Doctor Details

Dr Muller gained his undergraduate degree at the University of Queensland and a state government scholarship saw him working as a GP in one-doctor towns until starting surgical jobs, first in Mackay and then Townsville. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1991. His general surgical fellowship at Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital was followed by Clinical and Research Fellowships in Burns at the Shriners Burns Institute, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Texas.

Dr Muller is a pre-eminent Staff General Surgeon at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital where his practice involves acute general surgery, trauma and burns. He was the founding Director of the Trauma Service at RBWH and he attained a Masters of Medical Science in Surgery with the University of Queensland in 2001.

Dr Muller is Professor in Surgery at the University of Queensland and is involved in teaching medical and physiotherapy students and has an active research program. He has 93 publications and is on editorial boards of medical journals such as: Burns (Senior Member), Journal of Burn Care, Rehabilitation and Injury. He has served on the executive of many national and international professional bodies. He has been a Visiting Professor to Los Angeles County Hospital, and Brooke Army Medical Centre, San Antonio.

Dr Muller’s general surgical areas include gallbladder surgery, hernia surgery, skin cancer surgery, pilonidal disease, vasectomy and burn reconstruction.