MEET THE TEAM

Tom is a Specialist General Surgeon with further expertise in colorectal surgery.

He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1993. After undertaking training in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Victorian Training Program, Tom was awarded a fellowship in 2004.

He spent a year in Ballarat, working on the Colorectal Unit at Ballarat Health Services Base Hospital as a fellow.

He was then appointed as a Locum Consultant Surgeon on the Colorectal Unit in Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Here he gained further expertise in colorectal surgery, laparoscopic surgery and emergency surgery.

In 2006 he returned to Ballarat, gaining an appointment as a Consultant Surgeon on the Colorectal Unit at Ballarat Health Services Base Hospital.

Tom also provides surgical and endoscopy service to St John of God Hospital Ballarat and the Ballarat Day Procedure Centre.

He visits Ararat and Daylesford where he consults and operates, providing a service to both public and private patients.

Mr Abbas began his medical career in Brisbane, Queensland.

As a junior consultant (Fellow), Mr Abbas worked at the Geelong Hospital gaining further training in breast, thyroid, colorectal and bariatric surgery from leading surgeons in these fields.

Other interests include colorectal surgery and haemorrhoid treatment via Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation–Recto-Anal Repair (HAL-RAR), an operation designed to eradicate haemorrhoids using a Doppler guided probe to locate and ligate all the arteries supplying the haemorrhoids.

Mr Abbas has a keen interest in Bariatric Surgery and has worked with leading bariatric surgeons in both Brisbane and Geelong Hospitals. He performs various bariatric surgeries and is passionate about tackling the nations growing obesity epidemic. Mr Abbas developed the Ballarat Obesity Interest Group; a regular meeting for health professionals to develop their understanding of obesity, improve their knowledge and to work towards improving this major health issue.

Mr Abbas operates at St John of God Hospital Ballarat, Ballarat Health Services – Base Hospital, the Ballarat Day Procedure Centre, Camperdown Hospital, Colac Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. He also teaches medical students for Deakin University and the University of Notre Dame.

Along with his wife and three children, Mr Abbas moved permanently to Ballarat in early 2014.

Suj is an Australian trained Specialist General Surgeon with an emphasis on technical proficiency and holistic care. Suj is fully accredited with the Conjoint Committee to perform both gastroscopy and colonoscopy. He holds a teaching position with Deakin University, is a Senior lecturer with the University of Tasmania and is an instructor with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (ASSET).

Suj is currently appointed to the Ballarat Base Hospital as a Consultant General Surgeon in the Acute Surgical and General Surgery Units as well as St John of God Hospital Ballarat and Ballarat Day Procedure Unit. Suj also visits Colac regularly where he both consults and operates, providing service to both public and private patients.

Suj was born in Botswana, grew up in South Africa and relocated to Australia in 2000 where his medical studies began. He graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2008, and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College Surgeons in 2018 through the Victorian South West Regional Hub, which included time in Geelong, Ballarat, Colac, Warrnambool, Darwin and the Alfred Hospital.

Suj is one of the first surgeons in Australia to be completely trained in a regional and rural setting from medical school through to the end of his fellowship. These experiences along with his upbringing, inspired his passion for providing exceptional health care in regional Victoria.

After his Fellowship training, Suj completed a fellowship year in colorectal, breast and endocrine surgery at the Launceston General Hospital in Tasmania. He then returned to Ballarat Base Hospital to complete another fellowship year focusing on Emergency General Surgery.

He has broad surgical experience with interests in trauma and emergency general surgery, colorectal, breast, hernia, gall bladder surgery, skin cancer and melanoma surgery, hand surgery and endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy)

Outside of surgery, Suj enjoys spending time with his wife Lyndsie and daughter and his two Labradors (Winston and Gordon). He is a sports enthusiast and enjoys playing cricket, tennis and golf.