I am a New Zealand trained Orthopaedic Surgeon, qualifying in 1994. Following this I spent 2 years in the USA training as a subspecialist in the area of upper extremity surgery, including paediatric upper limb surgery. I trained with one of the world’s leading wrist arthroscopic surgeons as part of this training.
Since 1997, I have held a public hospital appointment at Auckland City Hospital, and commenced private practice in that same year.
I am a founding partner in a group private practice setting at Domain Orthopaedic alongside three other sub-specialist orthopaedic surgeons covering hip, knee, foot and ankle and tumour surgery. All have public hospital appointments at Auckland City Hospital.
My area of orthopaedic practice is confined to the upper extremity, including hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder surgery.
I have a well-established practice and have extensive experience in all aspects of upper limb surgery including:
Hand and Wrist
- All common and complex problems
- Trigger fingers
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Dupuytren’s Contracture
- De Quervain’s tendonitis
- Arthritis of the hand/wrist/thumb CMC joint
- Wrist ligament and TFCC injuries
- Joint replacement of the fingers and wrist
- Extensive experience in wrist arthroscopy and scaphoid surgery
- Extensive experience with lateral and medial ligament injuries
- Elbow dislocation
- Ulnar nerve surgery
- Elbow contracture surgery
- Degenerative/arthritic conditions of the elbow
- Elbow joint replacement
- Hemi-arthroplasty
- Arthroscopic and open instability surgery for recurrent dislocations
- Rotator cuff repairs (arthroscopic-assisted and mini-open)
- Arthroscopic SLAP repair/biceps surgery
- Standard/reverse shoulder replacement surgery
- Arthroscopic treatment of frozen shoulder.
To learn more about some of these conditions and procedures click here and follow the appropriate links.
What is Orthopaedics?
This is an area that deals with conditions of the musculoskeletal system (disorders of bones and joints of the limbs and spine).
The specialty covers a range of different types of conditions starting with congenital (conditions which children are born with) through to degenerative (conditions relating to the wearing out of joints). The field of orthopaedics covers trauma where bones are broken or injuries are sustained to limbs.
Other conditions that sit under the spectrum of orthopaedics are metabolic conditions, neurological and inflammatory conditions.
