Dr Senan Al-Mahaidi is an Australian trained general surgeon.

Dr Al-Mahaidi was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2017.

Dr Al-Mahaidi has experience in treating a broad spectrum of general surgical conditions, having operated in metropolitan and rural hospitals. He has multiple public and private VMO appointments in Newcastle, Maitland, and the Mid-North Coast.

Dr Senan Al-Mahaidi is an Australian trained general surgeon.

Dr Al-Mahaidi was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2017.

Dr Al-Mahaidi has experience in treating a broad spectrum of general surgical conditions, having operated in metropolitan and rural hospitals. He has multiple public and private VMO appointments in Newcastle, Maitland, and the Mid-North Coast.

Dr Costa Karihaloo grew up in Newcastle and completed medical training at Sydney University and surgical training based in the Hunter region.

Dr Karihaloo returned to practice in Newcastle having completed the Ramsay Fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery on the Gold Coast. He has appointments in the private and public sectors and is a former Director of General Surgery at the John Hunter Hospital. He is the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee at Lake Macquarie Private Hospital and has been performing bariatric surgery for fifteen years.

Dr Karihaloo performed the first laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the Hunter region in 2008 and has successfully performed over 1000 cases since then. He performed the first laparoscopic gastric bypass in the region in 2009, the first laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass in 2013 and the first laparoscopic post pyloric bypass in 2018. He has been a regular contributor at national and international meetings and has a particular interest in body composition post bariatric surgery as well as adjuvant medical therapies post weight loss surgery.

Dr Karihaloo is committed to lifelong follow up of bariatric surgical patients and ongoing research and quality improvement to optimise patient outcomes. Dr Karihaloo operates at Belmont and John Hunter Hospital and at Lake Macquarie Private Hospital and Warners Bay Private Hospital.

Dr Anil Koshy is a General Surgeon, a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), a member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New-Zealand (CSSANZ), a member of American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) and is accredited with the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) for gastroscopy and Colonoscopy. He completed his master’s in surgery at Sydney University, and has had extensive surgical training in the management of colon and rectal cancer surgery, Complex locally advanced colon and rectal cancers including exenteration and pelvic cancer surgery having worked at the World’s most renowned Tertiary referral bowel cancer centres, Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital in Sydney, and John Golligher Colorectal unit, Leeds (UK).

Dr Koshy is committed to providing you with the latest safe, minimally-invasive surgical techniques, including endoscopic surgery, and transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TAMIS). He is also a keen advocate of key-hole colorectal surgery. Dr Koshy also performs robotic surgery for colon and rectal cancer including rectopexy using the Da-Vinci robot with this new technology allowing for better 3D vision, and more precise surgical technique.