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Mr Richard Perry

Colorectal Surgeon

Qualifications: MBChB; DipObs; FRACS

Consults at Intus, Digestive and Colorectal Care
For appointments please call Intus on 03 977 5977

Post Graduate Training/Experience:

Richard graduated from Otago University Medical School in 1978 and completed General Surgical Training in Christchurch, gaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1986. From there he furthered his training in Colorectal Surgery with a Health Futures Foundation Fellowship at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. In 1989 he was awarded a national Institutes of Health Scholarship to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA where he gained further experience in colorectal surgery and in anorectal and pelvic floor disorders. Richard returned to New Zealand in 1990, just as videolaparoscopy was emerging. Early experience with laparoscopic surgery led to his pioneering laparoscopic colorectal surgery in New Zealand, performing his first laparoscopic bowel procedure in 1991, and first colonic resection in 1992.

Special Clinical Interests:

  • Laparoscopic colorectal surgery with experience of over 1000 laparoscopic bowel procedures for bowel cancer, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse and endometriosis.
  • Pelvic floor and anorectal disorders
  • Surgical Education and skills training

Professional profile:

  • One of the founders of the Oxford Clinic
  • Chairman of the Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Member RACS Skills Education Committee
  • Councillor, Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand
  • Member, Mayo Alumni Association
  • Member New York Academy of Sciences
  • Member, New Zealand Medical Association
  • Member, Australia and New Zealand Laparoscopic Taskforce
  • Author of numerous papers on subjects relating to colorectal surgery
  • Contributor to several surgical textbooks.