Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon
Simon is a New Zealand and Australian trained specialist Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon. A University of Auckland graduate, he qualified as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2014. After an 18 month fellowship at Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney, he returned to New Zealand to take up public appointments at Waikato and Thames Hospitals, before committing to full-time private practice in 2023 to found the National Lymphatic Surgery Service. He has travelled worldwide to learn lymphatic surgery from international experts, including Australia, Sweden, The Netherlands, and Japan.
During his public tenure, he served as Head of Department, RACS Supervisor of Training for the Waikato Region, and Deputy Chair of the NZ Board of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery. In 2023, he was honoured by the RACS Academy of Surgical Educators as Aotearoa NZ Supervisor of the Year. Despite no longer being part of Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ, Simon remains highly active in service to his specialty. He is an elected councillor for the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons, and serves as an examiner for the RACS Clinical Examination. He continues to teach microsurgery for the NZ Plastic Reconstructive Surgery specialist training programme. He has published research papers as first author in high impact speciality journals, including Annals of Surgery, Journal of Hand Surgery and Plastic Surgery Clinics.
Simon believes in an affable consulting style, with an emphasis on spending plenty of time with patients promoting understanding and engagement.
