General Surgery

Professor. Jonathan Koea: MHB (Hons), MBChB, MD. FRCS, FRACS

Prof. Koea is a specialist hepatobiliary surgeon.

Medical School:
Auckland Medical School, Auckland, New Zealand

Specialist training:
Auckland Public Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Northshore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

Awards:
American College of Surgeons International Scholarship
Astra Zeneca Upper GI Research Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Eru Pomare Fellowship. Health Research Council of NZ
The Davis and Geck Award for Surgical Research.
Carrick-Robertson Prize for Surgery, University of Auckland.
Butland Prize for Medicine, University of Auckland.
Phyllis Paykel Memorial Scholarship
Dr George Home Memorial Scholarship.

Special interests:
Liver resection surgery
Gall Bladder surgery
Oncological Surgery

Memberships:
American Society of Clinical Oncology.
American Association for Cancer Research.
Society of Surgical Oncology (UK)
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.
Society of the American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.
American Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association.
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK)
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
New Zealand Association of General Surgeons.
New Zealand Society of Oncology.
Te Ohu Rata O Aotearoa.

Dr. Robert Fris:  MbChB, FRCS, FACS, FACP

Dr Fris is a general surgeon.

Medical School:
Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand

Specialist training:
Northshore Hospital Auckland, New Zealand.

UBC Affiliated Hospitals, Vancouver, Canada.

Special interests:
Bariatric surgery (GSR)
Anti reflux surgery
Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic hernia repair
Varicose vein treatment (surgical and non-surgical)

Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
American College of Surgeons.
Canadian College Surgeons.
New Zealand Association of General Signs
Australasian College of Plebology
President: Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and NZ.

Dr. Matthew Clark: BHB. MbChB, MD, FRACS

Dr Clark is a general surgeon.

Medical School:
University of Auckland Medical School, Auckland, New Zealand

Specialist training:
Auckland Public Hospital, Auckland , New Zealand.

Middlemore Hospital, South Auckland, New Zealand.

Royal Marsden Hospital, London ,UK
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

Website:

http://web.mac.com/sarcoma

Special interests:
General surgery including: Cholecystectomy, hernia repair.
Soft tissue tumors and sarcomas
Advanced malignant melanoma surgery

Gastrointestinal stroma tumors (GIST)
Colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease surgery
Endocrine conditions (thyroid disease, adrenal disease)

Memberships:
British Association of Surgical oncology,
European Society of Surgical Oncology
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
New Zealand Association of general Surgeons
Editorial Board Lancet Oncology