Bendigo Weight Loss Surgery Service – Mr Anthony Clough

  • Surgeon:  Mr Anthony Clough MBBS FRACS GradCert (Health Stats)
  • Dietician:  Rachel Davies BSc Master Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Location:  St John of God Consulting Suites, Bendigo Day Surgery


Mr Clough has been providing bariatric consulting services in Bendigo since 2012 and has operated on over 300 patients from this region.  

The service includes:

  • Face to face consulting at St John of God Consulting Suites, Bendigo
  • Specialist dietician attendance at St John of God Consulting Suites
  • Surgery performed at the Epworth Hospital in Melbourne.  Free accommodation adjacent to the hospital can be arranged the night prior to surgery if required.  Note that currently there is no bariatric surgery service available at St John of God Hospital, Bendigo.
  • All pre and post surgery follow up locally
  • Phone/email contact for surgeon/dietician where necessary
Bendigo Day Surgery

 

Procedures

Mr Clough is experienced in all the following procedures:

  1. Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Bypass, Lap Band
  2. Loop Duodenal Switch Surgery (SIPS/SADI)
  3. Revisional surgery for poor weight loss or adverse effects from prior bariatric operations
  4. Robotic assisted technology for complex cases
  5. Orbera Balloon implantation

 

Profile Highlights

Mr Clough is the senior surgeon at the Box Hill Hospital bariatric surgery unit and has been practicing through the Epworth for 12 years as a specialist bariatric surgeon.   Prior to this he undertook two years of specialized training in bariatric and related surgery in Sydney, Queensland and observation in the USA.  

Mr Clough was the first surgeon in Victoria to perform SADI surgery and has experience in over 100 cases performed.  

Mr Clough and colleagues performed the first robotic bypass procedures in Melbourne and have recently published results from over 100 robotic cases performed.