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Mr Simon Harper

April 29, 2021

Qualifications

MA MB BChir FRACS

Special Interests
  • Endocrine
  • Gall Bladder
  • Hernias
  • Laparoscopic Surgery (General)
  • Lumps & Bumps
  • Thyroid
  • Adrenal
  • Parathyroid
  • Thyroid
    Thyroid nodules, ultrasound guided FNA, surgery for malignant and non-malignant thyroid disease including lymph node dissections
  • Parathyroid
    Minimally invasive and bilateral parathyroid surgery including the work-up and organisation of localisation studies
  • Adrenal
    Investigation and surgery for adrenal incidentalomas, functional and non-functional adrenal tumours
  • Abdominal Endocrine
    Including thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal as above but also, NET and familial endocrine disease
  • Gall Bladder Surgery
  • Hernias (laparoscopic and open, groin and abdominal
  • Laparoscopic Surgery (General)
  • Lumps and Bumps
Specialist Training

My specialist training in endocrine surgery was carried out in the UK and I also spent a period of time observing endocrine surgery in a tertiary centre in northern France. Endocrine Surgery Specialist Fellowship – Sheffield, UK Higher Surgical Training – NZ Basic Surgical Training – UK Medical Degree – Cambridge University, UK 

About Simon Harper

I am a New Zealand trained specialist Endocrine and General Surgeon. consulting and operating at Wakefield Hospital. My public practice is busy with both Endocrine and General Surgery work at Wellington Hospital where I receive local and regional referrals for sub-specialty care across the full range of endocrine surgery procedures. 

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