Dr James Dundas Ritchie
MBBS, FRCS, FRACS
Laparoscopic, General and Obesity Surgeon

Current Appointments

Visiting Surgeon

• Ryde District Hospital

Visiting Rights To

• St Luke's Hospital
• North Shore Private Hospital
• Prince of Wales Private Hospitals
• Sydney Private Hospital
• Sydney Institute of Obesity Surgery
• Castle Hill Hospital

Membership Of Scientific Or Medical Societies:

• Australian Medical Association
• Royal Society of Medicine
• Obesity Surgery Society of Australia & New Zealand (OSSANZ)
• Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Australasia
• Royal College of Surgeons, England

Obesity Surgery Related Presentations

1. Band Gastroplasty in the Management of Obesity
   OSSANZ 1984.
   
   
2. Band Gastroplasty in the Management of Obesity
   Warringah Medical Association, Guest Speaker
   Hong Kong 1985.
   
   
3. Band Gastroplasty - OSSANZ –
   Brisbane 1986.
   
   
4. Band Gastroplasty - Kuring-Gai Medical Association
   Guest Speaker - Thailand 1987.
   
   
5. Band Gastroplasty for Obesity,
   8th Post Graduate Instructional Course In Plastic And Reconstructive
   Surgery. Invited Speaker 1987.
   
   
6. Experience with 250 Cases of Band Gastroplasty
   4th International Symposium On Obesity Surgery –
   London 1989.
   
   
7. Experience with 350 Cases of Band Gastroplasty
   5th International Symposium On Obesity Surgery –
   Japan 1990.
   
   
8. Experience with 350 Cases of Band Gastroplasty at
   11th OSSANZ - Hobart 1990
   
   
9. Band Gastroplasty in the under 20's and over 50's. (Invited Speaker)
   Obesity 91, Los Angeles 1991
   
   
10. Gastric Banding An Overview and Future Trends (Conference Convenor)
    12th Annual OSSANZ Conference November 1991
    
    
11. Post Graduate Medical Conference; Epidemiology of Breast Cancer
    Royal Hospital for Women April 1993
    
    
12. An Eight Year Experience with the Molina Band Gastroplasty Technique
    7th International Symposium On Obesity Surgery –
    Australia - October 1993
    
    
13. Convenor and Demonstrator of training course for Application of Adjustable Silastic Gastroplasty Band
    Sydney Australia November 1993.
14. Training course undertaken for Laparoscopic insertion of Adjustable Silastic Gastroplasty Band
    Belgium. April 1994.
    
    
15. Laparoscopic A.S.G.B. training course. Invited Instructor
    Melbourne.1st-2nd December 1995.
    
    
16. Presentations on Personal Experiences with both Laparoscopic Adjustable Banding and Biliopancreatic diversion. OSSANZ.
    Melbourne May 1996
    
    
17. FIRST CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR THE
    SURGERY OF OBESITY. Topic."Biliopancreatic Diversion: Experience of 27
    cases with Emphasis on its use as a Revisional Procedure For Failed Partitioning
    Surgery"
    Prague. 27-29 September 1996
    
    
18. "Biliopancreatic Diversion, Update of Experience with 47 cases." Presentation 15th Annual Conference OSSANZ
    Brisbane 12th May 1997.
    
    
19. "Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Banding, My Preferred Technique"
    Presentation 15th Annual Conference OSSANZ
    Brisbane 12th May 1997.
    
    
20. "Laparoscopic Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding in the Management of
    Morbid Obesity" Medicine 2001
    Canberra 7th June 1997.
    
    
21. "Nutritional Deficiencies in Biliopancreatic Diversion" Third Congress of International Federation for Surgery of Obesity.
    Bruges, Belgium 3-5 September 1998
    
    
22. "Three years experience with the Swedish Adjustable Band" at Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand 16th Annual Scientific Meeting.
    Broome, Western Australia 14th - 21st April 2001
    
    
23. "Biliopancreatic Diversion, 200 Cases over 7 years" at Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand 16th Annual Scientific Meeting. Broome, Western Australia 14th - 21st August 2001
    
    
24. Organiser, Facilitator and Surgeon - "Insertion and Management of the Swedish Adjustable Gastric Band", North Shore Private Hospital. 3rd July 2001.
    
    
25. IFSO Conference. Crete, Greece. 5th - 9th September 2001.
    
    "Management problems of 198 cases of Biliopancreatic Diversion".
    
    "Comparison between 164 cases of the Lap Band and 185 cases of the Swedish adjustable silicone gastric band".
    
    "Why the Swedish adjustable silicone gastric band does not slip".
    
    
26. Advanced Laparoscopy, Sydney Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Society.
    24th November 2001. Biliopancreatic Diversion, invited speaker.
    
    
27. IFSO Conference,San Paulo,Brazil 2002
    1. Carcinoma of the Oesophagus following Gastric Banding
    2. Quality of Life following Swedish Banding (poster presentation)
    
    
28. OSSANZ ,Port Douglas 2002
    1. The Influence of DRGS in Bariatric Practice
    2. 7 Years Experience with Biliopancreatic Diversion
    3. Quality of Life after Insertion of a Swedish Adjustable Band
       
       
29. ASC of RACS Brisbane 2003 Invited speaker.
    Malabsorptive Surgery in the control of Morbid Obesity
    
    
30. RPAH Endocrine Dept Clinical Meeting ,2004 Invited Speaker
    Outline of Bariatric Surgery Today
    
    
31. ASC, RCS 2006 ,Invited speaker.
    “Biliopancreatic Diversion, Who Gets It”
    
    
32. International Federation of Obesity Surgery, Sydney 2006.
    “A Comparison of Erosion and Failure Rates Between the Swedish and Lap Bands”
    “Lessons learned from 13 Years Experience with Biliopancreatic Diversion”
    
    
33. “ Is Redo Banding a Good Option After Band Erosion” IFSO 2007,
    Porto,Portugal.

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