About
Dr Richard Curran is a General Surgeon. He graduated from the University of Sydney in 1995 and completed advanced training in general surgery on the NSW Western rotation. He was awarded his fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2008.
Dr. Curran is a Consultant General Surgeon at Westmead Hospital and Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals, with an interest in laparoscopic general surgery. He is also a Visiting Medical Officer at Westmead Private Hospital and Norwest Private Hospital.
Interests include:
- Minimally invasive (laparoscopic) gallbladder surgery
- Minimally invasive hernia surgery, particularly TEP (totally extraperitoneal) laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
- Thyroidectomy and hemi-thyroidectomy
- Carpal tunnel release for carpal tunnel syndrome
- Workers Compensation surgery for inguinal and ventral hernia and carpal tunnel syndrome