Dean graduated from Auckland Medical School in 1999 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2009.
Dean underwent extensive subspecialty training in spine surgery at both the Spinal Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney and at the British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. He returned home to Auckland where he has been in practice since 2013.
Dean has interests in all aspects of spinal pathology and treatment, both operative and non-operative. He performs procedures on lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine pathology such as microdiscectomy, open and minimally invasive instrumented fusions, ACDF, cervical disc replacement and laminoplasty.
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Dean is available to see new referrals, and is happy to discuss any patient or issue with you. He is based in Newmarket, 96E Carlton Gore Road, and now holds satellite clinics in Silverdale and Manukau. Dean is able to offer patients surgery at Brightside and Mercy hospitals.