29/03/2026
Meet the team! Our surgeon, Uvan Naidoo is a general surgeon with 25 years’ experience in trauma, acute and elective surgery both in Australia and overseas in South Africa. Since achieving his Royal Australian College of Surgeons fellowship in 2010, he has been providing surgical services performing a wide range of surgical procedures with a focus on early recovery. A highlight for patients is an early recovery and discharge post day surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic hernia repair. Additional procedures under local anesthesia include Vasectomy, Carpal tunnel release and trigger finger release. Uvan is accredited by the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA)to provide patients with Gastroscope and colonoscope procedures.
Uvan is on the VIC-TAS Training Committee and a GESA supervisor. He supervisors and mentors’ interns, HMOS and surgical trainees as well as tutoring medical students. He is a senior member of the Western District Health Service and is actively involved with maintaining the needs of the local population with a focus on Quality and Safety.
Uvan also has a South African College of Surgeons fellowship in General Surgery since 1997. He has worked extensively in public and private health.
Uvan is a dedicated and passionate surgeon and when he is not working, he relaxes by skiing, sailing, playing golf and taking his dog Apollo for long walks.
