MB ChB 1980 Auckland; FRACS 1988

• Specialist in Diagnosis and Surgical Management of conditions of the spine
• Over 20 years experience as Consultant Spine Surgeon
• Over 5000 operations safely and successfully completed

 Conditions Treated

• Spinal Stenosis
• Disc Protrusion
• Cervical Radicular Pain
• Scoliosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Low Back Pain requiring surgical treatment

Spinal Surgeon

Mr Michael Barnes was born and educated in Auckland and graduated from the Auckland University School of Medicine in 1980 then completed his orthopaedic surgical training in New Zealand and was admitted to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1987. He spent two years of further postgraduate training as a Spine Fellow in Australia and the United States (Texas, Atlanta).

He has written chapters in surgical text books and published articles on orthopaedic and spine surgery in the most prestigious orthopaedic and spine journals. He has received numerous awards including the prestigious ABC Travelling Fellowship and until recently was the Chairman of Training for Orthopaedic Surgeons in New Zealand.

Fellowships

• Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
• Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, USA
• Atlanta Children's Hospital, USA

Memberships

• New Zealand Orthopaedic Association
• New Zealand Spine Society
• Scoliosis Research Society (USA)

28 November 1980

Orthopaedic Surgery