Dr Suheelan Kulasegaran

OESOPHAGO-GASTRIC/BARIATRIC/ LAPAROSCOPIC/ GENERAL SURGEON AND ENDOSCOPIST

Mr. Suheelan Kulasegaran is a New Zealand trained Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric, Laparoscopic Surgeon, General Surgeon and Endoscopist.
After earning his Postgraduate Fellowship in General Surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he completed a year of sub-specialist Bariatric and Oesophago-gastric fellowship training at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
He then continued further subspecialist training as a Senior Clinical Oesophago-Gastric Fellow and then as a Consultant Oesophago-Gastric Surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, United Kingdom where he further developed skills in thoracoscopic and laparoscopic upper gastrointestinal surgery. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is a busy and internationally acclaimed hospital that performs high volume Minimally Invasive Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Mr. Kulasegaran completed advanced robotic surgery courses, received robotic accreditation, and spent time at various leading institutes in the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom.
He currently holds the position of an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland and has published extensively in the fields of upper gastrointestinal and bariatrics.

AREA OF SPECIALISATION:

• Minimally Invasive Management of Benign and Malignant diseases of the Oesophagus and Stomach (Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic)
• Laparoscopic weight loss surgery including revisional weight loss surgery
• Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery
• Laparoscopic Repair of Inguinal Hernia
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
• Upper GI Endoscopy

Qualifications/Memberships
MBChB (Distinction), PGDipSurgAnat, ChM(Edinburgh), FRACS