Dr Gary Foo

Dr Gary Foo is a bariatric, upper gastrointestinal, and general surgeon. Gary trained in Queensland, completing his general surgical training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 2018. He has since gained fellowship experience in Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery (Mater Hospital, Brisbane) and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery (Austin Hospital, Melbourne). He graduated with a Master of Surgery at the University of Sydney in 2022. Gary is currently a Surgeon with the General and Trauma, Emergency Surgery (GaTES) Unit at Austin Hospital where he has been practicing since 2020.

Gary completed his undergraduate qualification of Bachelor of Science at the University of Queensland majoring in Biomedical Science and Anatomy in 2003. He then went on to complete post graduate medical training also at the University of Queensland.

Gary began general surgical training in 2013 based out of the Royal Brisbane Hospital and also spent time training at Townsville Hospital and Prince Charles Hospital. In 2018 he gained his fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in General Surgery. He went on to gain post fellowship subspecialty experience in HPB, Upper GI and Bariatric surgery.

At the Mater Hospital in Brisbane Gary gained experience in minimally invasive androbotic liver, gallbladder, and pancreas surgery, and maintains a special interest in minimally invasive gallbladder surgery with bile duct exploration.

At the Austin Hospital Gary gained experience in minimally invasive and open Upper GI and Bariatric surgery. This included cancer surgery, antireflux surgery and weight loss surgery. His Bariatric experience included the management of complex bariatric complications.

Gary has a keen interest in teaching and has been particularly involved with Fellowship Exam preparation since 2019.

Gary has had the opportunity to contribute to Surgery internationally by travelling to rural Sri Lanka to operate there and educate the local surgeons about minimally invasive gallbladder surgery