Dr Clare Bouffler

Dr Clare Bouffler is a General Surgeon with sub-specialty training as an Upper-Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgeon. She is experienced in management of cancers of the stomach and oesophagus and has an interest in the management of reflux and complex hiatal hernia surgery.

Dr Bouffler obtained her medical degree from the University of Sydney in 2009, and also holds a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) and Masters of Surgery, also from the University of Sydney.

Dr Bouffler underwent training in General Surgery in Western Sydney and obtained her FRACS in 2017. Dr Bouffler completed a Trauma Fellowship at Westmead Hospital and then undertook five years of post-fellowship training in Upper GI surgery. She completed these years at Nepean Hospital, St George Hospital (Australia’s highest volume centre for bariatric surgery) and Bankstown Hospital in Sydney. She further trained internationally at The Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, Scotland and interstate at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane – both world-leading centres of excellence in upper GI surgery. During this training, Dr Bouffler was accepted onto and completed the prestigious AANZGOSA post-fellowship training program. 

Dr Bouffler holds a public appointment at Nepean Hospital. She works with a dedicated multidisciplinary team to provide a tailored and co-ordinated treatment plan, using the least invasive surgical techniques available. 

Dr Bouffler is passionate about the education of future surgeons and is actively involved in training medical students, registrars and fellows and is an EMST instructor with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Interests include:
•    Oesophageal & gastric cancer
•    Reflux (GORD)
•    Hiatus hernias
•    Obesity
•    Gallstone disease
•    Achalasia
•    General & Laparoscopic surgery

• Gastroscopy & Colonoscopy
   

Oesophageal & gastric cancer
Reflux (GORD)
Hiatus hernias
Obesity
Gallstone disease
Achalasia
General & Laparoscopic surgery
Gastroscopy & Colonoscopy