Chris graduated in surgery from Monash University after which he undertook specialisation in the United Kingdom in advanced laparoscopic surgery. He gained his Australian Fellowship in surgery in 1994. Chris was a senior lecturer at Monash University Department of Surgery, involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and clinical research. He joined Ray McHenry and Richard Gilhome in 1998.

Chris has particular interests in advanced minimal access surgery (laparoscopic surgery) including bilateral endoscopic thorascopic sympathectomy (ETS), gastric banding, hiatus hernia, cholecystectomy and other general surgery as well as upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy.