About Dr Deepak Chhabra
MBBS, PhD (Med), BMedSc (Hons I), FRACS, AANZHPBA
Dr Deepak Chhabra is a general surgeon with subspecialty training in surgery of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas in addition to advanced upper gastrointestinal surgery and therapeutic endoscopy.
Dr Chhabra completed his graduate studies in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Sydney. He has also completed a Ph.D. in Medicine and is an avid researcher and educator. After obtaining his Fellowship in General Surgery with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he undertook further subspecialty training in Upper Gastrointestinal Tract, Hepatopancreatobilary and Transplant Surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Bankstown-Lidcombe and Liverpool Hospitals in addition to St. James University Hospital in Leeds, United Kingdom. Dr Chhabra is passionate about evidence based surgical practices. He is an avid researcher and educator, integrating evidence with clinical expertise, to optimise patient outcomes now and in the future.
Consultant surgeon:
Dr Deepak Chhabra is a clinical senior lecturer with Australian National University. He is heavily involved in education and training of surgical registrars enrolled in formal training with the College of Surgeons.
He holds admitting rights at the following hospitals:
Special Interests:
Dr Chhabra's special interests include major resections for cancer patients, complex gallbladder surgery, minimally invasive robotic hernia surgery, and laparoscopic hiatus hernia surgery.
Dr Chhabra is an active member of the Sydney Adventist Hospital Gastrointestinal multidisciplinary cancer care team ensuring active collaboration and coordinated care for people with cancer.
Procedures performed include:
- General Surgery
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Anti-reflux Surgery
- Gallbladder surgery
- Whipples procedure
- Pancreatic surgery
- Liver surgery
- Gastric surgery
- Hiatus Hernia surgery
- Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy
2GB - Nights with John Stanley
26 September 2023
Dr Deepak Chhabra joined 2GB's John Stanley to speak about why reflux occurs and what we can do to help treat this condition.
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Chhabra D, Bao S, dos Remedios CG. The distribution of cofilin and DNase I in vivo. Cell Research 12: 207–214.
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dos Remedios CG, Chhabra D, Kekic M, Dedova I, Tsubakihara M, Berry D, Nosworthy NJ. Actin Binding Proteins and Regulation of Cytoskeleton Filaments. Physiological Reviews 83: 433–473.
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Chhabra D, Nosworthy NJ, dos Remedios CG. The N-terminal fragment of gelsolin inhibits the interaction of DNase I with isolated actin, but not with the cofilin-actin complex. Proteomics 5: 3131–3136.
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Chhabra D, dos Remedios CG. Intracellular fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Wiley Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences. doi:10.1038/npg.els.0004170.
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Chhabra D, dos Remedios CG. Cofilin, actin and their complex observed in vivo using fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Biophysical Journal 89: 1902–1908.
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Kim TJ, Ayoubi S, Chhabra D. Jack and the broccoli stalk: unsuspecting cause for small bowel perforation. ANZ J Surg. 2019 Nov;89(11):1500-1501. doi: 10.1111/ans.14915. Epub 2019 Jan 28. PMID: 30690831.
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Chhabra D, dos Remedios CG. Actin: An Overview of Its Structure and Function. In: Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins in Health and Disease. dos Remedios & Chhabra D (Eds). Springer, NY, USA, 2007. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71749-4.
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dos Remedios CG, Chhabra D (eds). Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins in Health and Disease. Springer, NY, USA, 2007.
Book Chapter
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