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David Proud is publicly named by the Bionics Institute as clinical collaborator. Mr David Proud is a Colorectal and General Surgeon. He holds current appointments as the Acting Head of Unit – Colorectal Surgery, and Supervisor of General Surgery training at the Austin Hospital. Mr Proud received his Medical Degree from Monash University and trained in General Surgery at Alfred Health. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and a member of the Colorectal Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ). After completing his Australian training, Mr Proud undertook prestigious international fellowships in Colorectal Surgery at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin and at Austin Health, before joining the Colorectal Surgery department as a consultant surgeon.