Dr Urquhart is the Director of training of General Surgery (SET) trainees at St Vincent’s hospital. Dr Urquhart is also the Eastern Network NSW Supervisor and is on the board of the NSW/ACT training committee.

Dr Urquhart completed his post graduate medical degree in 2008 from the University of Sydney graduating with honours with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He completed his internship and residency training at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. He commenced speciality training in General Surgery in 2010 in Sydney. Dr Urquhart completed this in 2015 and was accepted as a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. He subsequently completed four subspeciality colorectal fellowship years focusing on the latest minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques, robotic surgery and endoscopy. The last 2 of these fellowship years were with the highly regarded Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand training program where he completed advanced colorectal surgical techniques. He has speciality interest in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulitis and pelvic floor disease.

Dr Urquhart is also a qualified biomedical mechanical engineer, graduating with first class honours from the University of Sydney in 2004. He was the 2005 recipient of the Engineers Australia excellence award for innovation, developing several patents for biomedical devices.

Dr Urquhart has published multiple peer reviewed journal articles and has presented at conferences in Australia and Europe on Colorectal Surgery. He also has a passion for teaching and has affiliations with the University of New South Wales and the University of Notre Dame. 

Dr Urquhart employs a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to Colorectal Surgery. He works closely with other disciplines and can co-ordinate your care with physicians, allied health teams, social support and other surgical services.