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Prof James Shaw

09 524 9599 Auckland Region
Electronic Referral on Specialists & Referrals Service
Southern Cross Health Insurance Affiliated Provider for Consultations
nib Health Partner

About Prof James Shaw

New Zealand’s Most Experienced Thyroid, Parathyroid, Parotid, & Melanoma Surgeon*

Chief of Surgery Ascot Hospital

Professor Shaw graduated from the University of Otago in 1974. He holds both a Doctor of Medicine and a Doctor of Science degree and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons both in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery. He is a member of the Head and Neck section of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, a member of the Society of Head & Neck Surgeons USA and a member of the Association of Endocrine Surgeons USA, and the Endocrine section of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons..

Initial training was in New Zealand followed by specialty training in London, Harvard Medical School Boston, and Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York City.
Professor Shaw has been a consultant surgeon in the Auckland area since 1984 and has performed several thousand surgical operations. Principal areas of expertise are in thyroid, parathyroid, parotid, submandibular and other salivary gland surgery along with the management of neck lumps. He is also an expert in the management of early and advanced malignant melanoma along with other skin cancers.

Between 1990 and 2000, Professor Shaw was Senior Examiner in General Surgery for surgeons training in general surgery in New Zealand. He is the sole New Zealand member of the James IV Surgical Society (previous members being Sir Brian Barrat-Boyes & Sir Archibald McIndoe), a surgical society limited to 100 surgeons world-wide.

Professor Shaw is the author of over 100 publications on surgical matters, and has delivered and continues to deliver presentations both in New Zealand and internationally.

* in current full-time, principally private, surgical practice, with the 4 diseases being considered collectively as a group

Parking Available
Disability Access
Gender: male

Services

Melanoma Surgery
Primary Excision
Axillary Dissection
Groin Dissection
Skin Cancer Surgery*
(Assessment of moles & skin lesions)

* Southern Cross Affiliated Provider for skin lesion consultations and surgery.

Southern Cross Affiliated Provider for
Fine needle aspiration (FNA), Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with an intraoperative cholangiogram, Open or laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia, Open or laparoscopic repair of umbilical hernia, Open repair of epigastric hernia, Open repair of femoral hernia, Panendoscopy, Parathyroidectomy, Partial/total thyroidectomy, Radical node dissection – axilla, Radical node dissection – groin.

Comprehensive skin examinations, Curettage or diathermy, Incisional biopsy, Punch biopsy, Skin cancer diagnosis and treatment, Skin cancer surgery.

Varicose vein assessment, Varicose vein surgery

Credentials

Qualifications
DSc, MD, FRACS (General & Vascular)

Member
Head & Neck, Surgical Oncology, & Endocrine Sections RACS
Society of Head & Neck Surgeons USA
Society of Surgical Oncology USA
International Association of Endocrine Surgeons USA
James IVF Association of Surgeons Inc.
Court of Examiners Part 2 FRACS & previous Senior Examiner
Board of Directors MercyAscot Hospital
Chairman Medical Advisory Committee MercyAscot Hospitals

International Training
New Zealand, London
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York, USA

Experience
Over 10,000 Operative Procedures performed
Author of over 100 scientific publications of Matters Surgical

Extensive Experience
Thyroid, Parathyroid, & Parotid Surgery
Neck Lumps & Submandibular Gland Surgery
Excisional Surgery for Melanoma, Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Skin Cancers
Sentinal Node Studies for Melanoma
Lymph Node Dissection for Cancer involving Neck, Groin or Armpit

Contact Prof James Shaw

09 529 2594
Lvl 1
122 Remuera Rd
Remuera
Auckland

Opening Hours
Mon
8:30am – 5:00pm

Tue
8:30am – 5:00pm

Wed
8:30am – 5:00pm

Thu
8:30am – 5:00pm

Fri
8:30am – 5:00pm

Sat
8:00am – 12:00pm

Sun
Closed

122 Remuera Rd Auckland 1050 New Zealand
Page last updated on 15 September 2023