Auckland surgeon, Mr Andrew Connolly has been elected chairperson of the Medical Council replacing Dr John Adams.
Mr Connolly paid tribute to outgoing chair of the Council, Dr John Adams saying his contribution to the New Zealand Curriculum framework would be his ongoing legacy both to the Council and medical education.
Appointed to the Council in November 2009, Mr Connolly was elected deputy chair of Council in February 2012.
Mr Connolly is a general and colorectal surgeon, employed fulltime at Counties Manukau District Health Board.
Trained in Auckland, Mr Connolly undertook a formal 18-month period of surgical research under Professor G L Hill before completing post-fellowship colorectal training in the United Kingdom. He returned to Middlemore Hospital as a consultant surgeon in late 1997.
He has a strong interest in governance and clinical leadership and has been the Head of Department of General and Vascular Surgery since 2003. He has served on the ministerial advisory group that was responsible for the ‘In Good Hands’ document.
Mr Connolly has served on various national committees, including the National Guidelines Group for the screening of patients with an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
He has previously held the role of Presiding Member of the Lotteries Health Research Distribution Committee, and recently chaired a Ministerial review of the impact of the elective waiting times policy and was a member of the review panel of the New Zealand Cancer Registry.
He has a strong interest in surgical education and training and acute surgical care, as well as taking an active role with surgical research into enhanced recovery and has a passion for military history, particularly World War 1.
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