Mr Paul Burton - Researcher Profile

Biography

Mr Paul Burton is a senior research fellow at CORE. He holds a clinical appointment as a Visiting Medical Officer in Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) and General Surgery at the Alfred Hospital as well as having an active clinical practice in Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery. His research work at CORE is funded by a three year competitive research fellowship awarded by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Paul was awarded his PhD 2010. This was clinical physiological research, which involved adapting and developing high resolution video manometry and related physiological techniques. Data from this research has lead to significant changes to the understanding of gastric banding and also has been translated to improvements in clinical practice.

Paul has developed an international reputation as an emerging leader of research relating to the physiology of gastric banding and the health effects of surgically induced weight loss.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2010

FELLOWSIHP ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Institution: Royal Australian College of Surgeons

Year awarded: 2007

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Journal Articles

Burton, P., Brown, W., 2011, The mechanism of weight loss with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Induction of satiety not restriction, International Journal Of Obesity [P], vol 35, issue Suppl. 3, Nature Publishing Group, UK, pp. S26-S30.

Burton, P., Yap, K., Brown, W., Laurie, C., O'Donnell, M., Hebbard, G., Kalff, V., O'Brien, P., 2010, Changes in satiety, supra- and infraband transit, and gastric emptying following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: A prospective follow-up study, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 21, issue 2, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 217-223.

Burton, P., Brown, W., Laurie, C., Hebbard, G., O'Brien, P., 2010, Criteria for assessing esophageal motility in laparoscopic adjustable gastric band patients: The importance of the lower esophageal contractile segment, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 20, issue 3, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 316-325.

Burton, P., Yap, K., Brown, W., Laurie, C., O'Donnell, M., Hebbard, G., Kalff, V., O'Brien, P., 2010, Effects of adjustable gastric bands on gastric emptying, supra- and infraband transit and satiety: A randomized double-blind crossover trial using a new technique of band visualization, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 20, issue 12, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 1690-1697.

O'Brien, P.E., Sawyer, S.M., Laurie, C., Brown, W.A., Skinner, S.A., Veit, F., Paul, E., Burton, P.R., McGrice, M.A., Anderson, M.L., Dixon, J., 2010, Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in severely obese adolescents: A randomized trial, Jama-Journal Of The American Medical Association [P], vol 303, issue 6, American Medical Association, USA, pp. 519-526.

Burton, P., Brown, W., Laurie, C., Hebbard, G., O'Brien, P., 2010, Mechanisms of bolus clearance in patients with laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 20, issue 9, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 1265-1272.

Burton, P., Brown, W., Laurie, C., Lee, M., Korin, A., Anderson, M., Hebbard, G., O'Brien, P., 2010, Outcomes, satiety, and adverse upper gastrointestinal symptoms following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 21, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 574-581.

Burton, P., Brown, W., Laurie, C., Korin, A., Yap, K., Richards, M., Owens, J., Crosthwaite, G., Hebbard, G., O'Brien, P., 2010, Pathophysiology of laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands: Analysis and classification using high-resolution video manometry and a stress barium Protocol, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 20, issue 1, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 19-29.

Burton, P., Brown, W., Laurie, C., Hebbard, G., O'Brien, P., 2010, Predicting outcomes of intermediate term complications and revisional surgery following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Utility of the CORE classification and melbourne motility criteria, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 20, issue 11, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 1516-1523.

Burton, P.R., Brown, W.A., Laurie, C., Richards, M., Hebbard, G.S., O'Brien, P.E., 2009, Effects of gastric band adjustments on intraluminal pressure, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 19, issue 11, Springer, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1508-1514.

Brown, W.A., Korin, A., Burton, P.R., O'Brien, P.E., 2009, Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, Australian Family Physician [P], vol 38, issue 12, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Victoria, Australia, pp. 972-976.

Burton, P.R., Button, B., Brown, W.A., Lee, M., Roberts, S., Hassen, S., Bailey, M.J., Smith, A.I., Snell, G.I., 2009, Medium-term outcome of fundoplication after lung transplantation., Diseases Of The Esophagus [P], vol 22, issue 8, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 642-648.

Burton, P.R., Brown, W.A., Laurie, C., Richards, M., Afkari, S., Yap, K.S., Korin, A., Hebbard, G.S., O'Brien, P.E., 2009, The effect of laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands on esophageal motility and the gastroesophageal junction: analysis using high-resolution video manometry, Obesity Surgery [P], vol 19, issue 7, Springer, New York, NY, USA, pp. 905-914.

Burton, P.R., Lee, M., Bailey, M.J., Pick, A.W., 2009, What causes post-traumatic empyema?: Trauma, Emergency Medicine Australasia (Print) [P], vol 21, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 153-159.

Brown, W.A., Burton, P.R., Anderson, M.L., Korin, A., Dixon, J., Hebbard, G.S., O'Brien, P.E., 2008, Symmetrical pouch dilatation after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: Incidence and management, Obesity Surgery, vol 18, issue 9, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 1104-1108.

Esmore, D.S., Markman, P.L., Agrawal, S., Burton, P.R., Rosenfeldt, F.L., 2005, The split radial technique: an alternative to the Y-graft for total arterial myocardial revascularisation, Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 14, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 32-35.