Tauranga Obesity Surgery Centre

Mr. Robert Cable FRCS (England) FRACS I am a General & Laparoscopic Surgeon who has been involved with Obesity Surgery since the 1980’s. Since 1996 I have changed to Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery with the insertion of Laparoscopic Bands, and in 2006 Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy. Medical School: Otago Medical School, Dunedin

Qualifications:

MB Ch B 1970

Post Graduate:

• FRCS England 1975
• FRACS 1975

Registration:

Medical Council, New Zealand

Specialty:

• General Surgery,
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Obesity Surgery.

Professional Memberships:

• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Royal College of Surgeons (England)
• Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand (OSSANZ)

Current Appointments:

Full Time Private Practice, Tauranga

Private Hospital Visiting Rights:

• Norfolk Southern Cross Hospitals
• Grace Road, Tauranga
• Cambridge Road, Tauranga

His Particular Interests are:

• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Laparoscopic Band Surgery for Obesity
• Laparoscopic Tube Gastrectomy  
• Laparoscopic Surgery for : Gallstones, Hiatus hernia, Gastro Oesophageal Reflux, Hernia Repairs (Open and Laparoscopic), appendicectomy, division of adhesions
• General Surgery for: Thyroid, Breast (Benign & malignant), Parotid, Bowel Cancer, Haemorrhoids, Varicose Veins