Our Surgeons
A. Craig Lynch
MBChB, MMedSci, FRACS
Colorectal Surgeon
Current Appointment
Colorectal Surgeon
- Box Hill Hospital
Eastern Health
Melbourne
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne
- Honorary Senior Lecturer
Department of Surgery
Monash University
MEDICAL EDUCATION
General Surgery
- 1987 - 1991 University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1989 - 1991 Christchurch Clinical School of Medicine
Unverity of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1991 MB.ChB
- 1998 Master of Medical Science, University of Otago)
- 2001 FRACS
Colorectal Surgery
- Feb 2002 - July 2003 Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- January -December 2004 St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
M.Med.Sci THESIS
- Bowel Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury
- Master of Medical Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
AWARDS / RESEARCH GRANTS
- 1997 Royal Australian College of Surgeons Foundation Scholarship
Tenure 1 year (1998), A$25,000, + A$5,000 (Dept. expenses)
- 1998 Canterbury Medical Research Foundation
Travel Grant
- 1999 Lamar Charitable Trust
Colonic Neurotransmitters Following Spinal Cord Injury
- 1999 International Medical Society of Paraplegia
- Young Scientist Prize
For best scientific paper from an author under 35 yrs. (DK 3,000)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ)
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)
- International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)
- NZ Conjoint Committee of Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
JOURNAL REVIEWER
New Zealand Medical Journal
ORIGINAL PAPERS
- Early Experience with the Laparoscopic ACE Procedure.
RW Robertson, AC Lynch, SW Beasley, PN Morreau
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery. 1999, 69: 308-10
- Hydatid Disease in New Zealand: What remains and how should we treat it?
AC Lynch, RS Stubbs
New Zealand Medical Journal 1999, 112: 131-4
- Comparison of Results of Laparoscopic and Open Antegrade Continence Enema Procedures
AC Lynch, SW Beasley, RW Robertson, PN Morreau.
Pediatric Surgery International 1999, 15: 343-6
- Anorectal Physiology Following Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle
Spinal Cord, 2000, 38: 573-580
- Bowel Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Description of Bowel Function in a Spinal Cord-Injured Population and Comparison with Age and Gender Matched Controls
AC Lynch, C Wong, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle
Spinal Cord, 2000, 38: 717-23
- Colonic Neurotransmitters Following Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle
Techniques in Coloproctology, 2000, 4: 93-97
- The Prevalence of Faecal Incontinence and Constipation in a Normal New Zealand Population; A Postal Survey
AC Lynch, BR Dobbs, J Keating, FA Frizelle
New Zealand Medical Journal, 2001; 114: 474-7
- Bowel Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury; A Review
AC Lynch, A. Antony, B.R. Dobbs, FA Frizelle
Spinal Cord 2001, 39: 193-203
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- Does a Colostomy Alter Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury? A Controlled Study
N Randell, AC Lynch, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, JA Roake, FA Frizelle
Spinal Cord 2001, 39(5): 279-82
- Review of developments in colorectal surgery in New Zealand
AB Connolly, FA Frizelle, JP Keating, AC Lynch, MW Thompson-Fawcett, GM Robertson
New Zealand Medical Journal 2002, 115(1155): 262-5.
- Nutritional and Immune Status Following Spinal Cord Injury; A case controlled study
AC Lynch, C Palmer, AC Lynch, A Anthony, JA Roake, J Frye, FA Frizelle
Spinal Cord, 2002; 40(12): 627-30.
- The utility of laparoscopy in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in women of reproductive age
van Dalen R, Bagshaw PF, Dobbs BR, Robertson GM, Lynch AC, Frizelle FA
Surgical Endoscopy (online first ) May 2003.
- Pathological Subgroups may predict Complications but not Late Failure after Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis for Indeterminate Colitis
T Gramlich, CP Delaney, AC Lynch, FH Remzi, VW Fazio.
Colorectal Disease, 2003; 5: 315-9
- Comparison of Robotically-performed and Traditional Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
CP Delaney, AC Lynch, AJ Senagore, VW Fazio
Diseases of Colon & Rectum, 2003; 46(12):1633-9.
- Clinical Outcome and Factors Predictive of Recurrence after Enterocutaneous Fistula Surgery
AC Lynch, CP Delaney, AJ Senagore, JT Connor, FH Remzi, VW Fazio
Annals of Surgery, 2004; 240 (5):825-31.
- Staging Intra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumors in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: A Search for a Uniform Approach to a Troubling Disease.
J Church, T Berk, B Boman, J Guillem, C Lynch, P Lynch, M Rodriguez-Bigas, L Rusin, T Weber.
Diseases of Colon & Rectum, 2005; 48(8):1528-34.
- Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis-Vaginal Fistula: A Review.
S Lolohea, AC Lynch, GB Robertson, FA Frizelle.
Diseases of Colon & Rectum, 2005; online first
- Colorectal motility and defecation after spinal cord injury in humans.
AC Lynch, FA Frizelle.
Prog Brain Res. 2006;152:335-43.
- Inflammatory bowel disease and the lung: is there a link between surgery and bronchiectasis?
Kelly MG, Frizelle FA, Thornley PT, Beckert L, Epton M, Lynch AC.
Int J Colorectal Dis. 2006 Dec;21(8):754-7.
- A Desmoid Tumor Staging System Separates Patients with Intra-Abdominal, FAP-Associated Desmoid Disease by Behavior and Prognosis.
JM Church, AC Lynch, P Neary, L LaGuardia, E Elayi.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2008 Mar 6; [Epub ahead of print]
BOOK CHAPTERS
Colorectal Motility and Defecation after spinal cord injury in humans
AC Lynch, FA Frizelle
In LC Weaver (Ed). Progress in Brain Research: Autonomic Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury
Elsevier 2006 pp335-343
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
- Bowel Function Following Spinal Injury
AC Lynch, C Wong, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1998, 68: A57
- Hydatid Disease in the 1990's: How should we be treating it?
RS Stubbs, AC Lynch
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1998, 68: A86
- Early Results Following the Laparoscopic ACE Procedure
RW Robertson, AC Lynch, SW Beasley, PN Morreau
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1998, 68: A114
- Bowel Dysfunction Following Spinal Injury: A Controlled Study
AC Lynch, C Wong, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1999, 69: A19-20
- Colorectal Neurophysiology Following Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, FA Frizelle
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1999, 69: A20
- The Incidence of Faecal Incontinence and Constipation in a Normal New Zealand Community:
A Postal Survey
AC Lynch, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1999, 69: A27
- Healing Problems Following Abdominal Surgery in Spinal Injured Patients: An Analysis of Trace Elements and Immune Status
A Lynch, C Palmer, AC Lynch, FA Frizelle
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1999, 69: A87
- Bowel Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, FA Frizelle
Diseases of Colon and Rectum, 1999, 42: A20
- Does Colostomy Alter Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury?
A Controlled Trial
FA Frizelle, N Randell, AC Lynch, A Anthony, J Roake
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 2000, 70: A62
- The Utility of Laparoscopy in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in Women of Reproductive Age: A Prospective Randomised Study with Long-Term Follow-Up.
FA Frizelle, PF Bagshaw, RN Van Dalen, GM Robertson, AC Lynch, BR Dobbs.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 2002, 70: CRP08
- Wedge vs. Segmental Resection for Complex Enterocutaneous Fistulae
AC Lynch, CP Delaney, AJ Senagore, FH Remzi, VW Fazio.
Colorectal Disease, 2003; 5(Suppl 1): 26.
- Treatment of left sided colonic emegencies - a comparison of practice between American, Australian, and British surgeons.
Engledow A, Lynch AC, Keck J, Jenkinson A, Motson RW.
Colorectal Disease, 2005, 7( s2): 1-11.
POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
- Laparoscopic ACE Procedure: the Christchurch Experience
AC Lynch, RW Robertson, RACS ASM, Christchurch, NZ, September 1997
- Hydatid Disease in the 1990's: How should we be treating it?
RS Stubbs, AC Lynch, RACS ASC, Sydney, Australia, May 1998
- Bowel Function Following Spinal Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle, RACS ASC, Sydney, Australia, May 1998
- Early Results Following the Laparoscopic ACE Procedure
RW Robertson, AC Lynch, SW Beasley, PN Morreau, RACS ASC, Sydney, Australia, May 1998,
- Comparison of Results of Laparoscopic and Open Antegrade Continence Enema Procedures
AC Lynch, SW Beasley, RW Robertson, PN Morreau, RACS ASM, Taupo, NZ, August 1998
- Bowel Function Following Spinal Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle. RACS ASM, Taupo, NZ, August 1998
- Bowel Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury: An Age and Gender Matched Comparison
AC Lynch, C Wong, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle
International Medical Society of Paraplegia Australasian Branch Meeting, Brisbane, April 1999
- Bowel Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, FA Frizelle. ASCRS Tripartite Meeting, Washington DC, USA, May 1999
- Healing Problems Following Abdominal Surgery in Spinal Injured Patients: An Analysis of Trace Elements and Immune Status
A Lynch, C Palmer, AC Lynch, FA Frizelle. RACS ASC, Auckland, NZ, May 1999
- The Incidence of Faecal Incontinence and Constipation in a Normal New Zealand Community: A Postal Survey. AC Lynch, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle. RACS ASC, Auckland, NZ, May 1999
- Colorectal Neurophysiology Following Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, FA Frizelle RACS ASC, Auckland, NZ, May 1999
- Bowel Dysfunction Following Spinal Injury: A Controlled Study
AC Lynch, C Wong, A Anthony, BR Dobbs, FA Frizelle. RACS ASC. Auckland, NZ, May 1999
- Bowel Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, A Anthony, FA Frizelle
International Medical Society of Paraplegia ASM. Copenhagen, Denmark, June 1999
- The ACE Procedure
AC Lynch. New Zealand Stoma Therapist Conference. Christchurch, NZ, September 1999
- Bowel Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury
AC Lynch, BR Dobbs, A Anthony, FA Frizelle.
Royal College of Surgeons Traveling Meeting. Christchurch, NZ, October 1999
- Bowel Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury
BR Dobbs, AC Lynch, A Anthony, FA Frizelle. NZ Gastro SocMeeting. Hamilton, NZ, Sept 1999
- Does Colostomy Alter Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury? A Controlled Trial
FA Frizelle, N Randell, AC Lynch, A Anthony, J Roake. RACS ASC, Melbourne, Aust, May 2000
- Does Colostomy Alter Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury? A Controlled Trial
AC Lynch, FA Frizelle, N Randell, A Anthony, J Roake. RACS ASM, Dunedin, NZ, 2000.
- The Utility of Laparoscopy in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in Women of Reproductive Age: A Prospective Randomised Study with Long-Term Follow-Up.
FA Frizelle, PF Bagshaw, GM Robertson, AC Lynch. RACS ASC, Adelaide, 2002
- Quality of Life Following Partial or Total Colectomy: Relevance to HNPCC.
AC Lynch, JM Church, IC Lavery
Collaborative Group of Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer. Baltimore, USA, October 2002
- Quality of Life Following Partial or Total Colectomy: Relevance to HNPCC.
AC Lynch, JM Church, IC Lavery. ASCRS New Orleans, USA, June 2003
- The Clinical Course of Desmoid Tumors in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis.
AC Lynch, JM Church, E McGrath, G Ozuner. ASCRS New Orleans, USA, June 2003
- Wedge vs. Segmental Resection for Complex Enterocutaneous Fistulae
AC Lynch, CP Delaney, AJ Senagore, FH Remzi, VW Fazio.
RACPGB Annual Meeting. Edinburgh July 2003.
- Quality of Life Following Partial or Total Colectomy: Relevance to HNPCC.
AC Lynch, JM Church, IC Lavery
Leeds Castle Polyposis Group and International Collaborative Group on HNPCC
4th Joint Meeting, Cleveland, USA, September 2003
- Diverting Jejunostomy and Home Parenteral Nutrition are Important Adjuncts in the Management of Complex Intestinal Fistulas
AC Lynch, CP Delaney, AJ Senagore, FH Remzi, VW Fazio.
American Society for Parenteral Enteral Nutrition, Las Vegas, USA, February 2004.
- Surgical Management of the Large Bowel in HNPCC
NZ Association of General Surgeons Meeting, Hamilton, NZ, August 2005.
- Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: what the physician needs to know
New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology ASM. Blenheim, NZ, November 2006.
- Follow-up of Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer - A Multidisciplinary Approach. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne March 2007
- Optimising the Management of High Enterocutaneous Fistulae.
RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Christchurch 2007
- Management of the Patient with Multiple Polyps - Surgical Perspectives.
Colorectal Cancer - A Multidisciplinary Approach. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne March 2008
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