Dr Suheelan Kulasegaran

Dr. Suheelan Kulasegaran is a New Zealand trained Upper Gastrointestinal, Bariatric, Laparoscopic Surgeon, General Surgeon and Endoscopist. He grew up in Hamilton and graduated with Distinction from the University of Auckland Medical School. After earning his Postgraduate Fellowship in General Surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he completed a year of sub-specialist Oesophago-Gastric and Bariatric fellowship training at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. The Royal North Shore is a major university teaching hospital that performs high volume Bariatric, Hiatal and Oesophago-Gastric cancer surgery. He then continued further subspecialist training as a Senior Clinical Oesophago-Gastric Fellow at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, United Kingdom where he further developed advanced skills in thoracoscopic and laparoscopic upper gastrointestinal surgery.

Following this, he served as a Consultant Oesophago-Gastric Surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for a year. Dr. Kulasegaran gained invaluable training and experience working alongside international leaders within the field of Minimally Invasive Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is one of the largest trusts in the United Kingdom. Renowned for its excellence in Oesophago-gastric surgery, it has been recognised as one of the top performing unit in the United Kingdom and Europe.

During his tenure, Dr. Kulasegaran completed advanced robotic surgery courses, received robotic accreditation, and spent time at various leading institutes in the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. He completed a Master of Surgery from the University of Edinburgh. He is actively involved in Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric research and has published extensively on benchmarking standards and quality performance indicators in the field of Oesophago-Gastric cancers.

Dr. Suheelan Kulasegaran consults at Auckland Surgical Associates and Surgical Weight Solutions, and currently holds the position of an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland.

In his public practice at the North Shore and Waitakere Hospital, Auckland, he specialises in Bariatrics, Malignant and Benign diseases of the Oesophagus and Stomach, Reflux disease, Hiatal hernias, Gallbladder disease, and hernias.

Available for both urgent and non-urgent consults. Dr. Kulasegaran is dedicated to providing excellent care for patients and their families and can accommodate short-notice appointments.