Experience
Employment
2021 - Current
2021 - 2022
2020 - 2021
2019 - 2020
2016 - 2020
2017 - 2018
2008 - 2015
2006
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2006
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2001 - 2004
2001 - 2002
Colorectal Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Colorectal Surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Clinical Lead Surgical Education, St Vincent’s Clinical School, The University of Melbourne.
Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Colorectal Clinical Fellow (CSSANZ Accredited). MiMICC (Minimally and Maximally Invasive Colorectal Cancer) Fellowship, St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK.
Colorectal Clinical Fellow (CSSANZ Accredited), Box hill Hospital, Victoria Australia
General Surgical Fellow - Trauma and Emergency Surgery –Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Tutor for Case Selective Learning Tutorials (CSL), MBBS curriculum.The University of Melbourne
General Surgical Training; St Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia 2010-2015: General Surgical SET RACS Training 2008-2010: Medical intern and resident St Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Medical Elective Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital , Catherine Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Gamby Private Medical Clinic, Fred Hollows Ophthalmology Clinic Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Community Pharmacist - Hildebrand’s Pharmacy, Frankston, Victoria
Locum Pharmacist - Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK June-August: Locum
Pharmacist - Southmead Hospital Bristol, UK April-June: Locum Pharmacist - Royal Free NHS Hospital London, UK
Community Pharmacist – McCrossin and Phan Pharmacy, St Albans
Community Pharmacist – My Chemist Melbourne, Victoria
Pharmacist Internship - St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne,
Wilkie BD, Noori J, Johnston M, Woods R, Keck JO, Behrenbruch C. Pyridostigmine in chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction - a systematic review. ANZ J Surg. 2023 May 2. doi: 10.1111/ans.18478. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37132128.
Fletcher J, Behrenbruch C, Deputy M, Miskovic D, Faiz O. Robotic proctocolectomy and ileoanal pouch with robotic intracorporeal single-stapled anastomosis for familial adenomatous polyposis - a video vignette. Colorectal Dis. 2023 May;25(5):1060. doi: 10.1111/codi.16449. Epub 2023 Jan 8. PMID: 36484648.
Wong FSJ, Behrenbruch C, Bellato V, Thomas G, Vaizey C, Warusavitarne J. Laparoscopic modified ventral mesh rectopexy - A video vignette. Colorectal Dis. 2023 Jan;25(1):167. doi: 10.1111/codi.16298. Epub 2022 Sep 13. PMID: 36000284.
Mui M, Kong JCH, Guerra GR, Behrenbruch CC, Michael M, Heriot AG. Immunotherapy in colorectal cancer: a beacon of hope. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Jan;93(1-2):15-16. doi: 10.1111/ans.18142. Epub 2023 Jan 20. PMID: 36660869.
Vu TM, Loveday BPT, Behrenbruch C, Hollande F, Heriot AG. Theranostics: a fifth pillar of contemporary cancer care? ANZ J Surg. 2022 Nov;92(11):2782- 2783. doi: 10.1111/ans.17873. PMID: 36398347.
Wong FSJ, Behrenbruch C, Bellato V, Thomas G, Vaizey C, Warusavitarne J. Laparoscopic modified ventral mesh rectopexy - A video vignette. Colorectal Dis. 2022 Aug 24. doi: 10.1111/codi.16298. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36000284
Yeung TM, Apte SS, Behrenbruch CC, Warrier SK, Heriot AG. Fluorescent imaging in colorectal surgery: an essential component of care? ANZ J Surg. 2022 Jul;92(7-8):1600-1601. doi: 10.1111/ans.17790. PMID: 35950669.
Johnson YL, West MA, Gould LE, Drami I, Behrenbruch C, Burns EM, Mirnezami AH, Jenkins JT. Empty pelvis syndrome: a systematic review of reconstruction techniques and their associated complications. Colorectal Dis. 2022 Jan;24(1):16-26. doi: 10.1111/codi.15956. Epub 2021 Oct 25. PMID: 34653292.
Yeung TM, Apte SS, Behrenbruch CC, Heriot AG. Clostridioides difficile infection following ileostomy reversal - can we clean up our act? ANZ J Surg. 2022 Sep;92(9):1982-1983. doi: 10.1111/ans.17743. PMID: 36097427.
Shembrey C, Smith J, Grandin M, Williams N, Cho HJ, Mølck C, Behrenbruch C, Thomson BN, Heriot AG, Merino D, Hollande F. Longitudinal Monitoring of Intra-Tumoural Heterogeneity Using Optical Barcoding of Patient- Derived Colorectal Tumour Models. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jan 24;14(3):581. doi: 10.3390/cancers14030581. PMID: 35158849; PMCID: PMC8833441.
Fletcher J, Behrenbruch C, Deputy M, Miskovic D, Faiz O. Video Correspondence: Video Correspondence: Robotic proctocolectomy and ileoanal pouch with robotic intracorporeal single stapled anastomosis (RISSA) for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). Colorectal Dis. 2022 Dec 9. doi: 10.1111/codi.16449. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36484648.
Johnson Y, West M, Gould L, Drami I, Behrenbruch C, Burns E, Mirnezami A, Jenkins JT. "The ‘Empty Pelvis Syndrome’: A systematic review of reconstruction techniques and their associated complications." DCR. Accepted September 2021
Foroutan M, Molania R, Pfefferle A, Behrenbruch C, Scheer S, Kallies A, Speed T, Cursons J, Huntington N. The ratio of exhausted to resistant infiltrating lymphocytes is prognostic for colorectal cancer outcomes. Cancer Immunology Research. Accepted July 2021.
Guerra G, Kong J, Millen R, Read Matthew,Liu D, Roth S, Sampurno S, Sia J, Bernardi M, Chittleborough T, Behrenbruch C, Teh J, X H, Haynes N, Yu J,
Summary of Qualifications
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PhD - The University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia. “Mechanisms of FOLFOX Resistance in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer” Supervisors: Professor Sandy Heriot, Associate Professor Benjamin Thomson, Professor Frederic Hollande, Professor Michael Michael
Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (CCRTGE)
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) - General Surgeon Medical Registration AHPRA MED0000972047
Diploma in Post Graduate Surgical Anatomy – The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (honors) - The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Ranking at completion of MBBS: Ranked 8th out of 271 students in final year.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (hons) - Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Academic Achievements
St Mark’s Fellow of the Year
Cancer Australia Grant- Associate Investigator– $500,000
Peter McCallum Cancer Foundation Grant – Associate Investigator - $50,000
Cancer Therapeutics PhD Top Up Scholarship (Clinician Researcher)
CSSANZ Foundation Grant for PhD project – $25,000
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) Travelling Fellowship
Foundation Grant for PhD project – $25,000
Post Graduate Scholarship, The University of Melbourne
Helen Macpherson Smith Scholarship, The University of Melbourne
Completion of RACS general surgical training (FRACS)
Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ) Trainee Covidien Colorectal Research Fellowship -$50,000Judith Annette Thomson Scholarship from Australian Rotary Health
Department of General Surgical Specialties Award for Clinical Excellence, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Ian Johnston Prize – Women’s and Children’s Health, The University of Melbourne
Completion of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with honors Deans Honors List in Semester 10 and 11, MBBS, The University of Melbourne Runner-up for J.J Billings Prize in Neurology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne
Completion of Bachelor of Pharmacy with H1 Honors