Dr Nigel Rajaretnam

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Dr Nigel Rajaretnam

Consultant Upper GI, Endocrine and General Surgeon Nigel Rajaretnam graduated with Honours from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland in 2008.

He began his surgical training in Ireland, as part of the Basic Surgical Training (BST) and Basic Specialist Training (BSpT) programs. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2011. He then sought further training opportunities in New Zealand in 2012. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2019. He undertook further post fellowship specialist training in Endocrine and Bariatric Surgery in Waikato Hospital in Hamilton in 2019. After completion of the Fellowship, he worked as a Consultant Surgeon at Waikato Hospital. Nigel then left New Zealand in 2021 with his young family to move back to Dublin for a year for a much coveted Fellowship position. He was the Fellow in Upper GI Surgery at the National Centre for Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer at St James's Hospital, Dublin. His fellowship was focused on Surgery for Upper Gastrointestinal cancers and Interventional Endoscopy. He was appointed as an Assistant Professor in Surgery at Trinity College, Dublin, during this Fellowship. To date - this is one of the proudest moments in Nigel’s academic career - to be back in Trinity College, contributing to the same medical school that trained him. Nigel is a Consultant Surgeon with specialty interest in Upper GI Surgery and Endocrine Surgery. He is excited to be able to offer clinical knowledge and skills to patients both at Intus Dunedin and at Te Whatu Ora(Southern), Dunedin Hospital. For more information on his research projects, please see his ResearchGate profile. He is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine with the University of Otago.

04/12/2025

Not sure if this is what they meant when people tell me I have a big heart ❤️

Funny little/big things you find while roaming the wards :)

05/11/2025

Wonderful few days in Adelaide visiting and meeting his team at ! Great conversations about practice as Upper GI and Bariatric surgeon and the important role of integrated health teams!

Thank you to for their continued support.

29/10/2025

Just me, Kiron and our buddy Da Vinci Xi !

Great day operating with .bhatia ! One of the many things I get to do on this Fellowship is to put myself out of my comfort zone - doing things that are new and exciting!

A great day, look forward to our next session ! 🤖

Thanks to for their continued support in my learnings of the platform!

28/09/2025

Great catch up with my friends and colleagues from Dunedin Hospital last week - great to see familiar faces and also being able to talk about all my learnings and experiences here at the Austin!

07/08/2025

As always, I enjoyed presenting and contributing to a fiery discussion at our second ANZMOSS Fellows dinner!

(Also- not everyday you get to argue with about his post op analgesia regime)...

06/08/2025

Looking forward to our second ANZMOSS Fellow dinner/education evening, this time in Canberra!

This fellowship has become so much more than just learning, as it also has plenty of opportunities to meet other UGI/Bariatric surgeons, have robust discussions and form close bonds with.

Looking forward to it !

11/07/2025

Great catch up with my old friend and fellow research co-author Prof Victor Kong!

Victor and I met as house officers in Ireland, before both moving to New Zealand for advanced training. He gave me my very first referral as a Day 1 Surgical SHO!

Fast forward to 16 years and here we are, sitting in Chin Chin and reminiscing about years past !

01/07/2025

Looking forward to a full day of education with the UGI and Metabolic Surgery team at . I'm looking forward to discussing abour coaching in surgery - something I'm very passionate about - and have been ever since I read the article by .gawande in the 14 years ago !

This is the link to the article, it's a great read !

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best

25/06/2025

One of the things I wanted to do is push myself while Im away in Melbourne.

Robotic surgery is the future and I am so excited and thankful I get to come along for the journey.

Thank you and for a great day, and looking forward to spending more time getting upskilled on the HUGO system!

31/05/2025

What a wonderful weekend away at the ANZMOSS Integrated Health meeting,culminating with an all star cast of senior bariatric surgeons quizzing the Fellows in a "Shark Tank" style session.

Amazing to be able to be in the same room with such influential surgeons here in Australasia and to be able to understand their thinking and management style!

Looking forward to the next one in Canberra !

.adib Nick Williams

27/05/2025

This massive bag of Walnuts given to our team as a thank you was a great after bariatric clinic treat! ❤️

18/04/2025

Caught up with my Endocrine Surgery mentor and friend Win Meyer-Rochow - reliving memories of me being his junior reg, senior reg, fellow and a Consultant at Waikato Hospital!

Win has always been so supportive and up to this day the person I ring when I need another opinion or to discuss difficult cases. He truly is one in a million !

Address

89 Great King Street
Dunedin
9016

Telephone

+6439775977

Website

https://www.intus.co.nz/nigel-rajaretnam

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