A/Prof. Cino BendinelliEndocrine Surgeon

Conjoint Associate Professor Cino Bendinelli is a double certified general surgeon specialising in endocrine surgery. He has expertise in all aspects of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery and performs more than 200 minimally-invasive and traditional thyroid and parathyroid procedures per year. He graduated with honours from the University of Pisa Medical School in Italy, and held a post-graduate Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at Rhode Island Hospital, USA. In Australia, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Australasian Surgeons in 2010, and was appointed Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle in 2019.
A/Prof Bendinelli is active in clinical research projects studying thyroid and parathyroid surgery; he has been published in international peer-reviewed journals and an invited speaker at local and international surgical conferences. He has a particular interest in thyroid cancer and chairs the Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Team in the Hunter New England health district.
MD. FRACS, PhD
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Accredited at the Following Hospitals
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle
Newcastle Private Hospital, Newcastle
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Special Interests
Laparoscopic adrenal surgery
Minimally-invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery
Trauma surgery
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Associations
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Australian and New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons
International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care
International Society of Endocrine Surgery
International Society of Surgery
World Society of Emergency Surgery
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Appointments
Conjoint Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
Chair, Thyroid Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Meeting, Hunter New England Health District
Practice Locations
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Newcastle Thyroid & Parathyroid Centre
40 Griffiths Street
Charlestown, Newcastle, New South Wales 2290
Australia
(02) 4920 6745
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John Hunter Hospital
2 Lookout Road
New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales 2305
Australia
(02) 4922 3530
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Hunter Surgery
Suite 3, Ground Floor, Kingston Building, Newcastle Private Hospital, 14 Lookout Road
New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales 2305
Australia
(02) 4031 4444
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