Henry Hook is a General Surgeon with an interest in Upper GI surgery working in Orange NSW. He has appointments at Orange Health Service (referral centre for Western NSW) Dudley Private and Ramsay Surgical Centre Orange. He has a VMO appointment at Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick.
Henry’s medical degree was from the University of NSW and his surgical training was through Liverpool Hospital and St Vincents Hospital Darlinghurst. He was awarded the FRACS in 2003 and went on to further training in upper GI and HPB surgery as the Lister Fellow at the Royal Infirmary Glasgow in 2004/ 2005.
His area of interest includes benign and malignant conditions of the oesophagus/stomach/pancreas and biliary system. He has authored a book chapter on the management of acute severe pancreatitis and has published research on the role of SMAD 4 mutations in the prognosis of pancreatic carcinoma. Main procedural interests are laparoscopic surgery including advanced upper GI surgery, therapeutic endoscopy including ERCP and general surgery. Most recently, Henry has been appointed to the Court of Examiners for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
He is a rural representative for the Clinical Excellence Commission.