Shepparton Private Hospital
Part of Ramsay Health Care

Shepparton Private Hospital specialist Zainab Naseem

Dr Zainab Naseem

BSc, MBBS(Hons),FRACS, MPhil

General surgeon with subspecialty training in colorectal surgery including advanced laparoscopic surgery and robotic procedures.

Dr Naseem is a General Surgeon with subspeciality training in colorectal surgery.

Zainab completed General Surgery training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, then advanced Colorectal Surgery at Northern Hospital in Melbourne.  Alongside her clinical role Zainab is a dedicated surgical educator, tutoring and mentoring future surgeons. She is also an avid researcher, currently working on rectal cancer detection.

Services offered , however not limited to:

Colorectal Surgery
* Tranasanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS/TEMS)
* Colonoscopy/EMR/Stents
* All colorectal/proctology conditions including colorectal cancer/metastatic cancer with bowel obstruction
* Management of complex IBD and pelvic endometriosis
* Faecal incontinence and pelvic floor disorders
* Obstetric sphincter muscles

Upper GI & Hepatobillary
* Laparoscopic gastric band removal
* Gastroscopy/Variceal banding/PEG
* Esophagogastric surgery for benign conditions
* Management of gallbladder and billary pathology

General  Surgery
* Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
* Small Bowel resections and adhesiolysis
* Carpal tunnel release and Dupuytrens contracture surgery, ingrown toe nail complex conditions, pilonidal disease.
* Port-a-cath insertions
* Complex hernia repair (open and laparoscopic) - inguinal, femoral, umbilical, incisional, recurrent, parastomal, ventral
* Skin lesion excision (including complex lesions with flap/graft reconstruction)
* Appendectomy
* Excision of skin lesions & cancers including advanced flaps and grafts
* Benign breast, thyroid and parathyroid conditions

Other Services
* second opinions on complex colorectal and general surgical conditions
* Multidisciplinary cancer care coordination (GI & skin cancer)
* Surgical education and preoperative counselling.

Colorectal surgery