He obtained his FRACS in general surgery and completed 3 years of post-fellowship colorectal training including an international fellowship in robotic surgery. He is a clinical researcher at the Ingham Institute and is a Senior Lecturer with The University of Sydney. He is currently a PhD candidate evaluating microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer. He has written extensively on inflammatory bowel disease, surgical technique including laparoscopic and robotic surgery as well as on colorectal cancer. He won the Mark Killingback prize for best colorectal research presented at the RACS Annual Scientific Congress in 2016 and numerous other awards for research including the CSSANZ Research Prize in 2015. He was a finalist in the NSW AMA Supervisor of the Year Award and was Citizen of the Year at Liverpool (National Australia Day Council) in 2016.