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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).

Adrian Lower is a Consultant Gynaecologist with a special interest in Reproductive Medicine.

David Nott is a highly experienced General and Vascular Surgeon. He is an authority in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery and was the first surgeon to combine laparoscopic and vascular surgery.

David was the first surgeon in the world to perform a totally laparoscopic distal arterial bypass (at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in 1999) and the first in Europe to carry out a laparoscopic abdominal aortic aneurism repair (Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 1998).

David has written over 100 papers on various aspects of Vascular and General Surgery.

David has a keen interest in war surgery and works for Médecins Sans Frontières and the International Committee of the Red Cross, and spends time each year providing assistance in war-torn countries such as Afganistan, Iraq and Sudan.

Specialties:General and Vascular Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Keyhole Surgery