Dr Jason Maani

Current Appointments:

Dr Jason Maani is currently consults at:

• Consultant Bariatric & Upper GI Surgeon at St George Private Hospital
• Consultant Bariatric & Upper GI Surgeon at Kareena Private Hospital
• Consultant Bariatric & Upper GI Surgeon at Sydney Southwest Private Hospital
• Consultant Bariatric & Upper GI Surgeon at Wollongong Private Hospital

Education:

Dr Maani academic qualifications are:

• Bachelor of Human Biology (BHB II III), Auckland Medical School - 1998
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBCHb I & II), Auckland University - 2001
• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) - 2016
  

Awarded:

• Bursary, Auckland Grammar (A class Scholar), 1995
• Basic Surgical Trainee (Auckland, New Zealand), 2004
• General Surgical Registrar The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 2007
• General Surgery: Advanced Surgical Training, 2013
• Upper GI & Melanoma/Sarcoma Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, 2013
• Upper GI & HBP Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, 2014
• Upper GI Surgery, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, 2015
  

Presentations & Talks:

• , 2017 LSG, HRM & GORD OSSANZ
• , 2016 POEM - RACS Annual Scientific Congress

Ongoing Training & Conferences:

• , 2019 SUGGS
• , 2018 RACS - ASC
• , 2017 OSSANZ
• , 2016 RACS - ASC
• , 2015 ANZGOSA-OSSANZ
• , 2014 RACS - ASC, CTEC Advanced Bariatric & R-en-Y Bypass
  

Surgical Training:

Senior Surgical Registrar (SET General Surgery): 

Royal Melbourne Hospital Hub, General Surgery SET 1-5+(Feb 2008 - Feb 2013)

• Renovascular/transplant
• Colorectal Surgery
• Hepatobiliary/UGIS
• Breast & Endocrine Surgery (Prof. Bruce Mann)



Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (2012-2013)

• Heptabiliary surgery, Upper GI surgery (Mr. John Spillane)



Rural Rotations (6 month rotations) :

• Wangaratta Base Hospital (General Surgery)
• Wimmera Base Hospital (General Surgery)
• Launceston General Hospital (Breast/Endocrine, General Surgery)
• Albury/Wodonga Base Hospital (General Surgery)

Junior Surgical Registrar:

• The Alfred Hospital, Dept. of General Surgery (Breast/Endocrine surgery– Prof J. Serpell) 2007.
• Auckland Public Hospital, Department of Vascular Surgery. Mr. Ian Civil (Dec ’05 – June ’06).
• North Shore Hospital, Dept. of General Surgery (June ’06 – Dec ’06). 

Senior House Officer (UK):

• Royal London Hospital, London. Dept. of Neurosurgery (Feb’05 – Dec ’05)

House Officer 2003/4:

Working in Auckland and Middlemore Hospitals in 3 month rotations including General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, General Medicine, Plastic Surgery and Emergency Medicine. Completed 6 months in Neurosurgery (an ICU rotation).



Research Assistant, Systems Thinking Tools and Modelling, Prof. Kambiz Maani, Management Science and Information Systems, The University of Auckland, 1998 

Published Research

Relevant published research includes:

• Current status of bariatric surgery. How to treat. Australian Doctor. John Jorgensen, Jason Maani et al. Nov 2017
• OSSANZ 2017 Presentation. Complications: Is reflux really an issue. Jason Maani, Tien Chern, Michael Talbot
• Clinical and Research Fellow : St. George Private & Public Hospitals. Masters of Surgery UNSW Thesis Topic: Pathophysiology of GORD in relationship to Bariatric Surgery. Research Supervisor: A/Prof Michael Talbot
• RACS ASC 2016 Presentation: Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy: POEM : A Swan Song for Heller Myotomy?
• Jason Maani, Payal Saxena1, Michael Talbot
• MANAGING OESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION IN A RURAL HOSPITAL: THE MERITS OF SUPPORTIVE MEASURES ANS SIMPLE SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS. Meredith G, Maani J.E., Campbell I. Aust. J Rural Health (2012) 20, 40-41.
• BSPSDIO AS SALVAGE PROCEDURE AFTER PREVIOUS BARIATRIC SURGERY. A/Prof Simon Woods, Maani J.E. Paper Presentation OSSANZ Conference 2007 WA.
• STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TYPE II ENDOLEAKS: Routine Intra-operative Embolisation of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery and Thrombin Injection into the Aneurysm Sac. Muthu C, Maani J, Plank L, Hill A. Auckland Regional Vascular Service. J Endovasc Ther. 2007 Oct 1:14 (5):661-668.
• SURGERY FOR SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM. Cranshaw I., Maani J.E., Shaw J.H. Presented at ASC, Melbourne, May ’04.