Dr Daniel Chan

Dr Daniel Chan is a specialist General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon. He is a consultant surgeon at St George Public and Private Hospitals, and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales.

Sydney-born, Dr Chan earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of NSW in 2011. He trained at St George Hospital, completing his internship, residency, and surgical training before obtaining a Master of Public Health from the University of Queensland in 2017. In 2019 he achieved his FRACS in General Surgery through the Sydney Southern network.

He has since achieved Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Association (FAANZGOSA), completing multiple clinical fellowships in Upper GI surgery both in Australia and internationally, including at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital (Hong Kong), St George Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and Royal North Shore Hospital.

Dr Chan has been a member of the Australian Army Reserve since 2010, when he enlisted as a General Service Officer Cadet at the University of NSW Regiment. He transferred to the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and was commissioned in 2015, and currently holds the rank of Major. He has served on operational deployments both domestically (Op Bushfire Assist 19-20, Op Tropical Cyclone Alfred Assist, and Op Resolute) and internationally, in the Solomon Islands (Op Render Safe) and Iraq (Op Okra). He is Deputy Chair of the RACS Military Surgery Section.

Passionate about research and medical education, Dr Chan has over 60 peer-reviewed publications in Upper GI surgery, general surgery, surgical oncology, and military surgery. In 2021, he earned an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) through UNSW, where he lectures and supervises BSc (Medicine) Honours students. He has been a member of the JMVH Editorial Board since 2020.