General Surgery

Dr Ong is a general surgeon with clinical and academic responsibilities. He lectures medical students, allied health professionals, nursing staff, junior doctors and GPs. Dr Ong is a clinical examiner with the College of Surgeons and also assists with undergraduate medical student examinations by the Western Sydney University Medical School.

He is on-call for surgical emergencies at Campbelltown Public Hospital, which runs the 2nd busiest emergency department in New South Wales (over 80,000 presentations/year). On-call general surgeons such as Dr Ong, manage a broad variety of emergencies such as appendicitis, gallbladder attacks, hernia and bowel emergencies, abscesses, trauma, as well as emergencies from other surgical and medical specialties.

As an active general surgeon, he is experienced in procedures such as laparoscopic cholecystectomies (keyhole gallbladder removals for gallstone and polyp diseases) and hernia repairs. He is a full-time clinician.

He participates in a statewide audit of surgical practice as a first and second-line assessor for the NSW CHASM audit program (part of the Clinical Excellence Commission).

He was nominated as one of the preceptors for BARD© HERNIA and is an honorary surgeon to 3M/KCI Australia. He introduced the “echo positioning system” to Macarthur which facilitates laparoscopic repairs of complex ventral hernias. He is a key-opinion-leader for Clarius (ultrasound) in Australia.

Dr Ong sees WorkCover hernia patients and is consulted for WorkCover hernia-related matters in his practice.

Call 0246107933 or email to book an appointment.