George is a New Zealand trained urologist with sub-specialty interest in uro-oncology and minimally invasive surgery.
George was raised in Christchurch and attended medical school in Dunedin. Following post-graduate urology training in New Zealand and Australia he completed a 12 month dedicated uro-oncology fellowship at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Prostate Centre in Vancouver, Canada. He also undertook additional post-fellowship training in robotic surgery through Macquarie University Hospital in Sydney, observership at Keck Hospital USC in Los Angeles and with Dr Jim Porter in Seattle.
George, his wife Jane, and their three children returned to Christchurch to enjoy the lifestyle that having the mountains and the sea on your doorstep can provide.
Prior to formal urology training, George worked in Christchurch in general practice and both urology and non-urology junior doctor roles at Christchurch Hospital. He is motivated to work in a health system he views as one of the most innovative and collaborative in Australasia. George is excited to bring a wide-ranging training experience home and provide world class, patient-centred care.
Originally from South Africa, Kevin completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Cape Town. In 1999 he was drawn to the West Coast, New Zealand by the rural community and the wonderful fly fishing of the South Island.
He began his surgical training in Greymouth then spent four years at Christchurch Hospital before moving to Adelaide, South Australia where he completed his advanced urology training. While in Adelaide he worked at hospitals affiliated with both Flinders University and the University of South Australia.
After completing his advanced urology training and gaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Urology, he moved to Bristol in the United Kingdom where he did an extended urology fellowship programme with David Gillet through the Bristol Urological Institute. This fellowship was in uro-oncology and robotics. Kevin is a general urologist but with a subspecialist interest in urological malignancies, particularly with minimally invasive therapeutic options. He has a particular interest in robotic surgery. Kevin is a trustee of Canterbury Urology Research Trust, a urologist at Christchurch Hospital and a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch.
Nick joined the practice from Vancouver in Canada, where he undertook a fellowship in uro-oncology and robotic surgery at the Prostate Centre based at Vancouver General Hospital and affiliated with the University of British Columbia. It is one of the largest research and clinical centres in the world that focuses on translational research into prostatic diseases and in particular prostate cancer.
Prior to his fellowship in Canada, Nick undertook his urology training in Brisbane, Australia following his medical school and house surgeon years in Dunedin and Christchurch. He has a particular interest in uro-oncology, especially prostate cancer, and has been extensively trained in open and robotic surgery.
Born and raised in Christchurch, he is pleased to be back and able to see the Crusaders live on their home turf again. Nick is Managing Director of Urology Associates, director of Canterbury Urology Research Trust, a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch, a urologist at Christchurch Hospital and is the Clinical Lead for Urology at Te tai o Poutini West Coast..
Frank was born and trained in Germany at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany. He came to New Zealand in 2003 with his wife Anke and two sons after a locum as the island doctor on an atoll in Tokelau. He enjoys living in Lyttelton, surfing, skiing and especially the West Coast.
Besides general urology his special interest is the treatment of urologic cancers. This involves open and laparoscopic keyhole surgery as well as brachytherapy and robot-assisted surgery. Frank is involved in the urologic training of surgeons at the Fiji School of Medicine in Suva. Frank is a urologist at Christchurch Hospital, a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch and a trustee of Canterbury Urology Research Trust.
Originally from Christchurch, Giovanni joined Urology Associates after subspecialty training in the United Kingdom. He completed fellowship training in paediatric urology at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and gained extensive experience in reconstructive urology, female urology, pelvic organ prolapse, urethroplasty and urological care of spinal injuries while working at the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and the Institute of Urology, University College Hospital, London. Prior to that, he worked at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney where he focussed on bladder dysfunction with a particular interest in male and female incontinence.
In 2018 he was awarded a Travelling Fellowship where he spent time in the USA operating with world-leading surgeons in erectile dysfunction: Dean Knoll (Nashville, Tennessee) and Brian Christine (Birmingham, Alabama). Before leaving New Zealand, Giovanni undertook his post-graduate training in Christchurch, Wellington and Palmerston North. He is delighted to be back in the South Island with his wife Emma and three girls, Isabella, Bianca and Hettie.
Alongside maintaining an interest in general urology in both adults and children, Giovanni holds a number of leadership positions: Clinical Director of Urology, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury; Chair, NZ Urology Clinical Directors’ Group; Director, Urology Associates; Clinical Lead, Urology Associates Whakatipu; Trustee, Canterbury Urology Research Trust; Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch; Examiner in Urology, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; Prevocational Educational Supervisor, Medical Council of New Zealand; Clinical Lead for Urology, Te Whatu Ora South Canterbury; Consultant Urologist, Burwood Spinal Unit; and is the National Co-lead, NZ Female Pelvic Mesh Service, working with a number of ACC and Ministry of Health committees concerning reducing harm from surgical mesh.
After completing her urological training Jane undertook fellowship positions in London and Ireland. She spent two years at the Institute of Urology and Nephrology in London as a fellow in the reconstruction unit learning urethroplasty for male stricture disease and in particular the use of buccal mucosal grafts. Jane followed this with a year in Limerick in southwest Ireland as a fellow in female urology. She gained considerable experience in surgery for stress incontinence and also non-operative management of female incontinence.
As well as these subspecialties, Jane really enjoys core urology and in particular managing lower urinary tract symptoms in men, counselling men with abnormal PSAs and stone disease. Jane is a urologist at Christchurch Hospital, a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch and a trustee of Canterbury Urology Research Trust.
Stephen completed urological training in 1992 and undertook a fellowship in reconstructive and urodynamic urology with George Webster at Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, USA, and a paediatric fellowship with David Frank in Bristol Children's Hospital in Bristol, UK, for one year each. His surgical interests are those of reconstructive and paediatric urology.
He and his wife, Jules, have three children: Alex, Sam and Maddie. He is a former president of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch, former Senior Examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Clinical lead for Urology at Te Whatu Ora Wairarapa.
He has interests outside of urology in road and mountain biking and multi-sport, along with an eclectic collection of modern contemporary New Zealand art. Stephen is a urologist at Christchurch Hospital and a trustee of Canterbury Urology Research Trust.
Louise is a subspecialist endourologist whose key interests are the surgical and medical management of urinary stone disease. She returned from the United Kingdom where she completed a fellowship in endourology at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and an honorary urology fellowship in spinal injuries at Stoke Mandeville National Spinal Injuries Centre. During this time she also completed laboratory research in the ureteroscopic management of stones with the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences University of Oxford and the Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering.
Having grown up and attended school in Methven, Mid Canterbury she was then directly accepted to The University of Auckland for undergraduate medical training. Her urological training has taken her to multiple locations across New Zealand from Auckland to Invercargill which is where she met her husband. They have two boys.
She is pleased to have returned home from the UK and be putting to good use the skills she has gained internationally in the treatment of urinary stone disease and management of the urinary tract in those with neurological injuries. In addition she has a specific interest in the investigation and management of bladder dysfunction and continence.
In her spare moments Louise will be spending time at the family farm in Methven or indulging her love of embroidery and snow skiing in the winter and water skiing in summer.
Louise is a urologist at Christchurch Hospital and also works at the Burwood Spinal Unit. She is a trustee of Canterbury Urology Research Trust and a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch.