April 29, 2021
MB ChB, Dip Obst, FRANZCOG
Otago Medical School 1993-1999; Diploma in Obstetrics and Medical Gynaecology Otago 2002; RANZCOG Training Program 2003-2008. My sixth and nbsp year of training was completed at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, followed by at two year Fellowship in Laparoscopic Surgery and Pelvic Floor Repair at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, South Australia.
Specialising in laparoscopic and minimally invasive gynaecology, especially laparoscopic hysterectomy, myomectomy (removal of fibroids), treatment of endometriosis and laparoscopic pelvic floor repair.
Vaginal surgery for prolapse and incontinence including native tissue and mesh options when appropriate, and sling surgery for incontinence.
General gynaecology including investigation and management of chronic pelvic pain, heavy menstrual bleeding and infertility.
Recipient of the Australasian Gynaecology Surgery and Endoscopy Society (AGES)\/Covidien Travelling Fellowship which allowed Nick to present research at the International UroGynecology Association (IUGA) conference in Lisbon in 2011 as well as visit prominent UroGynae institutions in the US
Bruce Bennett says new technology that zeroes in on hard-to-target prostate cancer is a great advancement – he just wishes it had arrived earlier, and cheaper. After three biopsies, dating back to 2005, that missed his cancer, Bennett – a 65-year-old retired Wellington teacher – was tested earlier this year with new fusion biopsy technology, which found […]
Read moreAcurity Health Group and property partner Vital Healthcare Property Trust have confirmed base isolators will be employed in the $106 million re-development of Wellington’s Wakefield Hospital enabling it to remain operational after a major earthquake. Wellington City Council has granted a Resource Consent for the proposed new hospital. Enabling works are currently underway with construction expected […]
Read moreBase isolators will be part of Wakefield Hospital’s $106 million redevelopment to ensure it can keep operating following a major earthquake. Plans were announced in November to bowl most of Wellington’s largest private hospital, in Newtown, to make way for an upgrade which will give patients access to state-of-the art facilities. Acurity Health Group and property partner Vital […]
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