Stephen Vincent Lynch AC[1] is a liver transplant specialist who has worked on surgery to transplant liver tissue from adult donors to children.[2] Lynch is the chairman of the division of surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane.[3][4][5]

Prof Stephen Lynch completed his undergraduate training at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. From there went on to complete fellowship training in Pittsburgh PA, USA.

He runs a private Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery practice at the Mater Medical Centre and is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Queensland. He is also the current chairman of both the Liver Transplant Unit and Surgical Services at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Surgical Services Metro South.[6]

Professor Lynch worked as a Member of Council, Asian Society of Transplantation, 2001–2012 and President of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand between 2001 and 2003.[7][8] Lynch established the Australian and New Zealand Liver Transplantation Registry.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Queen's Birthday honours: 519 recipients, with scientists the big winners". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Professor Stephen Lynch has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia". ABC News. 7 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Transplant surgeon's epic legacy". News.
  4. ↑ "Division of Surgery" (PDF). Princess Alexandra Hospital. 16 June 2022. Patient focus remained paramount in team performance within the Division of Surgery during 2009. Elective and emergency theatre cases numbered 18,976 with 17,000 new additions to the waiting list. Approximately 136,000 out-patient attendances were recorded of which 50,000 were new referrals...
  5. ↑ "Colston - dead man walking, flying, driving". smh.com.au. 23 November 2002.
  6. ↑ "Mater Online - Prof Steve Lynch". materonline.org.au.
  7. ↑ "Queensland Birthday Honours: Gold Coast optometrist humbled with top award". Brisbane Times. 8 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ anoone. "Australian and New Zealand Liver Transplantation Registry (ANZLTR)". registries.org.au.
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