New Zealand Association of General Surgeons

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

Position Statement by Steven Kelly, General Surgeon, Christchurch on behalf of the Executive, New Zealand Association of General Surgeons (NZAGS) There has been much controversy in the media recently regarding transvaginal mesh prolapse repair and its potential associated risks of infection, erosion and chronic pain. 1 Unfortunately, the media have