Mr Stephen Farrell has a vast experience of all aspects of endocrine surgery having performed more than 4000 thyroidectomies and more than 1600 parathyroidectomies and is the head of Endocrine Surgery at St Vincent’s Public Hospital and Austin Hospital in Melbourne. He is the endocrine surgeon for the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
When possible, he performs minimally invasive parathyroid surgery, laparoscopic or retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy as well as minimally invasive thyroid surgery.
Mr Farrell performs surgery for: Thyroid nodule, multinodular goitre, Graves’ disease, thyroid cancer, Parathyroid adenoma, hyperparathyroidism, parathyroid cancer, Adrenal tumour, Conn’s syndrome, adrenal Cushing’s syndrome, phaeochromocytoma, paraganglioma, Adrenocortical carcinoma, Islet cell tumour, Insulinoma and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia .
His area of clinical interest is Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia and other Endocrine Tumour Syndromes on which he authored a chapter in the textbook ‘Endocrine Surgery’ edited by Pertsemlidis, Inabnet and Gagner.
When possible, he performs minimally invasive or "Keyhole" parathyroid surgery and thyroid surgery, and laparoscopic or retroperitoneoscopic ("Keyhole") adrenal surgery.
Stephen performs ultrasound and ultrasound guided biopsies, when appropriate, in his office. He will organise other investigations to clarify the diagnosis and plan the most appropriate management, whether that is observation, medical treatment or surgery.
He is a member of the ANZES, AAES and IAES and has regularly been an invited speaker for the RACS Annual Scientific Congress and a faculty member for the ANZES Postgraduate Course in Endocrine Surgery. Mr Farrell convened the endocrine section of the RACS Annual Scientific Congress held in Hong Kong in 2008.