I was born and educated in Auckland, and attended Auckland Grammar before entering Auckland Medical School. I qualified to practice in 2002 and then pursued my interest in Orthopaedic surgery, attaining admission into the New Zealand, Advanced Orthopaedic Training Scheme in 2007. During this time I worked with some of the best Orthopaedic surgeons in Auckland and around New Zealand. I was awarded Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2011. I then travelled internationally for a further 2 years to obtain sub-specialist training. I spent a year at the internationally renowned London Health Sciences Centre at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. There I specialised in Arthroplasty (hip and knee replacements) specialising in complex cases. I then spent a further year at the University of Toronto at Toronto Western Hospital specialising in Hand and Wrist, microsurgery and peripheral nerve surgery.

I am married with three young children. My ancestry is Māori via Ngāti Kahu & Te Rarawa as well as New Zealand European. My passions outside Orthopaedics are carpentry, woodwork, landscaping and anything to do with the ocean.

Specialities

• Arthroplasty (knee replacement) both primary and revision
• Arthroplasty (hip replacement) both primary and revision
• All hand and wrist conditions and procedures
• All upper and lower nerve compressions and peripheral nerve reconstruction