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 and around 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 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 at the Wellington School of Medicine, 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

4 December 2014

General Surgery