New Zealand Association of General Surgeons

General Surgeon, Mr George Ngaei,  has received the Companion of the New Zealand Order Merit. It’s the second time Southland general surgeon George Ngaei has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Ngaei had previously received the Officer of The New Zealand Order of Merit in 2015, but said he

Prof Adrianus van Rij – Dunedin Named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health, Prof van Rij has been at the forefront of bariatric and vascular surgery for decades. University of Otago professor Andre van Rij has changed thousands of lives, not only as a

Congratulations to general surgeon Mr Andrew Connolly for his New Year’s  honors  Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health. Associate Professor Andrew Connolly was appointed as Middlemore Hospital’s first specialist colorectal surgeon in 1997 and was sole colorectal surgeon there until 2002. Associate Professor Connolly became

Congratulations to General Surgeon Phil Bagshaw. A year after he was shortlisted for New Zealander of the Year, Bagshaw has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year’s honours for his services to health. The general surgeon started a charity hospital. He was one of