Research


Led by A/Prof Michael Talbot, our research program is built around Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric surgery, with particular interests in the diagnosis and management of gastro-oesophageal reflux and hiatal hernia disease, the metabolic effects of weight loss surgery, endoscopic management of upper-GI complications, and abdominal wall reconstruction.

Over more than two decades of clinical and academic practice A/Prof Tablot's work has moved between technical innovation, real-world outcomes evaluation and systematic synthesis of evidence to guide surgical decision-making, drawing on a mature single-centre prospective database, Australian national registry data, and multidisciplinary collaboration with Dietitians, Gastroenterologists, Physicians and Biomedical scientists.

Research 2025-Present

Obes Surg 2026

Hany M, Zidan MH, Altabbaa H, et al.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-026-08724-z

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Obes Surg 2026

Hany M, Zidan MH, Parmar C, Shahmiri SS, Altabbaa H, El-Shamarka A, Amgad A, Abdelkhalek IM, Assal AA, Abdou ME, Kermansaravi M; MBS Global Expert Collaborative Group.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-026-08562-z

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Ann Surg 2026. 

Wickremasinghe AC, Garduce P, Brown DL, Budin AJ, Chadwick C, Leang YJ, Talbot M, Ahern S, MacCormick AD, Caterson ID, Brown WA.

https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000007013

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J Robot Surg 2025;19(1):214. 

Leang YJ, Hensman CS, Paul E; Australian Robotic Bariatric Interest Group (ARBIG); Kong JCH, Burton PR, Brown WA.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-025-02355-9

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Metab Target Organ Damage 2025;5:48.

Guirgis M, Cheng Q, Chan DL, Opperman TJ, Fisher OM, Talbot ML.

https://doi.org/10.20517/mtod.2025.10

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Surg. Tech. Dev. 14, 21 (2025).

Keelan, S., Guirgis, M., Julien, B., Hewett, P. J. & Talbot, M.

https://www.mdpi.com/2038-9582/14/3/21https://www.mdpi.com/2038-9582/14/3/21

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Volume 101, Issue 5, S604

Fayyaz, Farimah et al.

https://www.giejournal.org/article/S0016-5107(25)01012-0/abstract

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Langenbeck’s Arch. Surg. 410, 83 (2025).

Chan, D. L. et al.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40009090/

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Obes. Surg. 1–7 (2025)

doi:10.1007/s11695-025-07703-0.

Ferguson, J., Fisher, O., Talbot, M. & Rigas, G.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982604/

 

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ANZ Journal of Surgery (2025).

Miranda Thais, R. and Talbot, M. (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.70055

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ANZ J Surg. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1111/ans.19378. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39785110.

Brown WA, Brown DL, Holland JF, Campbell A, Cottrell J, Ahern S, Reilly J, Garduce P, Wetter J, Hamdorf JM, Talbot M, Baker S, MacCormick AD, Caterson  ID.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39785110/

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Research 2020-2024

Am J Surg. 2024 Dec 20;241:116158. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.116158. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39740648.

Hayler R, Hanna S, Boerkamp A, Gao Y, Alhayo ST, Talbot ML.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39740648/

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Curr Surg Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40137-024-00426-8

Chan, D.L., Chen, K.L., Indja, B.E. et al.

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Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Jun;20(6):597. doi:page 12 10.1016/j.soard.2024.02.009. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Michael Leonard Talbot,  Sukrit Khanna

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38057250/

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March 2024. European
Journal of Surgical Oncology 50(6). DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2024.107983

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38613995/

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Surg Case Rep. 2024 Mar 13;2024(3):rjae117. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae117. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Long LE, Alhayo ST, Talbot M.L

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38487395/

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Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Mar;20(3):245-252. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.10.013. Epub 2023 Nov 7.

Khanna S, Thevaraja M, Chan DL, Talbot ML.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38057250/

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Obes Surg. 2023 Nov;33(11):3437-3446. doi:10.1007/s11695-023-06822-w. Epub 2023 Sep 29.

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Batterham M, Neale EP, Talbot ML.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37773088/

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Surg Case Rep. 2023 Sep 16;2023(9):rjad516. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad516. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Chiu TR, Waller JH, Meslin SMM, Talbot ML, Jorgensen JJ, Fisher OM.J

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37724063/

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Chan DL, Talbot ML. J Vis Exp. 2023 Dec 8;(202). doi: 10.3791/65303.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38145373/

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March 2023. Surgery Open Digestive Advance 9(4):100085. DOI: 10.1016/j.soda.2023.100085.

Daniel Leonard, Brenda W Huang, Jim Yip, Michael L Talbot.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667008923000071

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May 2023. Obesity Surgery 33(7):1-11. DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-06629-9.

Brenda W. HuangSarfraz S. ShahulMarcus, K.H. Ong, Michael L Talbot.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37212965/

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 164 (3), 674-684. e5

Author links open overlay panel. Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit study group on behalf of the West Midlands Research Collaborative. SK Kamarajah, RPT Evans, D Nepogodiev, J Hodson, JR Bundred,

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35249756/

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Langenbeck’s Archives Surg 408, 115 (2023).

Colbourne, J. R. M., Fisher, O. M., Mo, S., Rigas, G. S. & Talbot, M. L.  

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36867261/

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BMC Surgical 22, 347 (2022)

Indja B, Chan DL, Talbot ML.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36131312/

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(2022),  ANZ Journal of Surgery.

Hort, A., Cheng, Q., Morosin, T., Yoon, P. and Talbot, M.

https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.18192

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AHMAD ALY, MICHAEL L TALBOT, WENDY A BROWN. 14 AUGUST 2022

https://doi.org/10.5694/MJA2.51673

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Nutrition; Dietetics 2022

Nazy Zarshenas, Linda Clare Tapsell, Marijka Batterham, Elizabeth Phillipa Neale, Michael Leonard Talbot.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12747

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Medical Journal of Australia. 2022-02-07. DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51373.

Sarah Cheah; Yijun Gao; Shirley Mo; Georgia Rigas; Oliver Fisher; Daniel L
Chan; Michael G Chapman; Michael L Talbot.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35034365/

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Surgery Open Digestive Advance. 2022-06. DOI: 10.1016/j.soda.2022.100042.

Daniel Leonard Chan; Sonia Tran; Shaveen Kanakaratne; Hannah Mary Bruce; Cynthuja Thilakanathan; Nicholas
Bull; Annemarie Hennessy; Jim Iliopoulos; Michael Leonard Talbot

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667008922000040

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Obes Surg. 2020 May;30(5):1768-1792. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04392-9.

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Neale EP, Batterham M, Talbot ML. 

 

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Obes Surg. 2021 Oct;31(10):4666-4668. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-
05614-4. Epub 2021 Aug 5.

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Batterham M, Neale EP, Talbot ML. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34355338/

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Medicine Case Reports and Study Protocols October 2021 – Volume 2 – Issue 10 – p e0170 doi:
10.1097/MD9.0000000000000170 

Roy, Susmit Prosun; Benjamin, Aditya Thomas; Talbot, Michael.

https://journals.lww.com/md-cases/fulltext/2021/10000/endoscopic_sub_mucosal_resection_of_gastric_antrum.2.aspx

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Surg Pract. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-1633.12491

Askari, A., Riaz, A.A., Brittain, R., Zhou, J., Irwin, S. and Talbot, M. (2021)

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Obesity Surgery (2021)

Nazy Zarshenas, Linda Clare Tapsell, Marijka Batterham, Elizabeth Phillipa Neale & Michael Leonard Talbot. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33624210/

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Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Jan;45(1):235-246. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-00660-x. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

Malgorzata M Brzozowska, Thach Tran, Dana Bliuc, John Jorgensen, Michael Talbot, Douglas Fenton-Lee, Weiwen Chen, Angel Hong, Alex Viardot, Chris P White, Tuan V Nguyen, Nicholas Pocock, John A Eisman, Paul A Baldock, Jacqueline R Center.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32848203/

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10.1002/jgh3.12388

Daniel L Chan 1 2 3, Simon K-H Wong 1, Hon Ting Lok 1, Jim Iliopoulos 2, Michael L Talbot 2 3, Annemarie Hennessy 2, Enders K-W Ng 1. 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jgh3.12388

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Eur J Surg Oncol doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2020.12.006.

​Kamarajah, S. K. et al.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33451919/

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Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Feb;17(2):329-337. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.09.030. Epub 2020 Sep 23.PMID: 33153961

Tien Yew Chen, Daniel L Chan, Jason Maani, Jorgen Ferguson, Michael Talbot. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33153961/

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Obes Surg. 2020 Jan 15. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04392-9. [Epub ahead of print]

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Neale EP, Batterham M, Talbot ML

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31940138

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Research 2015-2019

ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY. D. L. CHAN MBBS, MPH, FRACS; P. RAVINDRAN MBBS, MS, FRACS; H. S. FAN MBBS; K. E. ELSTNER MBBS, MS; A. S. W. JACOMBS BSC, MBBS, PHD; N. IBRAHIM FRACS, FRCS; M. L. TALBOT MBCHB, FRACS

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ans.15438

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Fan HS, Stavert B, Chan DL, Talbot ML. | VideoGIE 4(2):87-90 01 Feb 2019. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363821/

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Chan DL, Talbot ML. | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 14(2):245-246 01 Feb 2018.

https://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(17)31011-0/fulltext

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S Tan et al. | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2018, Pages 271-275

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29358066

 

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H., RAHMAN, A., TALBOT, M. | Journal of Medical Cases, North America, 8, jul. 2017.

https://www.journalmc.org/index.php/JMC/article/view/2823/2175

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Michael Talbot and 18 authors. Gastrointestinal endoscopy. | October 2016: 57 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.10.015

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756611

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Nishmi Gunasingam, Adam Perczuk, Michael Talbot, Arthur Kaffes and Payal Saxena. | Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. doi: 10.1111/jgh.13408

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27060999

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Tam CS, Rigas G, Heilbronn LK, Matisan T, Probst Y, Talbot M. | Obes Surg. 2016 Feb; 26: 459–463.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26637359

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Research 1999-2014

Michael Edye and Michael L. Talbot | Medical Journal (August 2014); 201 (9): 502-503

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D.L. Chan and M.L. Talbot | Obesity Surgery; 84(7-8), 581-583. doi:10.1111/ans.12174

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Estrella, G. Yee, B. Wilcken, M. Tchan & M. Talbot | Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 10, e35-8

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M.H.L Tan, G.Y.W Yee, J.O Jorgensen, V. Kuzinkovas, M.L Talbot, K.W Loi, A.J. Gill | Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 10, 620-625

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M.L. Talbot | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.04.026

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D.L Chan, M.L Talbot, Z. Chen & S.C.M Kwon | ANZ Journal of Surgery, 84(7-8), 581-583. doi: 10.1111/ans.12174

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Palmer, T. Corpuz, M. Guirguis, S. O’Toole, K. Yan, Y. Bu, A. Zekry | A. Gut, 59(3), 397-404. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.165316

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C.S.H Lim, V. Liew, M.L. Talbot, J.O Jorgensen & K.W. Loi | Obesity Surgery, 19(7), 827-832. doi:10.1007/s11695-008-9750-1

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Babor, M.L Talbot & Tyndal |Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, 19(1), e1-e4. doi:10.1097/SLE.0b013e318196c706

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O Ou Yang, K. Loi, V. Liew, M. Talbot & J. Jorgensen | Obesity Surgery, 18(12), 1575-1580. doi:10.1007/s11695-008-9554-3

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D.K Chang, N.D. Merrett, A.V Biankin |Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology , 23(7pt1), 1036-1045. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05471.x

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S.S.H. Gan, M.L. Talbot, J.O. Jorgensen | Journal of Surgery, 77(11), 958-962. doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04290.x

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M.L. Talbot, A.K. Foulis & C.W. Imrie | Pancreatology, 5, 285-288

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M.J. Alfredson, A.J. Brooks, M.L. Talbot & D.L. Morris | HPB, 7(2), 159-160.doi:10.1080/13651820410016679

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M.L. Talbot, J. Jorgensen & K. Loi | Medical Journal of Australia, 182, 344-347

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M.L. Talbot, J.R. Clark, P.R. Clingan & D.L. Morris | HPB, 4, 29-34.

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M.L. Talbot & C.J. Magarey | ANZ journal of surgery, 72, 488-490.

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M.L. Talbot, C.J. Magarey & T.H. Diamond | The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 69, 395-396.

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