Hosted by ASSA · EN · 47 episodes
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The Operating List is part of the Australasian Students’ Surgical Association which was founded in 2015 as a way of connecting the surgically inclined students of Australia and New Zealand. Today, we represent over 25 student surgical societies and have 600 members. We started this podcast as a way of connecting to our members and providing them with surgical education as well as insights into a career in surgery.
ASSA hosts The Operating List, a health show with 47 episodes published.
Consultant paediatric surgeon Dr. Damir Ljuhar discusses his top tips and advice for medical students starting surgical placement with a paediatric surgery team. Angus and Dr. Damir discuss the best ways for students to
In this episode of The Operating List , Ivone sits down with Dr Justin Hsieh, a first-year General Surgery Registrar, to discuss how medical students can make the most of their surgical placements and stand out in a busy
In this episode, Dr Jade Moody shares practical advice for medical students looking to make the most of their Orthopaedics placements. Drawing on her experiences as an orthopaedic registrar, she discusses how students ca
Starting clinical placement can be exciting, but it can also come with a lot of uncertainty. What should I know? How do I get involved? Am I being helpful, or am I just in the way? In this episode of Pre-Placement Panic
In this episode, Dr Uren shares her insights into building a successful career in O&G, drawing on decades of experience practising and teaching across Victoria, New South Wales, and overseas, as well as supervising hundr
In this episode of The Operating List , Angus sits down with Dr Damir Ljuhar, a consultant paediatric surgeon who recently passed his fellowship exams, to discuss the realities of training in one of surgery’s most demand
In this episode, First sits down with Dr Ishith Seth, a plastic surgery registrar at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Honorary Plastic Surgery Research Fellow at Peninsula Health and Austin Health. Dr Ish has has comp
In this episode of The Operating List , we sit down with neurosurgeon Dr James Dimou to explore the long and demanding pathway through neurosurgical training. Dr Dimou discusses the realities of progressing through one o
In this episode, Nadia sits down with Dr Jade Moody, an orthopaedics registrar working at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle NSW. They discuss what the job involves day to day, and the process of applying to the ortho
In this episode, Ivone sits down with Dr James Colbourne, a SET3 vascular registrar, to discuss what training in vascular surgery is really like. They explore the structure of registrar life, including on-call work and t
In this episode, Ivone sits down with Dr Justin Hsieh, a first-year general surgery registrar, to explore the realities of stepping into surgical training. Justin shares an honest perspective on the transition from junio
In this episode, Angus and Nadia explore a new and evolving approach to medical education in Australia. We’re joined by the Dean and CEO of NewMed, a proposed national medical school aiming to rethink how doctors are tra
We’re joined by Dr. Zsolt Balogh, a trauma surgeon working at the forefront of one of the most high-stakes areas in medicine. In this episode, we dive into the fast-paced world of trauma care — from how teams prepare for
We’re back with Dr Joseph Jaya, this time exploring the surgical management of small bowel obstruction, one of the most common conditions in general surgery. In this episode, we focus specifically on obstruction caused b
This episode features a coffee chat with Dr Joseph Jaya, a General Surgery Registrar at Monash Health, currently completing his PhD while also serving as the Chief Surgical Registrar. He shares both his medical and perso
We’re joined by Dr. Ethem Ibrahim, a colorectal surgeon with a passion for tackling some of the most complex abdominal presentations. In this episode, we unpack the journey of managing colorectal tumors—from red flag sym
In this episode of The Operating List, Vivian sits down with final-year medical students Alison and Madara to unpack their international elective insights from their time in Iloilo, Philippines. From surgical observation
The Operating List is back for 2025! Kicking off the season, we’re joined by Aaron, a 4th-year medical student and the Vice President of ASSA. We chat about his journey through med school, what drew him to surgery, and w
Coffee Chat: "Are you an asipring eye surgeon but not sure what it takes to get there? Join ASSA as we pick the brain of Dr Mike Thabet, who recently accepted a position to be an ophthalmology trainee. We will chat about
Med ED: "We all know someone who had cataract surgery. Have you every wondered how it's done? Join ASSA as we delve into the anatomy, indications, and step-by-step runthrough of the procedure with Dr Mike Thabet, a soon-
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