Mr Rajesh Patel

Raj is a General Surgeon who is proud to call Whangarei home. He works at Whangarei Hospital and in private at Rajesh Patel Surgery. Mr Patel has weekly clinics on a Tuesday afternoon and surgeries at Kensington Hospital on a Wednesday morning.

Originally from Auckland, Raj obtained his undergraduate medical qualifications at the University of Otago. Raj went on to pursue his surgical training around New Zealand and completed his General Surgery training at Auckland Hospital in 2012.

Subsequently, he spent a year in Canada for his fellowship. There, under the guidance of a world-renowned endocrine surgeon, he specialized in parathyroid, thyroid, and adrenal diseases. He then spent a year in Melbourne, Australia completing a second fellowship in oncoplastic-breast surgery. He was also the honorary fellow at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, specializing in melanoma and skin cancer. Concurrently, he further advanced his endocrine skills; to obtain his qualifications in competently performing ultrasound guided thyroid fine needle aspirations in the clinic.

Raj was fortunate to have worked with leaders in the world of breast, endocrine and melanoma surgery, and is very excited to bring his expertise to the Northland community.

Hospitals Practising At: Kensington Hospital

Areas of Specialisation
Breast Onco-Plastic Surgery, Melanoma and Skin Surgery, Lymph node biopsy, Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, General Surgery, Hernias, Gall Bladder, Lipoma, Haemorrhoids, Gastroscopy
Breast
Breast Cancer
Family history assessment
benign breast disease
Endocrine
Thyroid cancer and surgery
Parathyroid diseases and surgery
Thyroid USS guided FNA in clinic
Skin Cancer
Melanoma surgery
SCC/BCC
SNB
General Surgery
open inguinal hernia
umbilical hernia
ingrown toenail
lipoma
gastroscopy

Qualifications
MBChB FRACS (General Surgery) Cert. CPU
Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery (University of Calgary, Canada)
Fellowship in Breast Surgery (Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Womens Hospital)
Honorary Melanoma Fellow (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne)
Memberships
Medical Council of New Zealand
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Rural Surgery Section Member
- Endocrine Surgery Section Member
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Australian and New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons Association
International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group
Australasian Association of Ultrasound in Medicine
Melanoma Network of New Zealand
Australia & New Zealand Melanoma Trials Group
Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient Course instructor

Current Positions
Full time General Surgeon at Whangarei Hospital.
Private Services from Skin Cancer Doctors