Dr. Simone Gordon

I'll join a class action, the man ruined my life. I have to take high dose opiates daily from the damage he caused during surgery. Never needed to take any medication before hand, surgery with him, hospitalized almost weekly from the pain. Pain so bad I would end up exiting both ends of my body. He never took any accountability either. Just dropped me as a client once an MRI came back, that I needed to beg him for, for 3 years.

He cut into the pudendal nerve, and then denied any wrong doing for 3 years until I demanded an MRI and it lit up like a Christmas tree. Then he just said it wasn't his problem anymore and I needed to see a pai specialist. He also tried to blame it on the surgeon who did my first laproscopy, but I wasn't being hospitalized constantly until after Simon Gordon's surgery so I don't know how he could try blame someone else. I was an elite pole fitness instructor before Simon Gordon, and now I can barely exercise at all. I'll never be able to do pole fitness ever again. He also forced me to get the Mirena even though I said it made me want to off myself. He literally laughed at me and said "that's not a thing".... Ughh yes it is, when you mess with people's hormones like that. And surprise surprise I ended up having the Mirena taken out again for the same thing. When I came out of his surgery they needed to max out all pain medication to the point they needed to consult with other people on

In my case it wasn't just that I was in pain after. It was the fact that before the surgery I was an elite fitness instructor, and had barely any pain. Now because of him, I have major nerve damage, he cut into the pedendal nerve, which is the major nerve in your pelvis, my endo has spread more now than it had before his surgery, I can no longer exercise and I have pain so bad that I actually shit myself and vomit, and have been in hospital more times in the last 2 years after that surgery, than my first 29 years of life put together. I also have to take high dose pain medication every single day. He laughed in my face when I didn't want the Mirena because it was terrible for my mental health. Said he wouldn't do the surgery if I didn't get it again, so I was forced to get it. I had it taken out again not even 3 months after my surgery because I was so severely depressed from it and what was happening with my insides I almost checked out multiple times. My life has been so severely imp

I commented this up further but please ask for a pelvic MRI just to be safe. Please. This man told me he could cure my endo which was bullshit. In my case it wasn't just that I was in pain after surgery. It was the fact that before the surgery I was an elite fitness instructor, and had barely any pain. Now because of him, I have major nerve damage, he cut into the pedendal nerve, which is the major nerve in your pelvis, my endo has spread more now than it had before his surgery, I can no longer exercise and I have pain so bad that I actually shit myself and vomit, and have been in hospital more times in the last 2 years after that surgery, than my first 29 years of life put together. I also have to take high dose pain medication every single day. He laughed in my face when I didn't want the Mirena because it was terrible for my mental health. Said he wouldn't do the surgery if I didn't get it again, so I was forced to get it. I had it taken out again not even 3 months after my surger

Mines not a day old. In my case it wasn't just that I was in pain after. It was the fact that before the surgery I was an elite fitness instructor, and had barely any pain. Now because of him, I have major nerve damage, he cut into the pedendal nerve, which is the major nerve in your pelvis, my endo has spread more now than it had before his surgery, I can no longer exercise and I have pain so bad that I actually shit myself and vomit, and have been in hospital more times in the last 2 years after that surgery, than my first 29 years of life put together. I also have to take high dose pain medication every single day. He laughed in my face when I didn't want the Mirena because it was terrible for my mental health. Said he wouldn't do the surgery if I didn't get it again, so I was forced to get it. I had it taken out again not even 3 months after my surgery because I was so severely depressed from it and what was happening with my insides I almost checked out multiple times. My life h

He did a laproscopy on me in 2019. He cut into the pudendal nerve, the main nerve in your pelvis. Then he denied he did anything wrong, even though before his surgery I was fine pain wise, just some light flares here and there. Barely even used Panadol. After his surgery I was in and out of hospital with pain so bad I would shit myself and vomit, and after 3 years of gum denying he did anything and saying "my surgery was perfect", I demanded an MRI and the pudendal nerve lit up like a Christmas tree. Then he said it wasn't his problem anymore and I needed to go to someone else. So now I have gone from being an elite fitness instructor, to not being able to exercise at all, and I have to take high dose opiates, ketamine, marijuana daily to help the pain. I can no longer have any laproscopies because the damage to the nerves is too severe. He also told me he would cure the endo and I would never have any problems again, which was also bull.

I have been thinking about it for a long time, but every time u bring it up to my GP she gets a bit weird. But, I spoke to a legal aid and the lawyer said - there's no way any of your drs or specialists will agree to you taking legal action, because then they will be up for negligence as well. Considering you spent years telling them all that you thought the problem was your nerves and the surgery, and they IGNORED you and made you do a lot of things that have effectively made the damage worse, and significantly increased your needs for pain medication, especially blaming the prior surgeon and saying the problem was your 'pelvic floor' when you were a fitness instructor of a sport that solely requires you to have a strong pelvic floor, and instead of looking at anything else, repeatedly put strain and trauma on those nerves. They are all up for medical negligence. I may just do it and if something happens to them, that's not on me. I'm the only one suffering.

If you have ever had surgery with him, please go and get your records released from the hospital. I just got my histopathology back and my endometriosis had not grown back. Everything he took out was completely healthy. He performed a permanent oophoropexy on both my ovaries when there was no clinical indication for it. So the damage is much worse than I thought, and now because it's been so long, it's permanent damage. He never gave the histopathology to my GP and misrepresented my condition as "Deep infiltrating endometriosis" and this was after he saw the pathology. I'm pressing charges.

I have commented on other posts. I keep having more things come to light, especially after I got my records released. The issues are actually way worse than I originally thought, or was told. I feel like having other specialists looked into as well, because from what I know now, it seems like some of them were complicit in some of this. Maybe that's why they told me I can't have anymore laproscopies, because if they went in they would have to actually tell me what had been done. I don't know. I'm talking to Slater and Gordon and they have been absolutely brilliant. I urge anyone to message me privately and I'll give you my lawyers name.

I'm ok, he did it for money. He's done it to so many people. I have seen multiple pain specialists 😔. I got my histopathology back in December, I emailed Epworth Hospital and got my records released. I didn't have any lesions, everything was clear of endo. He did excessive resections on completely healthy tissue, so the damage is worse than I thought, and honestly I don't even know how bad it is anymore. I had a cyst that would've been causing the infrequent pain I was having, but he never told my GP or myself. He performed a permanent operation on my ovaries even after he recorded them as NAD (so they were fine and no issues at all) which would've contributed to the nerve damage. It's all been so rough finding this out. I was diagnosed with endo in 2017 but it was mild and Simon has just lied and lied and absolutely destroyed my insides. I'm currently moving forward with a medical negligence case, so the lawyers will be asking Gordon for my notes from his practice, since he never sent

Yeah he did, he said it was just going to get to the point of me having no quality of life if we waited, really went hard on the fear mongering, maniplulation and coercion. After the surgery when I had all the complications, he wrote on hospital forms I was "known for extreme pain after surgery", I had only had one other laproscopy and I absolutely did not come out of it in extreme pain, so how does he even come to that conclusion? It definitely looks like he's written that to avoid taking accountability for any complications. When you have a patient in so much pain that you max out all medications and have to escalate it multiple times, there's something wrong. You don't ignore it. He also wrote on correspondence to my GP that all my issues were present before his surgery, which was a blatant lie as well. He's going to have a lot of legal battles ahead. From myself, and multiple others I know of.

I emailed Epworth Hospital and had my records released from there. But my lawyer has my permission to get my medical records, so they will be contacting Simon to get my records from his offices, since he never sent them and has now made it so he's uncontactable for them. He won't be able to get out of giving them to my lawyers though. I'm really glad you are mostly ok, but I would really check everything was what he said it was, and I would say if he never gave you the histopathology or notes from the surgery, that he's lied about your results. He charged me over 14,000 for the entire surgery and out of the 7 procedures he did, he should've only done 2. So he's just performed them on me and lied about my condition so he can get the money. He said I had stage 4 endometriosis. I don't. I have stage 1.

I'm so incredibly sorry. My heart dropped when I read you didn't have histopathology, because that seems to be the standard for the people he has botched or lied about. The only people he actually sent records to were legitimate cases. He's done this to so many people. Definitely email Epworth and get your records just so you have them and be sure of what is actually on them. My photos were the same. There's nothing on them and everything he said was stage 4 endometriosis and lesions are just normal tissue. The photos he sent to my GP were photocopies, and completely black, you can't even make out what they are. I am doing my medical negligence claim through Slater and Gordon, Jordan has been amazing so far, if you want I can DM you his contact.

This is so similar to me, he's damaged my pudendal nerve. I would get your medical records from Epworth. I also had uncontrolled pain that was escalated multiple times and took hours to control, and they wrote on my notes that I was "known for extreme pain post op" which is an absolutely disgraceful lie, I had only had one other surgery and that definitely did not happen. I am still on opiates since the moment I got out of surgery, whereas before I barely even took Panadol, went to the gym 6 days a week, was a pole fitness instructor. Now, because the damage was brushed off and is now permanent, I'll never be able to do pole fitness again, I can't even walk for more than 5 minutes without being in pain. I also have to take ketamine daily and medical marijuana, it's really awful. I'm trying so hard to find ways to reduce it but he really did just destroy my life. December just gone I found out none of my endo had even grown back, and he performed 7 procedures on me and said I had "d

I can't outrightly accuse him of things on here, but from talking to numerous other people and finding out the way he was billing and what he was saying, he told you that so he could do the procedure and bill for it. That's what he did to me, I had 7 procedures done and I only needed one, but he misrepresented my condition so he was able to charge the highest MBS numbers he could. I would call or email Eastern Health, and you should be able to have your records released.

Thank you. It's taken a horrific turn after I got my records from the hospital. No identified endometriosis anywhere, excessive resections of healthy tissue 30mmx40mm in size, a permanent oophoropexy on both ovaries which I had no idea about, stitching them higher in my pelvis with no clinical indication (which is what would've contributed to the nerve damage), did not disclose the fact I had a peritoneal inclusion cyst, which would've been the cause of my infrequent pain flares and instead misrepresented my condition as stage 4 deep infiltrating endometriosis and writing that severe endometriosis was seen in my pelvis when it wasn't. Notes on my records at the hospital saying "known for extreme pain after surgery" when I have only ever had one other operation in 2017 which confirmed mild endometriosis, and I definitely didn't come out of that surgery in extreme uncontrollable pain, so why write that unless you are trying to dismiss complications?. It's just horrific. I am pressing cha

Can I ask who the specialist was that they referred you to? I have had 2 surgeries with Simon, last one was in 2022. I have still been in pain since, and have been trying to save up to see him again. I guess on one hand I am grateful that "whatever is coming out" happened now and not after I spent another fortune with him. But, after 30+ years and multiple drs he was the first one to listen, even if he didn't fix me, now I have to start again. This sucks. I find it so hard to trust medical professionals anyway.

I can't say I had a negative experience, but then again, I have had some really horrible experiences with drs in my time,I guess it seemed a basic, normal experience. I am quite concerned though now with rumours floating around. I had my first surgery with Simon in September 2021 and was advised I had stage 4 endo, and all removed. I had spent over 30 years being told my pain was normal etc, so I was just thrilled to have an answer finally and never questioned him. Unfortunately though, my pain didn't really subside and, I felt that it had gotten worse to some degree and 6 months later in May 2022 I had a 2nd surgery to remove my ovary, fallopian tube and more endo "which had grown back already". Prior to the 2nd surgery I had a scan done at wume who told me I had adenomyois, which I hadn't been advised of previously by Simon, and wasn't mentioned after the 2nd surgery either. After the 2nd surgery I was advised that he wouldn't operate again until the IUD needed replacing in 5 year

This sounds just like me. First surgery in 2021 and I was just so happy to have found someone who believed me after 30 years of looking for answers. Told me I had severe endo and didn't know how I was even able to move around. 2nd surgery in 2022 where he removed my right ovary and apparently a lot more endo that had grown back in 6 months. I have my histopatholgy results and some results show endo, some dont, my ovary didn't have endo. He also didn't tell me I had adenomyois, I found that out through WUME when I had a scan done . I dont know who to believe anymore. My histopathology shows some endo, but was it as bad as he said? I am just doubting myself now as much as the whole medical community. It's a huge mess.

Hi All, I’m absolutely disgusted as to what I’ve heard about Dr Simon Gordon. I’ve been a patient of his for years, I trusted him and I feel absolutely violated at the fact that I’ve lost the chance of having kids naturally, nor not even 100% now if I’ll get pregnant through IVF. He couldn’t even have the decency to recommend a new endo doctor that he knows instead of him telling me I can’t recommend anyone. He removed my right ovary and fallopian tube due “unable to fix it/ save it”and now I’ve been told by two other endo doctors and an IVF specialists that I have lost 50% chance of having kids and that by the photos they saw IT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN REMOVED!! His words were your good, your partner is good, keep doing what you’re doing and you will get pregnant.. well that’s not the case at all as I was told a week ago it wouldn’t happen. If this didn’t come out about him I would of wasted another year trying to have kids because “I’m all good” I’m so angry, hurt, and feel abso

It truly is heartbreaking especially when you really trusted your doctor and he takes away the opportunity of having kids when it shouldn’t have NEVER been removed. Yes I’ve been speaking with Maurice Blackburn too and have got a case. Hopefully everything works out and he gets what’s coming to him. His ruined so many people’s lives. Hope you’re doing ok?

Dr Simon Gordon is under investigation and it will all be coming out on four corners investigation in feb 2026 for doing botched surgeries, unnecessary surgeries and removing parts he shouldn’t be removing..I know this because he’s done it to me and now I’ve been dealing with Maurice Blackburn. He’s taken away the opportunity me from having kids naturally and I have to go through ivf and I don’t even know if this will be successful cause of my situation and age by removing my right ovary and fallopian tube and it’s been confirmed by 2 new endo docs and an ivf specialist it shouldn’t have been removed. Honestly if this has happened to you, go and speak to Maurice Blackburn

I’m so over these periods!! No one ever believes how sick you are when you have it. I kept complaining to my GP and Dr Simon Gordon who’s now under investigation that I’m so unwell, so tired I can’t even funtion at work.. got another opinion and got bloods done ans I had to go ans get a blood transfusion as my periods were lasting for 10 days, 2 packets of pads a day.

I had surgery with him In 2020 where he diagnosed stage 3 endo… I had such a hard time accepting it, not because I didn’t want to but because I was so conditioned to feel like a liar. Now I’m scared I never even had endo. I had a second surgery 2 years later with a different specialist and he found adenomyosis but said no endo had grown back- Simon Gordon never even mentioned adenomyosis. I’ve requested the reports from surgery. God it’s so effed up

Right?? That’s why it’s so fucked because we already spent so much time being gaslit and eventually gaslighting ourselves so to find out it may not be…it’s so upsetting. Im so sorry he removed your ovary, that is seriously fucked up. What the fuck?? I hope there is a class action for all these women who literally unnecessarily lost reproductive organs. I should catastrophise but I’m sure there is more than just the woman in the article. I may get my new surgeon to look at the histopathology. I also thought it was poor form he didn’t tell me or diagnose the adeno? Could have saved me a second surgery.

Yes the link below! They actually never asked for money…I might get a bill though. I received them Via email yesterday and the histopathology confirmed endo at the same severity that Simon said it was, so that’s a relief. I had my breath held as I went through the reports. I am hoping the majority of his patients were diagnosed and treated correctly. Good luck

This is so horrific - I am actually so shaken up from this. When I first looked him up he had mainly good reviews and the reviews that were bad were not many women or were about his receptionist not his skills. This year it seems that there have been many many impacted women and I am wondering if something in particular has happened this year? I wish I had got a second opinion…I was so desperate I paid something like $10000 out of pocket aswell earlier this year.

How did you get your records? I’m one of the lucky ones that have felt largely okay since surgery. But it took me 6 weeks post surgery to be able to do any light duties without crying out in pain and I had to work part time for 6 months because I couldn’t physically handle it. I still had awful periods so I ended up getting an IUD placed which has helped with cyclical pain. The words that other people have said he said has mirrored my story (bowel and ovary involvement, extensive surgery) and the out of pocket cost after the surgery was about $2000 more than what I was originally quoted.

You’ve touched on my concern. I remember seeing a different specialist before him who said I’d probably need a bowel resection. When I saw him he said I definitely wouldn’t need that and he could fix it. The bowel issues never went away, and have gotten a bit worse since the surgery. I remember saying something about that in our post op consult and he brushed it off suggesting it was my diet. I’ve also compared my photos to the ones that other people have had with stage 4, and mine seem like they’re nothing compared to others on here and the after photos looked like I had been hacked to pieces.

Do you mind explaining for me, because I’m struggling to understand how it works. So the records we received from his office and the invoices we paid are actually different than the records that are provided to the hospital? Like we have more MBE numbers on our invoices compared to the hospital records? I just don’t get how I can figure out if he’s actually done the things he said he had performed or if he’s only said he did those things to be able to charge more than he should have. I’m happy for you to DM me if that makes you feel safer on here.

IME private is much faster than public. If you’re private health covers the surgery you’ll probably still be looking at a couple of grand out of pocket. I’m in VIC. I’ve had surgeries with Dr Jim Tsaltas (twice; I was 18-20 and I wasn’t happy but that was a long time ago), he is quite well respected and works out of East Melbourne. I’ve also had surgeries with Dr Simon Gordon through Epworth Richmond, and have met a couple of other patients who were happy with him. I’m not cured by any measure, and he does tend to lean towards the optimism side (just remember there’s no cure for endo no matter what they say). I like him a lot and he’s helped me significantly over the years. Some people don’t like his receptionist (you’ll see this in reviews) but she’s harmless. Happy to answer any questions you might have :)

I just re-read them, and whilst I believe the patients, I can really only speak to my experience. he’s done at least 4-5 of my surgeries over the last 8-10 years and the only time I had issues was a surgery in late 2020 (lockdowns, hospital delays, we remember) and I got two haematomas, which required follow up care. He prescribed me antibiotics, more pain relief and called to check in a few times. I’ve always found him to be polite, funny (at the right times) and caring. In saying that, hes only looking for pelvic endo (or bowel). I went back to talk to him about suspected thoracic and got nothing, so now I’m on my own. He also could have warned me better about surgical menopause- but I was so convinced getting rid of my ovaries would fix everything I doubt I would have listened. Have a look at Jim Tsaltas as well, others swear by him and he was my mother’s treating doctor for her endo and the first doctor to diagnose me. If any aussies know anyone who will entertain the thought

I just re-read them, and whilst I believe the patients, I can really only speak to my experience. he’s done at least 4-5 of my surgeries over the last 8-10 years and the only time I had issues was a surgery in late 2020 (lockdowns, hospital delays, we remember) and I got two haematomas, which required follow up care. He prescribed me antibiotics, more pain relief and called to check in a few times. I’ve always found him to be polite, funny (at the right times) and caring. In saying that, hes only looking for pelvic endo (or bowel). I went back to talk to him about suspected thoracic and got nothing, so now I’m on my own. He also could have warned me better about surgical menopause- but I was so convinced getting rid of my ovaries would fix everything I doubt I would have listened. Have a look at Jim Tsaltas as well, others swear by him and he was my mother’s treating doctor for her endo and the first doctor to diagnose me. If any aussies know anyone who will entertain the thought

I was meant to see him next week! His secretary called me to schedule the appointment after receiving my ultrasound. This was two days before I got the retirement text. I had surgery with him in March. I am yet to have a follow-up. I was in the emergency last week due to endo pain - they suspect it has returned.

Dr Simon Gordon - exposed. I feel physically ill (article below) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-14/patients-endometriosis-surgery-by-simon-gordon-unnecessary-/106330214?utm\_source=abc\_news\_app&utm\_medium=content\_shared&utm\_campaign=abc\_news\_app&utm\_content=other This man mutilated women for money. I had surgery with him in March 2025. I have been in so much pain ever since. I am shaking.

This… I will never know whether I needed the hysterectomy he did or if the ovary he fucked up could’ve been saved. Every single report is completely conflicting the last one. I spent 15 years, around $100k, being probed by people - I finally thought I had an answer, I was promised a cure, i spent $25k with just him, and I ended up worse than when I started. All before I was 30.

Has anyone had issues getting histopathology from him? He has sent everything BUT my first surgery histopathology. I’m now having to go through freedom of information with the hospital as it was 9 years ago in the public system. I got a letter back stating they’ll ’make a decision’ in 39-45 days. About my records! Which HE withheld from me. Talk about salt in the wound. And you have to pay a fee just for them to consider passing your records on. He said I was stage 4 but in my second and third surgeries only focal endo was found. All other tissue was scarring from prior surgeries. Im very interested to see my 2016 surgery histopathology to see if I ever really had anywhere near stage 4. Quality of life has taken a DIP since that man ‘fixed me’ (his words).

You need to go to Eastern Health Freedom of Information and fill in the form. It cost like $30-$40 and they ‘decide’ whether or not to release your records. They will, it just takes some time. I finally got mine back and I did have endo but who the fuck knows if it was ever stage 4 like he told me.

And you may never know what he’s done in there. I’m so sorry. I only got histopathology and his surgical notes, which we probably can’t trust. But the pathology should be somewhat helpful. God bless the person that wrote up my final histopathology report which stated over and over ‘scarring from prior surgery’.