Professor Ralph Cohen is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and a Clinical Professor in Paediatric Surgery and Urology at Sydney University. He is Head of the Department of Surgery at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

Hospitals Practicing At: Children’s, Westmead, Westmead Pvt, Sydney Adventist

Specialist Experience

20 years in the Department of Surgery, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.

Head of the Department of Surgery from 2004 -2015.

Elected Chairman of the Medical Staff Council at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead

General Paediatric Surgery, Herniae, Hydroceles, Undescended testes, Paediatric Urology, Pelviureteric junction obstruction, Laparoscopic Surgery

Qualifications/Memberships

MBBS, BMedSc, MS, FRACS

Editorial Board of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG),

Australian Editor of the IPEG Journal,

Court of Examiners for Paediatric Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons,

Past President of the Pacific Association of Paediatric Surgeons (PAPS) for 2011-2012,

Past President Australian and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons (ANZAPS) for 2012-13,

Executive Committee of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) from 2013 and is the Asia/ Pacific Regional Representative

Specialist Training

Trained at the Adelaide Children’s & The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. The Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, UK. The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada