A/Prof Matthew Morgan

A/Prof Morgan has a long-term interest in minimally invasive surgery for colorectal diseases and functional disorders. He started doing laparoscopic bowel resections in 1999. He has contributed patients to the only multi-centre Australian RCT of laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer (ALCaSS) and the current multi-centre RCT of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer (A La CaRT). He is a strong advocate of the benefits of laparoscopic surgery which include faster recovery and lower morbidity. Using the Da Vinci robot in colorectal surgery maintains his ongoing interest in new technologies and the potential benefits these may offer patients.