Edmund is an experienced general and gastrointestinal surgeon. He is an Associate Professor in surgery by University of Auckland and one of the few accredited surgical oncologists in New Zealand. Edmund offers comprehensive surgical services from gastroscopy / colonoscopy, all types of keyhole surgery: gallbladder, bowel and hernia operations, skin lesions, general digestive or abdominal issues to anal problems. 

Edmund came to New Zealand with his family just before the Covid pandemic from UK. He had been a senior lecturer at Cardiff University and consultant gastrointestinal surgeon in UK for many years. Edmund graduated medical school in London in the 1990s and spent his surgical career in middle England, where he obtained his surgical fellowship and research doctorate in bowel diseases. At the end of Edmund’s fellowship, he spent some time in Basingstoke, UK, with Professor Bill Heald and Professor Brendan Moran further subspecialising within the fields of abdominal and pelvic cancer.

Outside Edmund's clinical duties, he is a Surgical Oncology examiner for European Board of Surgery and a training convenor for the Royal College of Surgeons. Edmund is one of the academic co-ordinators for University of Auckland medical students. He is well published in his field, with over 100 peer-reviewed articles and has peer-reviewed over 500 medical journal manuscripts. Furthermore, Edmund is also the International Ambassador for the British Association of Surgical Oncology, actively promoting better training, delivery of care and public awareness on cancer surgery. In 2019, Edmund was the national winner of the British Silver Scalpel Surgeon of the Year.

Qualifications

MB BS London, MRCS (Gen Surg), DMedSci (Immunology), JAG (Endoscopy), FRCS (Colorectal), FEBS (Oncology), PGCertBM, PGCertEd

Subspecialities

• General Surgery
• Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Laparoscopic and Transanal Surgery
• Gallbladder surgery
• Skin cancers
• Interventional Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy

Post-Fellowship Training

Pelican Cancer Foundation, Basingstoke, UK                                (Cytoreductive surgery)

European Society of Surgical Oncology, Brussels, Belgium        (Surgical Oncology)

Slagelse Cancer Centre, Slagelse, Denmark                                  (NOTES surgery)

University Hospital, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany                     (Robotic surgery)

Title of Designation

General Surgeon

Full NZ Registration Date

October 2020

Vocational Scope

General Surgery

Additional languages spoken

Cantonese