Dr John Jorgensen

• Dr John Jorgensen is a general surgeon with an interest in  bariatric and upper GI.
• He is currently the Director of Bariatric Surgical Services at St George Private Hospital, Australia's highest volume bariatric hospital - public or private.
• Dr Jorgensen graduated from The University of New South Wales with honours, (MBBS) and obtained his Fellow in Royal Australian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 1991.
• He then commenced a Master of Surgery, Research degree in Laparoscopic Surgery and further trained at the Pancreatic and Biliary Surgical Unit at The Royal Infirmary Glasgow, Scotland and also in the Hepatopancreatic Biliary Unit of Lund University Hospital. During this time he trained in bariatric (weight loss) surgery.
• Upon his return from Sweden, Dr Jorgensen set up a multidisciplinary weight loss surgical centre and was instrumental in introducing the first laparoscopic (key-hole) gastric sleeve resections and laparoscopic gastric by-passes to Australia.
• St George Private Hospital has subsequently taught and mentored many Australian bariatric surgeons in these techniques and is Australia’s first internationally accredited Centre for Obesity Surgery Excellence as recognized by the Surgical Review Corporation - which accredits surgical centres of excellence around the world. Dr Jorgensen has also been recognized as a Master Surgeon by the SRC after review of his individual practice.
• Centre of Excellence accreditation means that all stages of patient care from the office, operating theatre, ward and discharge have been validated and reflect ‘best practice’.
• Master Surgeon of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery means the surgeon’s office, program, and surgical volume and outcomes are validated to international best practice benchmark.
• As Head of Department, Dr Jorgensen chairs quarterly assurance meetings to ensure on-going high standards by the bariatric stream.
• Dr Jorgensen looks forward to seeing you in his rooms at St George Private Hospital.

Read Dr Jorgensen’s  latest article in Diabetic Living Magazine, Australia’s  fastest growing health magazine.