• Auckland trained. Chief surgical registrar 1988. • Overseas experience Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Hepatobiliary surgery and endoscopy. Consultant Surgeon and lecturer 1989 - 1991. • First NZ surgeon to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy 1990. • Consultant Surgeon Middlemore Hospital 1991 - 1995. • Private Practice 1991 - present • One of the largest Australasian series of cholecystectomy, fundoplication and herniorrhaphy. • Active endoscopist (colonoscopy and gastroscopy). • Founder/Director of Endoscopy Auckland (New Zealand’s largest endoscopy unit) and Laparoscopy Auckland (New Zealand’s only dedicated laparoscopic surgical hospital). • Member, University of Auckland Campaign Leadership Committee. • Trustee, School of Medicine Foundation. • Tutor, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. • Examiner, University of Auckland • Visiting surgeon, Auckland Zoo. • Visiting surgeon, Rarotonga Hospital, Cook Islands. • Member, Editorial Board “Surgery, Laparoscopy & Endoscopy”. • Reviewer, NZ Medical Journal. • Reviewer, ANZ Journal of Surgery. • Patron, Auckland City Art Gallery. • Chevalier, Confrerie du Tastevin du Bourgogne. • Married, 4 (adult) children. • Interests: art, aviation, architecture and Burgundy
| Breast Cancer Symposium
- Hereditary Breast Cancer
Pre-conference Workshop (Repeated) |
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| Thursday, 12 June 2014 | Start 2:00pm | Duration: 120mins | Room 1 |
| Start 4:30pm | Duration: 120mins | Room 1 | |
| Pragmatic Guide to Abdominal Pain
Concurrent Workshop Repeated |
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| Friday, 13 June 2014 | Start 4:30pm | Duration: 55mins | Room 3 |
| Start 5:33pm | Duration: 55mins | Room 3 | |
| A large proportion of general practice consultations involve abdominal pain as a presentation. The subject will be approached from a pragmatic standpoint. Factors and clues will be given as to help determine which patient is acutely unwell, including identifying abdominal emergencies and which patient can be investigated more electively. The abdomen will be analysed in terms of quadrants and regions and the type of pain in terms of colic or other. Associated symptoms will be addressed together with how to build a differential diagnosis based on probability. Appropriate and pragmatic investigations will be discussed with an emphasis on the general practice environment. | |||
| Colorectal Cancer in NZ
Concurrent Workshop Repeated |
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| Saturday, 14 June 2014 | Start 2:00pm | Duration: 55mins | |
| Start 3:05pm | Duration: 55mins | Room 5 | |