Mr Paul Burton

Paul is an Upper GI surgeon who has an interest in surgery of the stomach and esophagus, laparoscopic surgery, and weight loss surgery.

Paul was trained in Melbourne and subsequently Cambridge, United Kingdom. In addition to his surgical training, Paul has completed a Ph.D. relating to upper GI surgical interventions. This research has led to major changes in the understanding of various Upper GI surgical operations, incorporated the development of several new diagnostic tests, and has resulted in improved patient education. He received doctoral thesis excellence awards from Monash University for this work.

Paul has concurrent appointments as a senior research fellow at the Monash University Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE). He has published extensively in the areas he practices and has been involved in conducting training courses throughout Australia particularly relating to LAP-BAND surgery.

His ongoing research is funded by competitively awarded by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS).