Dr Osamu Yoshino

Dr Osamu Yoshino is a General Surgeon with a clinical focus in Hepatopancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery and robotic surgery.

Osamu graduated from Tohoku University, School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan. He completed his surgical residency with the Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia and obtained his fellowship in general surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.  After completing his HPB/transplant training in the US and Australia, Osamu completed a Robotic HPB fellowship at Carolinas Medical Centre, USA.

In addition to his robotic surgical skills, Osamu is focused on ensuring his patients are well informed with simple language, and understand the disease process and treatment options.

Osamu's clinical focus here in Melbourne is on new robotic techniques in HPB surgery in Melbourne since his robotic HPB fellowship in North Carolina, USA.

 

Clinical Interests/common conditions treated:

HPB surgery

Liver: liver lesions, liver resection, liver transplantation

Pancreas: pancreas lesion, cyst and cancer, pancreatitis, spleen-preserving pancres surgery

Biliary: gallbladder problems, cholecystectomy, bile duct exploration/excision

 

Robotic surgery

General robotic surgery: robotic hernia repair

HPB robotic surgery: robotic whipple, robotic hepatectomy, robotic bile duct excision

 

 

Education and Training

MD: Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

PhD: University of Newcastle, Australia

FRACS: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

AHPBA: AHPBA: American Hepato-Pancreato Biliary Association