Post by Cabrini HEALTH

🩺Join us for our latest GP virtual education session this coming Wednesday, featuring Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Dr Josh Hammerschlag. His session, "Dysphagia in Primary Care: When to Worry and What to Do Next" offers the following learning outcomes: ✅ Identify patients with dysphagia, including subtle or intermittent symptoms, who warrant early investigation or specialist referral. ✅Interpret red flag features from less urgent presentations to guide appropriate referral timing and pathway. ✅Discuss how the correct diagnoses of many causes of dysphagia are readily treatable, and that timely investigation and referral can lead to effective management. Join us for this fully RACGP accredited session on Wednesday, 24 June 2026 at 7:30pm. Register here 👉 https://lnkd.in/geE6er9S Dr Josh Hammerschlag is a Upper GI, Bariatric and General Surgeon. He completed General Surgery training through Monash Health, obtaining FRACS, followed by three years of post-fellowship training through the AANZGOSA program. This included positions at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand and The Austin Hospital, where he gained extensive experience in both open and minimally invasive surgery. His clinical interests include gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, hiatus hernia, oesophageal motility disorders, gallbladder disease, and abdominal wall and groin hernia surgery. He also manages oesophageal and gastric cancer and performs metabolic and bariatric (weight-loss) procedures. Dr Hammerschlag is committed to providing thoughtful, patient-centred care, with a focus on clear communication, technical excellence, and supporting patients through every stage of their surgical journey. He holds public appointments at both Bayside Health and Monash Health. Privately, he consults in Malvern, Frankston and Gippsland as part of South East Upper GI Surgical Group and operates at Cabrini Malvern and Peninsula Private Hospital. Register for Dr Josh Hammerschlag's session today 👉 https://lnkd.in/geE6er9S