Gavin Wright
加文·赖特
MBBS, PhD, FRACS
Professor of Surgery and Director, Thoracic Surgery外科学教授兼胸外科主任
👥Biography 个人简介
Gavin Wright is Australia's leading mesothelioma surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and a principal investigator for the Australian Mesothelioma Registry. He has pioneered extended pleurectomy/decortication techniques and intraoperative hyperthermic chemotherapy for pleural mesothelioma, advancing surgical outcomes in this disease.
🧪Research Fields 研究领域
🎓Key Contributions 主要贡献
Surgical Innovation
Developed and refined extended pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma at St Vincent's Melbourne, achieving outcomes comparable to international centers of excellence.
HITHOC Research
Pioneered hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) protocols following cytoreductive surgery for pleural mesothelioma in Australia, establishing feasibility and early efficacy data.
Registry and Epidemiology
Led contributions to the Australian Mesothelioma Registry, linking surgical data to long-term outcomes and enabling population-based analysis of mesothelioma patterns in Australia.
Representative Works 代表性著作
Extended pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma: outcomes from an Australian single-centre series
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2017)
Largest Australian surgical series in mesothelioma, demonstrating feasibility and survival benefit of lung-sparing cytoreductive surgery.
Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: pilot study and technical aspects
ANZ Journal of Surgery (2019)
Established HITHOC protocols for Australia, expanding multimodal surgical options for mesothelioma patients.
Australian Mesothelioma Registry: surgical treatment patterns and outcomes 2010–2020
Lung Cancer (2022)
National registry analysis characterizing surgical treatment patterns and long-term outcomes across Australian mesothelioma centers.
🏆Awards & Recognition 奖项与荣誉
📄Data Sources 数据来源
Last updated: 2026-01-15 | All information from publicly available academic sources
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