General Surgery
General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on local reference patterns). They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, trauma, peripheral vascular surgery and hernias.
Our Specialists

Richard Martin
MB ChB (Otago); FRACS; ChM (Sydney)
Specialty: General Surgeon

Associate Professor Jonathan Koea
MB ChB 1986 Auckland; FRANZCO 2000
Specialty: General Surgery

Siraj Rajaratnam
MB ChB (Auckland), FRACS
Specialty: General Surgery and Endoscopy

Murray MacCormick
MB ChB 1969 Otago; FRACS 1977
Specialty: General and Endocrine Surgery, Breast Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Ian Civil
MB ChB 1977 Auckland; FRACS 1984
Specialty: General and Vascular Surgery

Luigi Sussman
MB BCh 1987 Witwatersrand; FRACS 1994
Specialty: Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy and General Surgery