About A/Prof Mark Erian - Senior Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

A/Professor Mark Erian has extensive experience in intensive labour ward management, particularly in both spontaneous, induced labour and high risk pregnancy in labour.  He has extenisve experience in managing a very busy gynaecological unit and performs all major elective gynaecological surgical procedures, including abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy, myomectomy, vaginal repairs and genital prolapse operations.
 
His interest in the use of a variety of endoscopic operative techniques, including hysteroscopy, cystoscopy and minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, has broadened his interest in gynaecological surgery.  He pioneered the introduction of large surgical series of laparoscopic ultrasonically-activated scalpel in different endoscopic operations as well as a reasonable series of laparoscopic hysterectomy and myomectomy.

He is also skilled in advanced gynaecological endoscopic surgery and endometrial resection. He was the first to introduce the former technique at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Brisbane.  His work in this field has been independently audited and published both nationally and internationally.  He has also won many international awards for advanced gynaecological endoscopic surgery and endometrial resection.

He is a life member of the Medico-Legal Society of Queensland, The Australian Medical Association, founding member of the Australian Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy and is an active member on many committees.

Since 1996 he has been on the list of expert witnesses at the University of Queensland. He is available for media, health and legal fraternities, to give evidence-based opinions on different clinical and legal issues.  Mark is heavily involved in the medico-legal peer review processes in Queensland other states. He is involved in ad-hoc appointments as an expert witness to the Supreme Court and Brisbane Coroner.

He is an active member in the community and has a special interest in multicultural health policies. Mark’s name appears on the list of advisers for the Prime Minister on multicultural affairs. He has done much media work including television appears for this work.

He is also a commissioned officer of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC). He took part in many Australian Army Military Missions and Alliances (eg. USA, Britain, New Zealand and Canada) in the capacity as a surgeon.

Qualifications:

PLAB Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) exam, General Medical Council, London	July 1981
Diploma Obstetrics	October 1982
LRCP (Edin)	April 1983
LRCS (Edin)	April 1983
LRCP & S (Glasgow)	April 1983
MRCOG (London)	January 1987
Certificate of Accreditation of Higher Advanced Training Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London	November 1991
FRACOG Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.	December 1991
Certificate of Accreditation of Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy The American College, Accreditation Council for Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy	September 1997
FRANZCOG Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists	June 1998
FACOG Fellowship of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Washington, USA	June 1999
FRCOG Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London.	September 1999
Appointed as an Internation Advisor, The Board, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, USA	September 2002
Promoted to Pre-eminent Senior Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Queensland Health (highest level)	January 2006
MD Doctorate of Medicine, University of Queensland	December 2006
Graduate Certificate of Clinical Education University of Queensland	2008

Memberships: 

• Medico - Legal Society of Queensland (Life Member) 
• The British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP)
• The British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
• The British Medical Association
• The Irish Medical Association
• The Royal Society of Medicine, London
• The Australian Medical Association
• The Australian Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
• The Australian Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (Founding Member)
• The International Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
• The American Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
• The Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia
• The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, USA