Dr Ali Shekouh

MB ChB 1995 Lpool; MD 2007 Lpool; CCT (UK) (Gen Surg) 2012; FRCS (Gen Surg) 2012; FRACS (GS) 2015

I graduated at the University of Liverpool, UK and trained extensively in all aspects of general surgery with colorectal surgery subspecialty, in Merseyside, UK. I attended two colorectal specialist fellowships in the USA and Singapore.

I have an MD degree for research in the Molecular Biology of Cancer from the University of Liverpool, UK. I am also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago.

I was a Consultant General and Colorectal surgeon in the UK prior to my move to New Zealand in April 2014.

I currently work as a Colorectal and General surgeon at Wellington Hospital. I am also a Senior Lecturer with the University of Otago.

My area of expertise is within all aspects of gastrointestinal disease, but in particular:

• Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Cancer Surgery
• Colon and Small Bowel Surgery (Open and Laparoscopic)
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management and Surgery
• Pelvic Floor Disorders (including prolapse) and Surgery
• Anorectal Diseases (including haemorrhoids, fissures and fistulae)
• Pilonidal sinus
• Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery
• Hernia Repair (Laparoscopic and Open - including ventral and abdominal wall repair)
• Colonoscopy, Colonic Surveillance and Gastroscopy

General Surgeon, General & Colorectal Surgeon, General, Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon & Endoscopist

Current membership of professional/other bodies

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, UK
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Australia
• Member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, UK
• Member (provisional) of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australasia

4 December 2014

General Surgery