Assoc. Prof. Gavin Wright MBBS FRACS PhD

Marcellin College Bulleen 1979-1982.

Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in General Surgery (1998) and Cardiothoracic Surgery (2001).

PhD in molecular biology of lung adenocarcinoma.

Awarded University of Melbourne Gordon-Taylor and National Health and Medical Research Scholarships.

Director of Surgical Oncology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.

Research and Education Lead in Lung Cancer, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

Chair, Lung Cancer Advisor Group, Cancer Australia.

Implemented robotic Thoracic Surgery programs at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (2011), Royal Melbourne Hospital (2017) and St Vincent’s Hospital (Private/Public Partnership 2018).

Implemented Australia’s first Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery training program in Australasia (2017).

Conducted annual courses since 2008 to upskill Australasian thoracic surgeons in minimally invasive surgery.

Published 150 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals.

Recipient of grants from National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia and Cancer Council Victoria to conduct lung cancer research trials.

Recipient of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Outstanding Achievement Award.