Mr Grant Beban

MB ChB 1993 Otago; FRACS 2004

Bariatric, Upper GI and General Surgeon

Grant works in both private and public practice at Auckland Hospital. His particular interests are laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic gastric sleeve procedures, as well as other forms of laparoscopic upper gastrointestinal surgery and surgery for cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract. He has been involved in Ministry of Health groups looking at management of morbid obesity in New Zealand and prioritisation of weight loss operations in public hospitals.

Research interests include improvements in diabetes control and quality of life after weight loss surgery.

Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve and Adjustable Gastric Banding.

Oesophagogastric Surgery: open and laparoscopic surgery for reflux disease, hiatus hernia, achalasia, GIST and oesophago-gastric cancer.

General Surgery: open and laparoscopic surgery for gallbladder and biliary disease and hernias.

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Fellowship in Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery, St George Hospital, Sydney (2 years)

28 November 1994

General Surgery