Biography
Dr Rowan Collinson is a locally-trained Colorectal and General Surgeon. He is a Consultant at Auckland City Hospital, and in private practice at the MacMurray Centre, a multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal disorders clinic in Auckland. He undertook post-Fellowship training in Colorectal surgery in Sydney, Australia and Oxford, UK. He is a laparoscopic surgeon and colonoscopist who specialises in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and pelvic floor disorders.
Rowan has a particular interest in colorectal disorders of the pelvic floor, including faecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. This includes comprehensive assessment with anorectal physiology and endoanal ultrasound. Treatment is under-pinned by a multidisciplinary approach, and minimally invasive surgical techniques.
He is a member the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ) and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI).
Education & Experience
Education
- Title:
- MB ChB
- Degree:
- Medical Degree
- Institution:
- Auckland
- Date:
- 1995
- Country:
- New Zealand
Experience
- Title:
- Clinical Fellow in Colorectal Surgery
- Organisation:
- John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Date:
- 2008
- Title:
- Colorectal Pelvic Floor Research Fellow
- Organisation:
- John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
- Date:
- 2007
- Title:
- Clinical Fellow in Colorectal and General Surgery
- Organisation:
- St George Hospital, Sydney , Australia
- Date:
- 2006