Dr Savitha Bhagvan is a Consultant General, Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon at Auckland City Hospital, and in private practice at Ascot Hospital.
Her current public practice involves emergency general surgery and acute trauma care. Her private practice involves general surgery and conditions relating to acute trauma care.
Savitha is a current EMST and DSTC instructor.
CLINICAL INTERESTS
General Surgery:
- Simple and complex incisional hernia
- Umbilical, inguinal, epigastric, Spigelian hernias (open and laparoscopic)
- Pilonidal and perianal conditions (haemorrhoids, fissure, fistula)
- Biliary disease (laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy)
- Laparotomy, adhesiolysis and bowel resections
- Skin lesion excisions, skin flaps, skin graft (under local and general anaesthetic)
- Ingrown toenails
Trauma:
- ACC approved cases
- Traumatic hernias
- Surgical rib stabilisation and fixations of rib fractures
- Medicolegal assessments and ACC reports
