Michael Talbot

Associate Professor
Head of the Department of Upper GI Surgery at St George Hospital
Chairman of MAC and Dept. of Surgery St George Private Hospital
President of ANZ Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Society (ANZMOSS) 2019-20
Treasurer/C0-chair of Sydney Upper GI Surgery Society (SUGSS) and board member since 2006
Board of Obesity Collective


Areas of Specialty:
Upper-Gastrointestinal Surgery
Robotics
Bariatrics, Therapeutic Endoscopy/ERCP/POEM
Oesophageal Physiology and reflux
Neoplasia in the oesophagus and stomach
Abdominal wall reconstruction

After graduating from the University of Otago in 1992, Dr. Talbot completed his Internship in Wellington, NZ before commencing residency and surgical training at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital.
Graduating from Advanced Surgical Training in the Sydney Southeastern rotation in 2001, Dr. Talbot then underwent further subspecialty training as the Lister Lecturer in Surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, before commencing Consultant practice at St George in 2003. He is a Conjoint Associate Professor in Surgery at the University of New South Wales.
Throughout his career he has been immersed in bariatric, endoscopic and oesophago-gastric surgery. In his spare time, he looks for things to keep him busy, much to the disappointment of his wife and 3 children.