John Hutson

Professor John Hutson is the Chair of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Melbourne, and one of the Consultant Paediatric Urologists at The Royal Children's Hospital.

Professor Hutson has spent 25 years with a special interest in embryology of sexual development and testicular descent, and in recent years has developed special expertise in the management of disorders of the large bowel, including anorectal anomalies, Hirschsprung disease and slow-transit constipation.

He is the author of numerous papers and books for teaching medical students, as well as monographs on testicular descent, kidney and urogenital malformations, anorectal malformations and disorders of sex development.