Dr Lean-Peng(LP) Cheah
General Surgeon
MBBS(Hons)Melb, MRCS(England), FRACS



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Special Interest in Short-Stay Surgery:

Endoscopy - Gastroscopy & Colonoscopy

Day Case Hernias Repairs - Open tension-free mesh repair(under Local anaesthesia or GA), Laparoscopic repair

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy & operative cholangiogram

Pilonidal Sinus Surgery - Excision & primary closure with local flap

Skin cancers and lumps - inc plastic surgical techniques to close residual defects

Hand surgery - Carpal tunnel release, Dupuytren’s contracture, Ulnar nerve transposition, tendon injury

Haemorrhoid Surgery and other colorectal surgery

Breast & Endocrine Surgery - including Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Varicose veins

Current Appointments
Consultant General Surgeon - John Fawkner Private Hospital, Mitcham and Waverley Private Hospital, Western Private Hospital, Echuca Regional Health and Seymour Hospital
Lecturer in Surgery - University of Melbourne
[ View from Univeristy of Melbourne's Medical Faculty Website ]

Education and Awards
MBBS(Hons 1st) University of Melbourne( RMH & Western Hospital Clinical School) 1997 - top medical student, 23 awards and prizes, full scholarship
MRCS(England) 2000
FRACS(General Surgery) 2005

Surgical Experience
Registrar - RMH, St Vincent’s, Alfred, Northern, Geelong, Ballarat
Overseas experience - 2 years in England(University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust)
Consultant experience - Ballarat, Melbourne(Footscray, Coburg, Ferntree Gully, Ringwood, St Kilda, Mitcham), Seymour, Echuca; locum - Broken Hill, Batemans Bay, Werribee Mercy

Logbook totals(5000 cases) - approximately 500+ hernia repairs, 500 laparoscopic cholecystectomies, 1500+ endoscopies, 100 thyroidectomies, 200 major colorectal cases, 150 breast cases, 50 sentinel lymph node biopsies

Selected Presentations and Publications
"The Single-visit Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Clinic", "Day Case Abscess Service", "Work-Life Balance in Surgical Training", "Zone I Neck Injuries", "Emergency Abdominal Decompression in Abdominal Compartment Syndrome", "Surgical Training in Private Hospitals", "Improving Communication among doctors - Electronic Handovers"

CONSULTING ROOMS

Specialist Rooms @ The Clinic Footscray
1st floor, 91 Paisley Street, Footscray 3011
Tel: 96872271 Fax: 96896008

John Fawker Private Hospital Consulting Rooms
267 Moreland Road, Coburg 3058
Tel: 93852285 Fax: 93869763

Mitcham Private Hospital Consulting Rooms
27 Doncaster East Rd, Mitcham 3132
Tel: 9210 3146

Waverley Private Hospital Consulting Rooms
343-357 Blackburn Road, Mt Waverley 3149
Tel: 9881 7799 Fax: 9886 3376

Echuca Hospital Specialist Consulting Rooms
Corner Francis & Leichardt Sts, Echuca 3564
Tel: 5485 5866 Fax: 5485 5885

Seymour Family Clinic
30 Anzac Avenue, Seymour 3660
Tel: 5792 1222 Fax: 5792 3564

Footscray Medical Clinic
39 Leeds St, Footscray 3011
Tel: 9687 1144 Fax: 9687 8941 (Vietnamese interpreter available)

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