Dr Scott Whiting

North Queensland’s only sub-specialty trained Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon

Dr Scott Whiting is an upper gastrointestinal, bariatric and general surgeon based in Townsville, North Queensland, consulting and operating at Mater Private Hospital Townsville and Mater Private Hospital Mackay.

Clinical interests

Metabolic and weight loss surgery

Laparoscopic and robotic-assist surgery

Upper GI oncology (including early gastric and oesophageal cancer)

Reflux and barret’s oesophagus

General surgery and emergency procedures

Dr Whiting’s career has taken a distinctive path from professional rugby league with the North Queensland Cowboys to specialist surgeon and surgical leader. He graduated with Honours from the University of Notre Dame Australia and attained Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2017. He subsequently completed advanced post-fellowship training in Australia and internationally, developing expertise in bariatric and metabolic surgery, anti-reflux surgery, and minimally invasive oesophageal and gastric surgery.

As North Queensland’s only subspecialised Upper GI Surgeon, Dr Whiting provides advanced surgical care across the region.

“My personal goal is to ensure the people of North Queensland have access to world class surgical procedures, delivered by highly trained specialists.”

Dr Whiting is among Australia’s highest-volume surgeons performing minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic oesophageal and gastric cancer resections. He is a Da Vinci Robotic Surgery Proctor and leads advanced training in minimally invasive oesophagectomy.

He is actively involved in cancer care, research and surgical innovation, including research into EndoVAC therapy and postoperative outcomes following oesophageal surgery. He also contributes to cancer health service development through Cancer Alliance Queensland.

Commendation

University of Notre Dame

– Dean’s Commendation

Representation

North Queensland Cowboys Rugby League Player

Community

Mission Australia

– Commendation for Services Provided

Providing quality health and surgical outcomes for the North Queensland community

He leads North Queensland’s highest-volume private bariatric and metabolic surgery service and has helped develop the region’s publicly funded bariatric surgery service. Dr Whiting is committed to providing the highest quality compassionate care to each of his patients at Mater Private Hospital Townsville and Mater Private Hospital Mackay.

Community involvement

When Dr Scott isn’t in theatre, you can find him doing his part to give back to the community.

Having played with the Centrals ASA Rugby League club throughout his junior football years, Dr Scott has since become a sponsor and supporter of the club. As a former professional Rugby League player with the North Queensland Cowboys, he often finds time to help out with training sessions and mentorship where possible.

Are you ready to start your bariatric journey with Dr Scott Whiting?

Surgical outcomes informed by leading research

Ensuring only the very best medical practices and patient care is being undertaken is at the forefront of Dr Scott Whiting’s research in weight loss

Ensuring only the very best medical practices and patient care is being undertaken is at the forefront of Dr Scott Whiting’s research.

This means Dr Whiting’s patients can trust that they are receiving the most professional and updated medical advice and procedures in North Queensland.

By participating in and conducting bariatric research, Dr Whiting and his team commits to providing evidence based medical and surgical research that ultimately supports patients and the broader community to achieve superior health outcomes. Some, but not all, of his research is highlighted below.

Interventional weight loss procedures
Loop Gastric Bypass
Revisional bariatric surgery
Duodenal Switch

Endoscopic management of Upper GI complications. (Oral presentation) Australia & Aoteroa New Zealand Gastric & Oesophageal Surgery Association Conference 2022, Sunshine Coast.

Can a one-day Model of care in Bariatric surgery work? (Oral presentation) Australia & New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society Conference, Cairns 2022

Interventional weight loss procedures (Oral presentation) – Dietitians New Zealand National Jubilee Conference, Auckland 2018

The Effect of Pre-operative Weight Loss on Ten Year Outcomes for Loop Gastric Bypass (Poster presentation) – Australia & New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society Conference, Melbourne 2018

Revisional Bariatric Surgery – A single centre experience (Poster presentation) – Australia & New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society Conference, Melbourne 2018

Long Term Nutritional Markers for Patients Undergoing One or Two stage Duodenal Switch (DS) (Poster presentation) – Australia & New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society Conference, Melbourne 2018

Using sacral nerve modulation to improve continence and quality of life in patients suffering from low anterior resection syndrome. Croese, Alexander D., Whiting, Scott, Vangaveti, Venkat N., and Ho, Yik-Hong (2018). ANZ Journal of Surgery, 88 (11). E787-E791

The Effects of Fatigue Associated with Sustained Wakefulness and Functional Energy Drinks (FED) on Laparoscopic Performance S Whiting*, J Hamdorf**, I Lee*, D Hayne**, RMA Petrilli Presented at Notre Dame University Research Symposium 2010

An Audit of the Clinical Indicators for Transurethral Resections of the Prostate (TURP) Conducted at a Metropolitan Hospital S Whiting*, D Hayne**, F. Lee Presented Fremantle Hospital – Clinical Governance Unit and Urology Department.

Assessing Client Outcomes in Human Services – How do we know what we do works? S Whiting, Terence O’Brien Presented at the 2006 Australasian Evaluation Society Conference.