After graduating from the University of Otago in 1992, Assoc Prof Talbot completed his internship in Wellington, NZ before commencing residency and surgical training at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.

Graduating from Advanced Surgical Training in the Sydney Southeastern rotation in 2001, Dr Talbot then underwent further subspecialty training as the Lister Lecturer in Surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, before commencing Consultant practice at St George in 2003. He is a Conjoint Associate Professor in Surgery at the University of New South Wales.

Throughout his career he has been immersed in bariatric, endoscopic and oesophago-gastric surgery. He performed the first robotic Bariatric and Oesophageal operations in ANZ and is often referred complex and complicated Bariatric, oesophageal and gastric procedures. In his spare time, he looks for things to keep him busy, much to the disappointment of his wife and 3 children.

Speciality Areas

• Upper-Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Robotics
• Bariatrics, Therapeutic Endoscopy/ERCP/POEM
• Oesophageal Physiology and reflux
• Neoplasia in the oesophagus and stomach
• Abdominal wall reconstruction

Positions

• Head of Department of Upper GI Surgery, St George Hospital
• Chairman of MAC and Dept of Surgery St George Private Hospital
• President of ANZ Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society (ANZMOSS) 2019-20
• Treasurer/CO-chair of Sydney Upper GI Surgery Society (SUGSS)
• Board member since 2006 Board of Obesity Collective

Qualifications

• Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Australia, 2001
• Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery, University of Otago, New Zealand, 1992