William Anderson is a general, breast and melanoma surgeon in Northland. He has a private practice, consulting from rooms in Whangārei and Kaitaia, and operating at Kensington Hospital. Dr Anderson also works in the public sector, for Te Whatu Ora Health NZ | Te Tai Tokerau.
Will completed three fellowship years in Darwin, Geelong, and the Gold Coast. These years provided him with invaluable experience in skin cancer surgery, minimally invasive hernia surgery, and oncoplastic breast surgery, including implant reconstruction.
Will is happy to treat a range of general surgical problems including open and minimally invasive hernia surgery, gall bladder surgery and endoscopy. Having completed a 2 year BreastSurgANZ fellowship Will has a special interest in all aspects of breast surgery and reconstruction.
What is General Surgery?
Will completed three fellowship years in Darwin, Geelong, and the Gold Coast. These years provided him with invaluable experience in skin cancer surgery, minimally invasive hernia surgery, and oncoplastic breast surgery, including implant reconstruction.
Will is happy to treat a range of general surgical problems including open and minimally invasive hernia surgery, gall bladder surgery and endoscopy. Having completed a 2 year BreastSurgANZ fellowship Will has a special interest in all aspects of breast surgery and reconstruction.
What is General Surgery?
The role of the General Surgeon varies, but in broad terms general surgery can be said to deal with a wide range of conditions within the abdomen, breast, neck, skin and, sometimes, vascular (blood vessel) system.
While the name would suggest that the focus of general surgery is to perform operations, often this is not the case. Many patients are referred to surgeons with conditions that do not need surgical procedures, but merely require counselling or medical treatment.

