Dr Vered Buchholz Harari

Dr Vered Buchholz Harari is an internationally trained Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI), Bariatric and General Surgeon with advanced fellowship training in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has expertise in laparoscopic, robotic-assisted and complex open surgery, and is among a small number of surgeons in Australia with dedicated subspecialty fellowship training in robotic upper gastrointestinal surgery.

Her practice encompasses the full spectrum of malignant and benign upper gastrointestinal disease, as well as a broad range of general surgical conditions, with a particular focus on minimally invasive and robotic-assisted techniques.

Areas of practice:

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

• Oesophageal and gastric cancer

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)

• Motility disorders (achalasia, gastroparesis)

• Hiatal and diaphragmatic hernias

Bariatric Surgery

• Primary and revisional weight-loss procedures

General Surgery

• Gallbladder and bile duct disease

• Abdominal wall, incisional and groin hernias (robotic approach preferred)

• Rectus diastasis

• Emergency general surgery

Endoscopy

• Diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy

Dr Buchholz Harari trained across leading Australian tertiary centres — Fiona Stanley Hospital, Alfred Health and Austin Health — before completing two internationally renowned Upper GI fellowships in the United Kingdom, both accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, she gained high-volume experience in open and minimally invasive surgery for complex oesophagogastric malignancy. She subsequently completed a dedicated Robotic Upper GI Surgery Fellowship at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust — one of Europe's most established robotic UGI centres — across cancer, bariatric, reflux, hiatal hernia, gallbladder and abdominal wall surgery.

She is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Melbourne focused on surgical quality and outcomes, and remains actively involved in research and surgical education.

She takes a calm, considered approach — weighing all options, surgical and non-surgical, with her patients — and ensuring each person feels fully informed and supported in their decision. She consults and operates through her practice, Vero Upper GI Surgery.