Current Positions

• Visiting Surgeon, Hollywood Hospital, Nedlands
• Visiting Surgeon, Mercy Hospital, Mount Lawley
• Visiting Surgeon, Joondalup Health Campus, Joondalup
• Visiting Surgeon, The Mount Hospital, Perth
• Visiting Surgeon, Glengarry Hospital, Duncraig
• Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia

Presentations

• "Allelotype of Barrett's adenocarcinoma; a search for novel tumour suppressor genes"
  World 5th OESO Congress, Paris, Sept 1996
  Surgical Research Society, London, Jan 1997
  British Society of Gastroenterology, Brighton, March 1997
  British Association of Cancer Research, Southampton, April 1997
   
• "Are changes in survival from oesophageal cancer related to changes in incidence of histological subtypes?"
  International Association of Cancer Registries Annual Meeting, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Sept 1996
  Surgical Research Society, London, Jan 1997
   
• "The changing incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer"
  6th European Congress of Surgery, Rome, Oct 1996
   
• "A new classification of oesophageal and gastric cancer based on changing incidence and clinical features"
  Second International Gastric Cancer Congress, Munich, April 1997
  World 7th OESO Congress, Paris, Sept 2000
  International Gastric Cancer Congress, New York 2001
   
• "The development of adenocarcinoma in Barrett's oesophagus"
  Northwest Cancer and Toxicology Group, Preston, March 1997
   
• "Adenocarcinoma of the lower oesophagus and gastric cardia are similar both epidemiologically and clinically; a population based study from 1974 to 1993"
  British Society of Gastroenterology, Brighton, March 1997
   
• "Loss of heterozygosity occurs on chromosome 17p and 18q in Barrett's metaplasia and dysplasia adjacent to adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus"
  Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons, Leeds, Sept 1997
   
• "Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 17p predicts carcinogenesis progression in patients with Barrett's oesophagus"
  Surgical Research Society, London, Jan 1998
  World 7th OESO Congress, Paris, Sept 2000
   
• "Comparison of the clinical, epidemiological, pathological and molecular features of adenocarcinomas around the GOJ"
  World 7th OESO Congress, Paris, Sept 2000
  International Gastric Cancer Congress, New York, Apr 2001
   
• "Does pneumatic dilatation affect the outcome of laparoscopic cardiomyotomy?"
  British Society of Gastroenterology, Glasgow, Mar 2001
   
• "Lymph node clearance of a radical D2 gastrectomy is not compromised by preservation of the spleen and pancreas"
  International Gastric Cancer Congress, New York, Apr 2001
  "Quality of life after radical D2 gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Results of long-term follow up"
  International Gastric Cancer Congress, New York, Apr 2001
   
• "Can radical surgery for gastric cancer be performed safely in the West?"
  International Gastric Cancer Congress, New York, Apr 2001
   
• "Laparoscopic gastric banding for morbidly obese adolescents"
  SAGES, Los Angeles, March 2003
   
• "A comparison of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and biliopancreatic diversion in superobesity"
  RACS Meeting, Brisbane, May 2003
   
• "Gastric Cancer - One Disease Worldwide"
  RACS Meeting, Brisbane, May 2003

Prizes and Awards

• "Allelotype of Barrett's adenocarcinoma; a search for novel tumour suppressor genes"
  Surgeon-in-Training Prize finalist, Scientific Meeting, RCS of Edinburgh, May 1996
   
• "A new classification of oesophageal and gastric cancer based on changing incidence and clinical features"
  Research Prize Finalist, Liverpool and Northwest Society of Surgery, Chester, Nov 1996
  Zeneca Registrar Prize Finalist, Manchester Medical Society, Manchester, March 1997
   
• "Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 17p predicts carcinogenesis progression in patients with Barrett's oesophagus"
  North of England Gastroenterology Society Research Prize Winner 1998
  Astra-Association of Surgeons in Training Research Prize Winner 1998
   
• EEC Travelling Fellowship Award 1998
  European School of Oncology, Milan

Publications

• Obesity Related
• Other Publications

Obesity Related

• "Laparoscopic gastric banding for morbidly obese adolescents"
  Dolan K, Creighton L, Hopkins G, Fielding GA
  Obesity Surgery 2003, 13, 101-104
   
• "Treating diabetes in the morbidly obese by gastric banding"
  Dolan K, Bryant R, Fielding GA
  Obesity Surgery 2003, 13, 439-443
   
• "Vitamin A deficiency following pancreatico-biliary diversion"
  Hatzifotis M, Dolan K, Fielding GA
  Obesity Surgery 2003, 13, 655-657
   
• "Laparoscopic gastric banding and Crural Repair in Obese Patients with a Hiatus Hernia"
  Dolan K, Finch R, Fielding GA
  Obesity Surgery 2003, 13, 772-775
   
• "Calcium and vitamin D depletion and elevated parathyroid hormone following
  pancreatico-biliary diversion"
  Newbury L, Dolan K, Hatzifotis M, Lowe N, Fielding GA
  Obesity Surgery 2003, 13, 893-895
   
• "Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion Following Failure of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding"
  Dolan K, Fielding GA
  Surgical Endoscopy 2004, 18, 60-63
   
• "A comparison of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and biliopancreatic diversion in superobesity"
  Dolan K, Hatzifotis M, Newbury L, Lowe N, Fielding GA
  Obesity Surgery 2004, 14, 165-169
   
•  "A Comparison of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Adolescents and Adults"
  Dolan K, Fielding GA
  Surgical Endoscopy 2004, 18, 45-47
   
• "Serum fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and abnormal calcium metabolism after malabsorptive
  bariatric surgery"
  Slater GH, Ren CJ, Siegel N, Williams T, Barr D, Wolfe B, Dolan K, Fielding GA
  Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2004, 8, 48-55
   
• "A nutritional and weight loss comparison between pancreatico-biliary diversion and duodenal switch"
  Dolan K, Hatzifotis M, Newbury L, Lowe N, Fielding GA
  Annals of Surgery 2004, 240, 51-56

Other Publications

• "Adenocarcinoma of the lower oesophagus and gastric cardia are similar both epidemiologically and clinically; a population based study from 1974 to 1993"
  Dolan K, Walker SJ, Sutton R, Williams EMI.
  Progress in Gastric Cancer Research, Siewert J.R. & Roder J.D., Monduzzi Editore Bologna, 1997, 43-44
   
• "Microsatellite instability is rarely detected in oesophageal adenocarcinoma"
  Dolan K, Garde J, Walker SJ, Sutton R, Field JK
  Oncology Reports 1997, 4; 1319-1322
   
• "Colo-colonic intussusception due to colonic lipoma"
  Dolan K, Khan SA, Goldring JR
  Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1998, 91; 94
   
• "Allelotype analysis of oesophageal adenocarcinomas; loss of heterozygosity occurs at multiple sites"
  Dolan K, Garde J, Gosney JR, Sissons M, Wright T, Kingsnorth AN, Walker SJ, Sutton R, Meltzer SJ, Field JK
  British Journal of Cancer 1998, 78; 950-957
   
• "Multiple target sites of allelic imbalance on chromosome 17 in Barrett's oesophageal cancer"
  Dunn J, Dolan K, Gosney JR, Sutton R, Meltzer SJ, Field JK
  Oncogene 1999, 18, 987-993
   
• "New classification of oesophageal and gastric carcinoma derived from changing patterns in epidemiology"
  Dolan K, Walker SJ, Sutton R, Morris AI, Campbell F, Williams EMI
  British Journal of Cancer 1999, 80, 834-842
   
• "LOH at APC, TP53 and DCC occurs in Barrett's metaplasia and dysplasia adjacent to adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus"
  Dolan K, Garde J, Walker SJ, Sutton R, Gosney JR, Field JK
  Human Pathology 1999, 30, 1508-1514
   
• "Histological and molecular mapping of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and gastroesophageal junction: loss of heterozygosity occurs in histologically normal epithelium in the oesophagus and stomach"
  Dolan K, Walker SJ, Sutton R, Gosney JR, Field JK
  Oncology Reports 2000, 7, 521-528
   
• "The evolution of loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 17 during the progression to Barrett's adenocarcinoma involves a unique combination of target sites in individual specimens"
  Dunn J, Garde J, Dolan K, Gosney JR, Oates BC, Watson AJM, Fielding P, Field JK
  Clin Can Res 2000, 6, 4033-4042
   
• "Does pneumatic dilatation affect the outcome of laparoscopic cardiomyotomy?"
  Dolan K, Zafirellis K, Fountolakis A, Martin IG, Dexter SPL, Larvin M, McMahon MJ
  Surgical Endoscopy 2002, 16, 84-87
   
• "Multivariate analysis of clinical, operative and pathological features of esophageal cancer:
  who needs adjuvant treatment?"
  Zafirellis K, Dolan K, Fountoulakis A, Dexter SPL, Martin IG, Sue-Ling HM
  Diseases of the Esophagus 2002, 15, 155-159
   
• "Evaluation of POSSUM in patients with oesophageal cancer undergoing resection"
  Zafirellis K, Fountoulakis A, Dolan K, Dexter SPL, Martin IG, Sue-Ling HM
  British Journal of Surgery 2002, 89, 1150-1155
   
• "TP53 mutations in malignant and premalignant Barrett's esophagus"
  Dolan K, Walker SJ, Gosney JR, Field JK, Sutton R
  Diseases of the Esophagus 2003, 16, 83-89
   
• "Proximal gastric exclusion for unresectable carcinoma of the distal stomach"
  Dolan K, Sue-Ling HM
  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2003, 73, 929-931
   
• "Three different subsite classification systems for carcinomas in the proximity of the GOJ
  but is it all one disease?"
  Dolan K, Morris AI, Gosney JR, Field JK, Sutton R
  Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2004, 19, 24-30
   
• "Effect of surveillance of Barrett's oesophagus on the clinical outcome of oesophageal cancer"
  Fountoulakis A, Zafirellis K, Dolan K, Dexter SPL, Martin IG, Sue-Ling HM
  Br J Surg 2004, 91, 997-1003