Dr Daniel Chan is a specialistgeneral surgeon that is completing post-fellowship training in upper gastrointestinal surgery.
Daniel received his medical degree from the University of NSW (2011) and Master of Public Health from the University of Queensland (2017). He was admitted as a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (General Surgery) in 2019. He completed his surgical training at St George Hospital (NSW Southern Network) and a year of post-fellowship training at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong in Upper GI surgery.
Daniel 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 Corp and was commissioned in 2015. He currently serves as a Major with the 3rd Health Support Battalion. He has served two deployments to the Solomon Islands (OP RENDER SAFE 19) and domestically (OP BUSHFIRE ASSIST 19-20). He is an elected committee member of the RACS military surgery section (2020).
Daniel is a Conjoint Associate Lecturer at the St George & Sutherland Clinical School, University of NSW where he supervises undergraduate medical (BSc (Medicine) Honours) students. His interests are in minimally invasive, upper GI and bariatric surgery, therapeutic endoscopy, trauma, and military medicine. As an early career researcher, he has 36 peer-reviewed journal publications, 345 citations, and an h-index of 8. He is currently completing his Doctor of Philosophy with Western Sydney University and St George Hospital. He has been awarded the RACS Sir Roy McCaughey Surgical Research Scholar Fellowship (2020-21), the AVANT Doctor in Training Research Scholarship (New Fellows) (2020).
Daniel has been a volunteer with St John Ambulance Australia (NSW) since 2004 and has served as Divisional Medical Officer and Divisional Superintendent. He served as an elected council member on the NSW State Council (2011-2013) and was awarded the Lady Galleghan Scholarship (2010). He received the Service Medal of the Order of St John (2017) and was admitted as a Member of the Order of St John (MStJ) (2017).
