Queensland BariatricsQueensland Bariatrics
My team and I are focused on helping our patients through the journey of not only the decision to have weight loss surgery, but also to offer long term support in the hope that we help our patients regain their health, mobility, and sense of well being.
My team consists of two doctors, Dr Jennifer Duncombe and Dr Louise Gore-Jones, who provide our bariatric patients with follow up care in and around Brisbane as well as travelling to our other clinics. My nurse consultant, Jenny Coates, provides valuable nursing support during an initial consultation and assessment leading up to surgery.
I also work closely with a team of dietitians and psychologists who assist all my bariatric patients with pre and post operative support, both dietary and psychological.
Bariatric GP.
MBBS FRACS
During my 10 years of surgical training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Brisbane. I found laparoscopic or “keyhole” gastrointestinal surgery captivating. At that stage RBWH was on the cutting edge of this type of surgery throughout the world. I marvelled at how we were able to do incredibly complex operations with keyhole surgery, but still my patients recovered quickly. I had two main areas of surgery that I found immensely rewarding. The first was weight loss surgery and the second was cancer surgery. Why weight loss surgery I was always asked? Mainly because I saw the wonderful positive changes that happened in the majority of my patients life that came with not only loosing the weight, but more importantly often it was the first time that they were able to keep the weight off.
When I finished my training at RBWH I was offered a fellowship in keyhole weight loss surgery at the New York Medical Centre. This was very prestigious as it is an American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Centre of Excellence. I trained under Dr Christine Ren and Dr George Fielding, who are widely regarded as some of the best surgeons in the USA, who perform Lap-Band, and Gastric Bypass surgery. It has meant that I can offer my patients procedures such as Lap-Band, Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass surgery with a world standard level of care.
It seems like yesterday but it was 2005 when I returned to Brisbane that I was asked to join the surgical team at what is now Queensland Bariatrics Clinic. It was a great honour as it was at that stage one of the world’s most experienced weight loss surgery clinics.
Since that time I have performed over 2,500 weight loss surgery procedures and over 15,000 general laparoscopic procedures in Australia, the United States and Europe. It has been wonderfully rewarding getting to know, and seeing the life changes that have been helpful in our patients.
Anaesthetic
Dr Nagy was born in Melbourne and completed his medical degree at Monash University in 1994. His training in anaesthesia was based at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne during which he also undertook a year of training at The Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland. To complete his anaesthesia qualification, he undertook a fellowship year at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, participating in that hospital’s highly regarded Sydney Clinical Skills Simulation Centre as a teacher and facilitator.
Attila was fortunate to work as part of a great team for six years at The Royal Darwin Hospital, NT, for much of that time as a Supervisor of Training for new anaesthesia trainees at that hospital and also as at the head of the Acute Pain Unit.
These days Attila works full time looking after surgeons from a wide range of surgical specialties, including, of course, bariatric surgery, but also urology, plastics, upper and lower limb orthpaedics, breast-endocrine and IVF/reproductive medicine.
In his spare time, he enjoys keeping fit, time with friends and family, and has interests in environmental sustainability, renewable energy and conservation.
Dietitian
After a decade in private practice Kathy refined her skills in clinical nutrition, and spent time as an Accredited Sports Dietitian. These days she found her niche in weight loss surgery and disordered eating behaviours, and recently became Dietitian Representative on the Australia New Zealand Metabolic Obesity Surgical Society (ANZMOSS) board.
Passionate about eating behaviours, Kathy has almost completed a degree in psychology which she aims to combine to provides support in building a more positive relationship with food.
Dietitian
After a decade in private practice Kathy refined her skills in clinical nutrition, and spent time as an Accredited Sports Dietitian. These days she found her niche in weight loss surgery and disordered eating behaviours, and recently became Dietitian Representative on the Australia New Zealand Metabolic Obesity Surgical Society (ANZMOSS) board.
Passionate about eating behaviours, Kathy has almost completed a degree in psychology which she aims to combine to provides support in building a more positive relationship with food.
Psychologist
His public work has seen him accept the challenging position as consultant psychologist for Ten’s The Biggest Loser: Transformed and feature regularly in the media.
He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the Queensland representative for the APS Psychology of Eating, Weight, and Body-image Interest Group. Before venturing into private practice, he was the Director of Psychology at the Wesley Lifeshape Clinic and he also supports Queensland Bariatrics patients pre- and post-surgery.
Glenn’s research investigated psychological and social factors and weight management, and he has lectured in health psychology, the psychology of eating, and sport and exercise psychology at the University of Queensland and several other universities.
Ex Chairman of Wickham
Dr Matthew Purcell completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Queensland in 1996. Following this, he worked in a variety of different medical positions, including an extended period in Roma, QLD until he commenced his anaesthetic training in 2001. He obtained his Fellowship of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA) in 2005. Dr Purcell spent the next 10 years working as a staff specialist and visiting medical officer (VMO) at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH).
Dr Matthew Purcell has since transitioned into full time private practice where he services a number of private hospitals throughout Southeast Queensland and has a diverse scope of practice. In addition, Dr Purcell is an examiner for the fellowship exam for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthesia.
Dr Matthew Purcell served as the Chairman of Wickham Terrace Anaesthesia’s Executive Committee from 2017 – 2019.
Outside of work, Dr Purcell enjoys an array of hobbies and a busy home life with his wife and two daughters.
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