Mr Mark Grant

Mark is an Upper Gastrointestinal surgeon who passionate about the management of obesity and cancers of the Stomach and Oesophagus.

He first came to Dunedin as an English medical student. Falling love with the culture and the people. He played rugby for Green Island and the undertook a Masters degree in Medical Science. His passion for Bariatric Surgery started in the UK where he loved seeing how Bariatric Surgery changed lives, not only that of his patients, but also their families too. He lives in a converted church in St Clair with Molly, his chocolate Labrador and his newly painted Kea.

He is a graduate of the Imperial College School of Medicine, London. Successfully completing his General Surgical training in New Zealand, and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2013. He is also a member of the Australian & New Zealand Metabolic and Obesity Surgery Society (ANZMOSS).

Mark completed subspecialty training in Oesophagogastric surgery at the University Hospital Southampton. Specialising in the management of benign and malignant conditions affecting the oesophagus and stomach.

Mark worked as a Consultant Oesophagogastric Surgeon at both the University Hospital Southampton and the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. He returned to New Zealand in 2017, completing his Bariatric training at Waitemata DHB where he performed both primary and revision bariatric procedures.

Currently Mark is the only Bariatric surgeon appointed at Southern DHB; his clinical interests include:
• Laparoscopic surgical procedures for the treatment of obesity and its related medical conditions
• The management of oesophageal and stomach cancers
• The investigation and management of benign conditions such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
• Laparoscopic treatment of hernias, and gallstone disease
• Common General surgical conditions such as: Anal fissures and Haemorrhoids
He has always aimed to provide a high standard of care with an informative patient focus. So, our web site has been designed as an educational resource for patients and their families. It will be regularly updated, so please feel free to check it out: www.southernweightloss.co.nz.

• Parking Available
• Disability Access

Laparoscopic Surgery,
Bariatric Surgery, Gallbladder Surgery, Anti-reflux surgery, Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery and General Surgery,

Southern Cross Affiliated Provider for
Laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy with or without intraoperative cholangiogram, Open or laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia, Laparoscopic or open repair of femoral hernia, Laparoscopic repair of hiatus hernia, Open repair of umbilical hernia.Open repair of epigastric hernia, Open repair of incisional hernia, Banding of haemorrhoids

Qualifications/Memberships
MBBS 1999 Lond; MMedSci;2012; FRACS (GS) 2013