April 29, 2021
MBChB, MSc, FRACS
A graduate of Otago University who then completed specialist training in Orthopaedics in New Zealand and post graduate training as an Arthroplasty Fellow in London, Ontario, Canada. He is a Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Wellington School of Medicine and is a Consultant Surgeon at Wellington and Wakefield Hospitals.
Peter’s special interest is in primary and revision surgery for Total Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Trauma Reconstruction. Mr Devane is nationally and internationally recognised for his research involving modes of failure of Total Hip Replacement and Polyethylene Wear.
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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