The Cabrini Monash Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the inauguration of the ‘Adrian Polglase Visiting Professorship’.

This program will involve the annual visit to Cabrini of a notable overseas clinician in colorectal surgery or research, invited on the basis of merit.

In 2012 the inaugural visiting professor was Professor Bruce Wolff, Chief of Colorectal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. This fellowship is an important step towards the internationalisation of the Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery and has been named in honour of the long standing contribution of our foundation chairman, Emeritus Professor Adrian Polglase.

We extend our congratulatations to Professor Polglase on this honour.

Image shows Associate Professor Paul McMurrick, Head of the Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery congratulating Emeritus Professor Adrian Polglase on this naming honour.

About the Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery

The Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery (CMUDS) is a team of specialist colorectal surgeons committed to colorectal cancer and colorectal disease research and education. The department focuses on performing high quality clinical and translational research with an emphasis on answering clinically important questions that can be translated into better quality patient care and outcomes.

The Chair of Surgery at Cabrini Hospital was established in 1998 as a joint venture between Cabrini Institute and Monash University. It was the first of its kind in the Victorian private medical sector and one of the first in Australia. The chair was endowed as the Fröhlich West Chair of Surgery in 2004.