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Professor Paul McMurrick
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/surgery/cabrini/staff/pmcmur.html
Paul is a specialist colorectal surgeon who trained at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and then undertook the international fellowship in colorectal surgery at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota USA. He was a visiting surgeon at the Alfred Hospital 1988-89, visiting surgeon and head of colorectal surgical services at Southern Health 1998-2005, and has been in clinical practice at Cabrini Hospital since 1997. He is the Fröhlich West Chair and Head of the Cabrini Monash University Department of Surgery, currently the speciality group leader for colorectal surgery at Cabrini Health. He is the tumour group stream leader for colorectal cancer for the Monash Partners Academic Health Science, federal councillor of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ), a member of the working committee of the binational colorectal cancer audit, and executive clinical representative of the Cancer Council Victoria and was a councillor of the International Society of Digestive Surgery 2010-2014. He was the Roger Dozois Visiting Professor at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota 2012.
Paul is a fellow of the CSSANZ, a specialist colorectal surgeon with speciality interest in minimally invasive treatment of bowel or colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease and anorectal disease. He has been approved for recertification by the Gastroenterological Society of Australia for colonoscopy.
Research area keywords
- Colorectal surgery
- Colon Cancer
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Cabrini Monash Colorectal Cancer Program
Abud, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & McMurrick, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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COX2-driven T cell suppression in the colorectal cancer microenvironment
Fletcher, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Wilkins, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McMurrick, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Abud, H. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Daly, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Nefzger, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Georges, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Asghari-Jafarabadi, M. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Developing new therapeutic approaches against advanced bowel cancer
Jarde, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Abud, H. (Associate Investigator (AI)), McMurrick, P. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Woods, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), McKeown, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Stansen, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Archer, S. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Development of a novel computational pathology platform to identify bowel cancer patients at risk of relapse
Engel, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), McMurrick, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Abud, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Song, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Nickless, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/08/23 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
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Uncovering novel mechanisms of treatment resistance in lethal colorectal cancers
Abud, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Engel, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McMurrick, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Schittenhelm, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lum, C. D. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Archer, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Does side matter? Deciphering mechanisms that underpin side-dependent pathogenesis and therapy response in colorectal cancer
Boka, H. J. (Leading Author), Engel, R. M., Georges, C., McMurrick, P. J. & Abud, H. E. (Leading Author), Dec 2025, In: Molecular Cancer. 24, 1, 14 p., 130.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Safety and efficacy of gastrointestinal motility agents following elective colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Gosavi, R., Dudi-Venkata, N. N., Xu, S., Asghari-Jafarabadi, M., Wilkins, S., Nguyen, T. C., Teoh, W., Yap, R., McMurrick, P. & Narasimhan, V., Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 40, 1, 10 p., 131.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Prognostic factors and survival disparities in right-sided versus left-sided colon cancer
Asghari-Jafarabadi, M. (Leading Author), Wilkins, S., Plazzer, J. P., Yap, R. & McMurrick, P. J., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 13 p., 12306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Comparison of quality of life, symptom and functional outcomes following surgical treatment for colorectal neoplasia
Georges, C., Yap, R., Bell, S., Farmer, K. C., Cohen, L. C. L., Wilkins, S., Centauri, S., Engel, R., Oliva, K. & McMurrick, P. J., Jul 2023, In: ANZ Journal of Surgery. 93, 7-8, p. 1877-1884 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Factors affecting the post-operative outcomes in patients aged over 80 following colorectal cancer surgery
Yap, R., Wilkins, S., Asghari-Jafarabadi, M., Oliva, K., Wang, W. C., Centauri, S. & McMurrick, P. J., 2023, In: International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 38, 1, 14 p., 11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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