Dr Manju is a consultant Oesophago-Gastric, Bariatric and General surgeon. He graduated from Mysore University, South India and undertook surgical training in UK and Australia. His public appointment is at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital.

He then undertook 3 years of sub-speciality training in Oesophago-Gastric, pancreatic and metabolic surgery (bariatric) including a senior fellowship at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, a high volume Resection centre with a particular interest in cancer and Hiatal surgeries.

He has a strong focus on research and surgical education. In the process, he has led many projects resulting in publications and two masters. He has been associated with various Universities during his training, which he continues to date, where he has been involved in teaching medical students, and allied health staff, and as an examiner. He is a RACS instructor on ASSET and CCrISP courses. He is also currently an external teacher, supervisor for Master’s students, and examiner for MSurgEd at the University of Melbourne.

He is thorough, precise, honest and empathetic in his approach to patients’ concerns and pathology. Treating patients in the same way he expects his family to be treated by any specialist, he offers personalised treatment that suits patients the best. He has a great reputation that he has carried all throughout his training with regard to his communication. He is an active listener with undivided attention and an ability to explain complex surgical management without the usage of medical jargon.

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Timmy Chu

Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD)

Timmy Chu is an Accredited Dietitian with over 15 years experience working in the area of obesity management including weight loss and metabolic surgery.

An important part of the team he will help with addressing your food and nutrition needs to ensure that you learn how to nourish your body after your procedure and to help you create new sustainable eating habits for the long term. He has a wealth of experience in the area of weight loss and metabolic surgery, working within multidisciplinary teams to help his patients get the best outcomes with their health and weight loss goals.

Weight loss surgery can be a highly effective tool and combined with his expert guidance and easy to understand ideas, you will feel confident with eating and get the best health outcomes after the procedure. Finding the right balance between weight loss and eating to fuel the body can be tricky, so the dietitian visits are designed to help create the right strategies which will fit into your lifestyle and enable you to eat well, feel well and be healthy.