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Education, Research and Community 

Dr Rudyard Wake graduated from Flinders Medical School in Adelaide in 2009 and worked as an intern and surgical resident at Royal Adelaide and Lyell McEwin Hospitals before moving to NSW where he undertook further training as an unaccredited surgical registrar in Sydney and Orange working in multiple hospitals. He was selected for specialist training in General Surgery in 2014 working at Hospitals in Sydney, Darwin and Canberra. He completed the 5 year training program in 2019 and completed 3 years of Post-graduate Fellowship training at The Canberra Hospital in Colorectal Surgery and Emergency Surgery. Dr Rudyard Wake is employed as a Staff Specialist General Surgeon at The Royal Hobart Hospital in Colorectal and Emergency Surgery.

He is a passionate teacher training the next generation of surgeons and medical students at UTAS.
He is highly regarded as caring and kind by his patients and values a network of collegiate professionals
utilising a multi-disciplinary approach to ensure the best outcomes for his patients. His work interests relate to thorough assessment and considered management of General Surgical pathologies. He has a specific interest in minimally invasive Colorectal and Emergency Surgery for malignant and benign conditions including IBD.
He is expert in the management of a wide range of General Surgical conditions including gallstone disease,
diverticular disease, bowel obstructions, perianal disease, abdominal wall hernias, as well as minor procedures such as lipomas and in-grown toenails.

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EDUCATION

  • Master of Surgery – University of Sydney

  • NSW (2025)

  • FRACS – (2023)

  • BMBS – Flinders University, SA (2009)

  • Bachelor of Biotechnology – Griffith University, QLD (2005)

  • High School Certificate – Knox Grammar School, NSW (1998) 

 

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Good Clinical Practice ICH GCP Course 2022 - RACS

  • FRACS – passed fellowship exam in September 2019

  • FSSE; Foundation Skills for Surgical Educators (2017)

  • Clinical Lecturer Australian National University

  • Practical Professionalism for Surgical Trainees (2013)

  • CLEAR; Critical Literature Evaluation and Research, RACS (2018)

  • ASSET; Advanced Surgical Skills and Education Training (2015)

  • BASIC; Assessment and Support in Intensive Care (2011)

  • CCRISP; Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, RACS (2012)

  • EMST; Early Management of Severe Trauma, RACS (2011)

  • APLS; Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Royal Darwin Hospital (2008)

  • Applied Anatomy for Surgical Trainees (University of Adelaide – Royal Adelaide Hospital) (2011)

  • SEALS; Simulation Enhanced Advanced Life Support (Royal Adelaide Hospital Simulation centre) (2010)

  • Teaching on The Run (Royal Adelaide Hospital) (2010)

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RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Case Report (December 2021) Phillip J Whiley, Janaka Balasooriya, Rudyard J Wake, A case of metastatic neuroendocrine disease and cholecystitis: surgical remedy and management of carcinoid crisis, Journal of Surgical Case Reports, Volume 2021, Issue 12, December 2021

  • Case Report (December 2021) Phillip J Whiley, Janaka Balasooriya, Rudyard J Wake, A case of metastatic neuroendocrine diseaseand cholecystitis: surgical remedy and management of carcinoid crisis, Journal of Surgical CaseReports, Volume 2021, Issue 12, December 2021

  • Case Report (Awaiting publication) Rong Xian Chia, Rudyard Wake, Sivakumar Gananadha, Acute Gastric Dilatation. Presentation,Management and Outcomes

  • Case Report (Awaiting publication)Natalie Quarmby, Rudyard Wake, James Fergusson, Rupture of Liver Haemangioma Secondary toBlunt Abdominal Trauma

  • Presentation (August 2022)Wake R, Hagen K, A review of the use of Gastrogafin for Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction at theCanberra Hospital and development of an Institutional Protocol. Presented at RACS ACT ASM 12thAugust 2022. Winner of best-paper prize.

  • Presentation (August 2022)Neubeck K, Wake R, Splenic Function Following Transcatheter Embolisation. Presented at RACS ACTASM 12th August 2022.

RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Poster (July 2012)
    Anatomy of a Motor Vehicle Accident, Interpretation of Injury. Presented at Swan XX Trauma Conference Liverpool Hospital.

  • Clinical Audit (October 2010)
    Anticoagulation in Patients with known Atrial Fibrillation – A Retrospective Chart-based Audit of Hawkins Clinic in Mt Gambier SA

  • Clinical Audit (April 2009)
    A clinical audit on rates of pre-treatment and management of meningitis presentations in children to Alice Springs Hospital paediatric department, between Jan 2005 – 2009 Supervisor: Dr Deborah Fearon, Consultant Paediatrician, Alice Springs Hospital, NT

  • Plaster Burns Study (Feb 2009)
    Experimental Study on Factors Contributing to the Temperature beneath Plaster Casts Supervisor: Mr Peter Tamblyn, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Flinders University, SA

  • Presentation (2016)
    Management of Liver Trauma. Royal Darwin Hospital Grand Rounds (podium presentation)

  • Undergraduate Research in Biotechnology (2005)

  • A Biological Control for Bufo marinus (cane toads) in Australia Supervisor: CSIRO and Griffith University Research Project in Cryogenic Preservation of Banana Meristems Supervisor: Griffith University

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CURRENT RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

  • Master of Surgery, University of Sydney

  • A prospective review post implementation of an Institutional Gastrografin Protocol at The Canberra Hospital

  • Survival and PAtterns of Care in the Era of FLOT -based chemotherapy for Gastric and Gastro-oesophageal cancer ( SPACE-FLOT), An International Multi-Centre Cohort Study

  • PancreasGroup.org TCH team member. International prospective study of morbidity and mortality following pancreatic surgery worldwide

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VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • RACSTA ACT Trainee Representative (2017-2018)

  • Interview Panel – Surgical resident recruitment, The Canberra Hospital (2017-21)

  • Education Officer, The Canberra Hospital – Implemented formal surgical teaching program at TCH(2017/2018)

  • AMA Careers Expo (2017) – RACS representative

  • RPA Team Leader – HETI Golden Scalpel Games, winning team (2013)

  • Associate Lecturer – University of Western Sydney (2012)

  • Royal Australian College of GPs National Conference in Darwin (2008) – Indigenous Australian Cultural Awareness Program

  • Riding for the Disabled, Riding coach/Volunteer (1996-2003)

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