Mr Adam Cichowitz
MBBS (Hons), BMedSc, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS
After graduating with First Class Honours from the University of Melbourne, Mr Adam Cichowitz completed seven years of surgical training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital to become a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). He then went on to undertake an additional twelve months of specialist training in advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) and upper gastrointestinal surgery at The Alfred.
Mr Adam Cichowitz is a highly trained specialist surgeon who offers a full range of general surgical procedures with a particular focus on keyhole surgery including laparoscopic anti-reflux and hernia surgery, breast surgery, and endoscopy. He lives locally and is passionately involved in developing and growing health services in the region.
Mr Adam Cichowitz is actively involved in teaching and research. He is up to date with all the latest procedures and techniques. He has treated many thousands of patients and has the necessary training and experience to achieve excellent results. He consults and operates in Wangaratta, Benalla and Yarrawonga.
- The University of Melbourne – Clinical Lecturer
- Northeast Health Wangaratta – Specialist Visiting Medical Officer
- Wangaratta Private Hospital – Specialist Visiting Medical Officer
- Albury-Wodonga Private Hospital – Specialist Visiting Medical Officer
- Benalla Health – Specialist Visiting Medical Officer
- Mansfield District Hospital – Specialist Visiting Medical Officer
- Yarrawonga District Health Service – Specialist Visiting Medical Officer
- BreastScreen NSW – Consultant Surgeon
- General Surgeons Australia (GSA)
- Australia & New Zealand Gastric & Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA)
- Obesity Surgery Society of Australia & New Zealand (OSSANZ)
- Breast Surgeons of Australia & New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ)
- Australian & New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons (AES)
- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity & Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
Publications:
- Bates, D., Taylor, G. I., Minichiello, J., Farlie, P., Cichowitz, A., Watson, N.,Klagsbrun, M., Mamluk, R., Newgreen, D. F. Neurovascular Congruence Results From a Shared Patterning Mechanism that Utilizes Semaphorin3A and Neuropilin-1. Dev. Biol. 255: 77-98, 2003.
- Taylor, G. I., Cichowitz, A., Ang, A. S., Seneviratne, S., Ashton, M. W. Comparative Anatomy of the Gracilis and Coracobrachialis Muscles: Implications for Facial Reanimation. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 112: 20-30, 2003.
- Cichowitz, A., Stanley, P. A., Morrison, W. A. Erysipelas-like Inflammation Following Breast Surgery. J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesthet. Surg. 60: 490-494, 2007.
- Cichowitz, A., Pan, W. R., Ashton, M. The Heel – Anatomy, Blood Supply & the Pathophysiology of Pressure Ulcers. Ann. Plast. Surg. 62: 423-429, 2009.
- Cichowitz, A., Thomson, B. N. J., Choong, P. F. GIST Metastasis to Adductor Longus Muscle. ANZ J. Surg. 81: 490-491, 2011.
Jones, J., Cichowitz, A., Crosthwaite, G. Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration as a Diagnostic Tool for Gastric Glomus Tumours. ANZ J. Surg. 82: 94, 2012. - Warfe, S. R., Dobson, H., Hong, M. K., Ranasinghe, W. K., Thomas, P. R.,Cichowitz, A. G. “http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956753” Torsion of Wandering Gallbladder following Colonoscopy. Case Rep. Med. 2013: 808751, 2013.
- Cichowitz, A., Burton, P., Brown, W., Smith, A., Shaw, K., Slamowicz, R., Nottle, P. D. “http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23980803” Ex Vivo Dissection Increases Lymph Node Yield in Oesophagogastric Cancer. ANZ J. Surg. 2013.
Poster Presentations:
2011
- Nutritional intervention for oesophageal cancer patients undergoing radical chemoradiotherapy – does early nutritional intervention improve clinical outcomes?
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons ASC in Adelaide
2005
- Erysipelas-like Inflammation Following Breast Surgery
Research Week at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
2002
- How to Make the Running Man Smile Again
Research Week at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Prizes:
2012
- D. S. Rosengarten Surgical Research Prize
D. S. Rosengarten Research Symposium at The Alfred Hospital
Oral Presentations:
2014
- Obese Patient With Oesophageal Cancer
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons ASC in Singapore - Research Papers (General Surgery) Session Chair
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons ASC in Singapore
2013
- Improving Lymph Node Counts after Oesophagogastric Cancer Resections
IsDEAS Meeting in Melbourne - Treatment of Barrett’s Oesophagus – Role of Long-Term Acid Suppression
IsDEAS Meeting in Melbourne
2012
- Improving Lymph Node Counts after Oesophagogastric Cancer Resections at The Alfred
D. S. Rosengarten Research Symposium at The Alfred Hospital
2011
- Nutritional Intervention in Oesophageal Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy
Research Week at The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Nutritional Intervention in Oesophageal Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy
IsDEAS Meeting in Hobart
2010
- The Heel – Anatomy, Blood Supply & the Pathophysiology of Pressure Ulcers
JCB Penfold Research Dinner at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
2005
- Erysipelas-like Inflammation Following Breast Surgery
JCB Penfold Research Dinner at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
2002
- Comparative Anatomy of the Gracilis and Coracobrachialis Muscles: Implications for Facial Reanimation
Research Week at The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Coracobrachialis Muscle: The Ideal Muscle for Facial Reanimation?
Research Week at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Membership: Australia & New Zealand Gastric & Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA)
Program: ANZGOSA Fellowship in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
ANZGOSA FELLOW (2012)
Hospital: The Alfred Hospital
Unit: Upper Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgery
GENERAL SURGICAL REGISTRAR – SET 5 (2011)
Hospital: Wangaratta Base Hospital
Unit: General & Urological Surgery
Hospital: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Unit: Upper Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Surgery
GENERAL SURGICAL REGISTRAR – SET 4 (2010)
Hospital: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Unit: Colorectal Surgery
Hospital: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Unit: Upper Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Surgery
GENERAL SURGICAL REGISTRAR – SET 3 (2009)
Hospital: Albury Base Hospital
Unit: General, Plastic & Paediatric Surgery
Hospital: Ballarat Base Hospital
Unit: Upper Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Surgery
GENERAL SURGICAL REGISTRAR – SET 2 (2008)
Hospital: Launceston General Hospital
Unit: Breast, Endocrine & Vascular Surgery
Hospital: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Unit: Trauma Surgery
BASIC SURGICAL TRAINEE (2007)
Hospital: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Unit:
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Emergency Medicine
- Intensive Care Unit
Hospital: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Unit:
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Anatomy School
- POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SURGICAL ANATOMY
- CARE OF THE CRITICALLY ILL SURGICAL PATIENT (CCrISP) COURSE
- AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SURGICAL SKILLS EDUCATION & TRAINING (ASSET) COURSE
- EARLY MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE TRAUMA (EMST) COURSE
- CRITICAL LITERATURE EVALUATION & RESEARCH (CLEAR) COURSE
- RACS PART I BASIC SCIENCES EXAMINATION
- RACS PART I CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- SURGERY FOR SNORING & SLEEP APNOEA WORKSHOP
- UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATION (USMLE) STEP 1
- UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATION (USMLE) STEP 2 CK
- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE BURNS (EMSB) COURSE
- DEFINITIVE SURGICAL TRAUMA CARE (DSTC) COURSE
- AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND ENDOCRINE SURGEONS 3rd POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN ENDOCRINE SURGERY
- COSA BREAST CANCER COURSE
- FUNDAMENTALS OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY (FLS) COURSE
- RACS PART II WRITTEN EXAMINATION
- RACS PART II CLINICAL EXAMINATION
- UNITED STATES MEDICAL LICENSING EXAMINATION (USMLE) STEP 2 CS
University: The University of Melbourne
Clinical School: St. Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne)
BACHELOR OF MEDICINE & BACHELOR OF SURGERY (HONOURS – FIRST CLASS)
Duration: 6 years (1999 – 2004)
Result: Honours (First Class)
Course Rank: 4th (out of 252 graduates)
ELECTIVE
Dec 2003 – Feb 2004
- Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne)
BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Duration: 3½ years (1999 – 2002)
Institution: Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology The University of Melbourne
Thesis: Comparative Anatomy of the Gracilis and Coracobrachialis Muscles: Implications for Facial Reanimation
Result: Honours (First Class)
HOBBIES
Mountain-biking, Cycling, Piano, Tennis ,Skiing
AWARDS
2004
- Dean’s Honours List (top 5% of medical students)
- Victorian Metropolitan Alliance Prize (top of general practice)
- Edgar & Mabel Coles Prize (top of obstetrics & gynaecology)
2002/3
- Dean’s Honours List
2001
- Dean’s Honours List
2000
- Dean’s Honours List
1999 – 2001
- Margaret Whyte Honour Board (top 5 medical students)
Scholarships:
- Melbourne National Medicine Scholarship 1999 – 2004