Surgery Gold Coast

Dr Jason Free

ason Free is a General Surgeon who has specialised in Weight Loss (Bariatric) surgery and Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery. Dr Free has obtained specific weight loss surgical training in Australia and overseas, dealing specifically with revisional bariatric surgery. This means treating patients with insufficient weight loss following other procedures or complications with prior weight loss procedures. As part of this training he has spent time in surgical weight loss centres in Australia and overseas at the University medical centre of Vienna, as well as University College Hospital London, and Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth UK. He trained as part of the accredited fellowship training program in the Obesity Surgical Society of Australia & New Zealand of which he is a member. Dr Free has also trained heavily in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary surgery and has spent 2 years full time as a surgeon in units specialising in pancreatic and liver cancer surgery. He has trained as part of the Australian & New Zealand Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association’s training program. His interest over the last two years has involved advancement of skills in laparoscopic (keyhole) liver surgery which can be performed in the majority of patients requiring liver surgery.