawardene qualified with Honours from the University of Birmingham in 2009, following a First Class Bachelor's degree in Anatomy from the University of Leeds. After surgical training in the UK, he completed advanced General Surgery training in New Zealand and became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He also earned a PhD through research on inflammation and colorectal cancer. Dr Gunawardene further refined his skills with a year of advanced upper GI surgery training through the AANZGOSA program, focusing on laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques.