Curriculum Vitae

Paul J McMurrick
M.B.B.S. (Hons.) FRACS
Colon and Rectal Surgeon

Business Address

Monash University Department of Surgery
Suite 20, Cabrini Hospital
Isabella St
Malvern, 3144
Phone: 61 3 9500 0154
Fax: 61 3 9509 0812

Consulting Suites

301 Blackburn Rd Fax 61 3 9887 8532
Mount Waverley, 3149

Email: pjm@colorectal.com.au

Current Appointments

• Lecturer in Surgery, Monash University Deparment of Surgery at Cabrini Hospital
• Visiting Surgeon, Colorectal Surgical Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
• Visiting Surgeon, Gastrointestinal Surgical Service, Monash Medical Centre

Fellowships/Scholarships

• Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1996
  
• Clinical Foreign Fellow, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 1997
  
• Research Fellow, Endosurgery Research Unit, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, 1993-4
  
• Honorary Scholar, Department of Surgery, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, 1993-4
  
• Alfred Hospital Post Graduate Research Scholarship, 1993-95

Prizes/Awards

• Victorian General Surgical Registrar College Research Prize
  Annual Meeting, 1993
  
  
• DS Rosengarten Memorial Alfred Hospital Surgical Research Prize
  Alfred Hospital December, 1994
  
  
• Foundation Travelling Fellowship for Young Fellows, 1997
  Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Tertiary Education

• M.B.B.S. (Hons) Monash, 1988
  
• High Distinction, ranked second in graduating year
• "Sigma" award : Neonatal paediatrics 1987 (highest ranked candidate in year)

Postgraduate Career

• 1989 Internship Alfred Hospital
  Rotations : General Surgery, Burns, Emergency Department, General Medicine
  
  
• 1990 JRMO Alfred Hospital
  Rotations : E.N.T., Rehabilitation, Emergency Department, Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic/Heart-Lung Transplant Unit (incl. Intensive Care)
  
  
• 1991 SRMO Alfred Hospital
  Rotations : General Surgery (Registrar), Neurosurgery, Emergency Department Plastics/Faciomaxillary Surgery
  
  
• 1992-1996 Accredited General Surgical Registrar: Alfred Hospital
  Caulfield General Medical Centre: Colorectal/General/Laparoscopic Surgery: Head of Unit : AL Polglase
  Western Hospital: General Surgery/Colorectal Head of Unit: T Jones
  Mornington Penisula Hospital: General Surgery Head of Unit: Professor C Russell
  Alfred Hospital: Upper GI/Laparoscopic Surgery Head of Unit: SDS Woods
  Alfred Hospital: General Surgery/Trauma Head of Unit: Professor PE O’ Brien
  Alfred Hospital: Burns Head of Unit: Professor J Masterton
  Alfred Hospital: Vascular Surgery Head of Unit: KE Stuchbery
  Alfred Hospital: Colorectal Surgery Head of Unit: IG Cunningham
  
  
• 1997 Clinical Foreign Fellow in Colon and Rectal Surgery
  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (12 month appointment, sole appointee)
  Consultants : H Nelson (Chair), R Dozois, S Nivatvongs, B Wolff, J Pemberton, R Devine, T Young-Fadok

Journal Publications

• Early incisional hernia after use of the 12mm port for laparoscopic surgery. PJ McMurrick, AL Polglase. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery. 63(6) August 1993
  
  
• Laparoscopic or open repair of groin hernias ?: Invited Commentary AL Polglase, PJ McMurrick. Med J Aust 1994; 161: 238-9
  
  
• Thoracoscopic biopsy of a thoracic vertebra. HL Tan and P McMurrick. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery. 64(10) : 726 - 8, October 1994.
  
  
• The ongoing assessment of techniques of laparoscopic hernia repair. (Letter) PJ McMurrick Med J Aust 1994; 160:162.
  
  
• Experimental oesophageal resection and re-anastomosis: A model for the primary thoracoscopic repair of oesophageal atresia. HL Tan, PJ McMurrick Minimally Invasive Therapy 1994 Vol 1 Supp 2 S-78
  
  
• Posterior gastric wall prolapse after Lap Band placement. PE O’Brien, P McMurrick. Obesity Surgery. 5: 1995. 247. (Abstract)
  
  
• Liver-Directed Therapies for Gastrointestinal Malignancies. PJ McMurrick, H Nelson. Current Opinion in Oncology. 9(4): 367 - 372. July 1997.
  
  
• The Lap Band, a laparoscopically-placed, adjustable gastric band provides effective control of morbid obesity - A prospective study of 200 patients. PE O’Brien, P McMurrick, W Brown, A Smith, M Stephens. (Submitted : World Journal of Surgery).
  
  
• Managing the patient with Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC). PJ McMurrick, H Nelson. Current Opinion in Gastroeneterology. 14(1): January 1998.

Book Chapters

• Carcinoid of the small and large bowel. PJ McMurrick, H Nelson. Chapter 79: "Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery". Editors : VW Fazio, JM Church. Mosby-Year Book, Inc. (Accepted, in press)
  
  
• Surgical management of ulcerative colitis. PJ McMurrick, R Dozois. Chapter 37: "Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery". Editors : VW Fazio, JM Church. Mosby-Year Book, Inc. (Accepted, in press)
  
  
• Anal Cancer. Multimodality therapy of cancer. PJ McMurrick, H Nelson. (Accepted, in press).
  
  
• Surgery for recurrent and metastatic colorectal cancer. PJ McMurrick, BG Wolff. Chapter 6. "Controversies in the Management of Colorectal Cancer". Editor: JH Schofield. Blackwell Science, Oxford. (In progress).

Conference Proceedings

• Proceedings of "Endosurgery: the State of the Art" Queensland 1993 (International Meeting)
  Monash University Department of Surgery
  • Complications of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair P McMurrick
    
  • Intra operative Cholangiography; Lessons from the Open Era P McMurrick
    
    
• Organisation Internationale d’Etudies Statistiques pour les maladies de L’Oesophage: Fourth International Polydisciplinary Congress, Paris, 1993
  • Experimental Oesophageal Resection and Anastomosis; a Model for the Primary Thoracoscopic Repair of Oesophageal Atresia. PJ McMurrick, HL Tan

Conference Presentations

• Alfred Hospital Annual Surgical Research Meeting
  Alfred Hospital December 1994
  • Technique of assessment and outcome of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
    (Winner: DS Rosengarten Memorial Alfred Hospital Surgical Research Prize)
    
    
• Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Registrars Annual Presentation, Lorne, 1994
  • Physiological Effects of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication on the Gastro Oesophageal Complex.
    
    
• Endosurgery: the State of the Art (Invited Speaker and Faculty member)
  Queensland (International Conference), July 1993
  • Complications of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
    
  • Intra operative Cholangiography; Lessons from the Open Era
    
    
• Organisation Internationale d’Etudies Statistiques pour les maladies de L’Oesophage: Fourth International Polydisciplinary Congress, Paris, 1993
  • Experimental Oesophageal Resection and Anastomosis; a Model for the Primary Thoracoscopic Repair of Oesophageal Atresia
    
    
• Surgery and the Severely Ill Patient (Invited Speaker and Faculty member)
  Monash University Department of Surgery, Lorne, 1993
  
  • Laparoscopy and the Acute Abdomen
    
    
• Operating Room Nurses Course in Endosurgery (Invited Speaker)
  Monash University Department of Surgery, Alfred Hospital, July and November 1993.
  • Endosurgical Equipment
  • Operating Technique
    
    
• Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Country Scientific Meeting, Ballarat, 1993
  
  • Complications of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
    
  • Experimental Oesophageal Resection and Anastomosis; a Model for the Primary Thoracoscopic Repair of Oesophageal Atresia
    
    
• Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Registrars Annual Presentation, Lorne, 1993
  
  • Experimental Oesophageal Resection and Anastomosis; a Model for the Primary Thoracoscopic Repair of Oesophageal Atresia (Winner: Victorian General Surgical Registrar College Research Prize )
    
    
• Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Registrars Annual Presentation,
  Marysville November 1992
  
  • The role of selective management in penetrating cervical trauma.
    

Conferences

• Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery : Technique and Outcome (3 day clinical workshop)
  Ethicon Endosurgery Institute, Cinncinnatti, 1997
  
  
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
  Annual Congress, Philadelphia, 1997
  
  
• Monash University Department of Surgery
  Major Issues in Cancer Care
  Melbourne 1995. Key Note Speaker: Murray Brennan (MSKCC, New York)
  
  
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Spring CME
  Queensland 1995. Key Note Speaker: Bruce Wolff (Mayo)
  
  
• Australian Gastroenterological Society
  Annual General Meeting Sydney, 1994
  
  
• Hernia 2000
  Sydney Hospital: Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Sydney, March 1993
  
  
• The Second International Multispecialty Congress of Endosurgery
  (Texas Endosurgery Education Foundation) Maui, Hawaii. December 1992.

Membership of Societies

• Australian Medical Association
  
• Victorian Branch of the Medico Legal Society
  
• Melbourne Motility Group (Foundation Member)
  
• Member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia (Prov)

Statistics

• Completed "Statistics for Research Workers" course (52 hours). University of Melbourne
  
• Trained in "Minitab" statistical computer program

Computing and Audit

• Author : "Registrars Log Audit" (relational database)
  
• Co-Author : "Colorectal Neoplasia Audit" (Alfred Hospital)

Examinations

• Fellowship : Royal Australasian College of Surgeons May, 1996
  
• Educational Commitee for Foreign Medical Graduates USA March, 1996
  
• Early Management of Severe Trauma (RACS) October, 1995

Authorised: Mr PJ McMurrick
Updated: 1/2/2001