Prof Jas Samra, OAM
MB ChB, D Phil (Oxon), FRCS (Eng & Ed), FRACS
Professor Jas Samra is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney. He graduated from medicine and did his training in the United Kingdom, which included a three-year welcome research fellowship at Oxford University resulting in a degree in Doctor of Philosophy. This has led to his lifelong interest in sciences in surgery.
On moving to Australia, he did his surgical training at Royal North Shore Hospital. For the last nineteen years he has been a surgeon in Northern Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital as well as Ryde Hospital. He has been a key clinical member of the Australian Pancreatic Genome Initiative. He has a keen interest in integration of innovation and new technology in clinical practice. He has been a key member in setting up services for pancreatic cancer and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Shore Private Hospital in the last decade. He has presented the Unit’s work both nationally and internationally and continues to be active in basic and clinical research.
Professor Samra was the first da Vinci accredited robotic general surgeon in Australia as well as the first surgeon in NSW to perform the robotic distal pancreatectomy and liver resection
Professor Samra was also awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, for his efforts, significant contribution into research in pancreatic cancer and his service to medicine as a pancreatic specialist in 2019.
Current Position
- Head of Department, Dept of Gastrointestinal Surgery Ryde Hospital
- Visiting Medical Officer - Royal North Shore Hospital & Ryde Hospital Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Sydney
- Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Macquarie
- Chair of the Pancreatic Multidisciplinary team, Royal North Shore Hospital
- Surgical delegate of the Neuroendocrine Multidisciplinary team, Royal North Shore Hospital
- Surgical delegate of the Hepatobiliary/ Liver Multidisciplinary team, Royal North Shore Hospital
Hospital Appointments
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Ryde Hospital - Head of Department
- North Shore Private Hospital
- Sydney Adventist Hospital
- Macquarie University Hospital
- Mater Hospital
Positions & Appointments held
Current position:
Visiting Medical Officer – HPB & Gastrointestinal Surgeon -
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Ryde Hospital
- North Shore Private Hospital
- Macquarie University Hospital
- Sydney Adventist Hospital
- Mater Hospital
