Dr Ashok Gunawardene

Dr Ashok Gunawardene is a compassionate and caring surgeon who endeavors to achieve the best outcomes for his patients. He was born and grew up in the United Kingdom and qualified as a doctor from the University of Birmingham with Honours (MBChB, Hons) in 2009 after being awarded a First Class Bachelor's degree (BSc, Hons) in Anatomy from the University of Leeds. 
 
After working as a junior doctor rotating through medical and surgical specialties in the NHS, Dr Ashok completed Core Surgical Training leading to Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) by examination.  Dr Ashok moved to New Zealand where he completed RACS-accredited training in General Surgery leading to the award of Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). During this time, he undertook a period of full-time research in Wellington examining the relationship between inflammation and gastrointestinal cancer. This led to a PhD, which was supported by the award of several grants and he has published and presented this work Internationally. 
 
Having been selected onto the competitive AANZGOSA post-fellowship training program, Dr Ashok Gunawardene undertook a year of subspecialist training in Upper GI surgery at the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth which included training in advanced laparoscopic skills and interventional upper GI endoscopy. He has general and specialist registration with AHPRA and is a GESA-accredited practitioner in interventional upper (gastroscopy) and lower (colonoscopy) gastrointestinal endoscopy. He serves on the faculty of the Australia and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training (ASSET) course and is an examiner for the FRACS Part I Clinical Examination.
 
Dr  Ashok Gunawardene now lives in Melbournes Northern suburbs with his wife and two young children and services the burgeoning population of the outer North by providing a range of services for general and benign upper GI surgical conditions as well as diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Dr Ashok Gunawardene is a General & Upper GI Surgeon. He has general & specialist registration with AHPRA & is a GESA-accredited practitioner in interventional gastroscopy & colonoscopy.
Dr Gunawardene offers a range of services for general & benign upper GI surgical conditions as well as diagnostic & therapeutic gastroscopy & colonoscopy. His special interests include gallstone disease, inguinal hernia, hiatus hernia & gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

Qualifications/Memberships
Bsc(Hons), MBChB(Hons), MRCS, PhD, FRACS
Member of General Surgeons Australia, Gastroenterological Society of Australia, Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand Gastro-Oesophageal Surgery Association
Specialist Training
Having been selected onto the competitive AANZGOSA post-fellowship training program, Dr Ashok Gunawardene undertook a year of subspecialist training in Upper GI surgery at the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth which included training in advanced laparoscopic skills & interventional upper GI endoscopy