Dr Niruben Rajasagaram

Dr Niruben Rajasagaram is a consultant bariatric, oesophagogastric, and general surgeon based at the Victorian Specialist Surgery and Weight Loss Centre, where he is the director. He is highly skilled and has expertise in laparoscopic surgery, weight loss surgery, and advanced endoscopy.

He consults mainly from Knox Private Hospital, with other consultation rooms in Frankston and Berwick.

Dr Rajasagaram takes a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, and he works alongside handpicked bariatric doctors, dieticians, oncologists, and psychologists.

He undertook his medical studies at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He then trained in general surgery and has 14 years of experience in this field. In 2004, he gained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (MRCS) and became a consultant general surgeon. In 2011, he earned his fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). Following this, he undertook 4 years of fellowship training in bariatric, upper gastrointestinal, and advanced biliary surgery at a number of Melbourne hospitals.

He has also trained with the Australian New Zealand Gastro-Oesophageal Surgery Association (ANZGOSA) in gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Dr Rajasagaram is involved in medical education and has previously lectured at a number of medical schools. He has also been a clinical examiner for FRACS. He is respected in his field and has been an invited speaker at the upper gastrointestinal section of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress. Additionally, he is a reviewer for the Obesity Surgery Journal.