Liver health

Professor Luc Delrivière (UWA) has held the position of Senior Surgeon for liver transplant and hepato-biliary surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital since 2004. His work has played a major role in the expansion of liver and kidney transplant programs in WA, with activity in both areas having now more than doubled. He is involved in clinical research programs at the Harry Perkins Institute.

His extensive training in general surgery and cutting edge transplant/hepato-biliary specialisation was completed in Brussels, Paris, Tokyo, Brisbane, King’s College Hospital in London and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge between 1989 and 2004. He has been involved in over 1,000 liver transplants throughout his career.

Prof Delrivière performs the most advanced and safe liver, bile duct, gallbladder, hernia and pancreas surgery at St John of God Subiaco Hospital. His clinical approach is multidisciplinary and involves colleague oncologists, gastro-entrolologists, hepatologists and interventional radiologists.

In 2013 Professor Delrivière established “The Liver Centre” and “The Hernia Gallbladder Centre”. The team has since expanded and offers highly specialised surgery for all upper abdominal organs.

The team is also known as “The Surgeons Collective”, which gives patients the benefit of a unique and centralised group comprised of leading surgeons, specialist hepatologists (liver physicians), gastro-enterologists and dietitians.