MB ChB 2011 Auckland; FRACS (GS) 2018

Dr Rebecca Shine completed her specialist colorectal training in Christchurch in 2020 after a year of sub-specialist training in Melbourne. She has spent the past four years as a full time public employed colorectal surgeon has recently joined Christchurch Colorectal. Her interests are minimally invasive colorectal surgery (benign and malignant), trans-anal procedures, proctology and inflammatory bowel disease.
She is deputy chair on the Colon and Rectal Section, a member of the Australia and New Zealand Training Board in Colon and Rectal Surgery, a member of the Surgical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Committee and a Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago and an educator and examiner for the Critical Care of Surgical Patients courses.
She has a kind and friendly personality and ensures she takes the time to connect with her patients. Outside of her professional life she enjoys trail-running, mountain biking, adventure racing and any ski sports.

• Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
• All aspects of colorectal cancer
• Minimally invasive trans-anal procedure (TAMIS)
• Endoscopy (colonoscopy & gastroscopy)
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Diverticular disease
• Anorectal disorders (haemorrhoids, fistulas & fissures)
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Hernia repair – Laparoscopic and Open (inguinal, incisional, ventral)
• Pelvic floor disorders (incontinence, disordered defecation and prolapse
  

Colorectal & General Surgeon

Qualifications:

• MB ChB (With Distinction - University of Auckland) 2010
• FRACS (General Surgery) 2018
• CSSANZ (Colorectal specialist) 2020

Awards:

• 2019    Philip Douglas Educational Prize
• 2018    Chief Resident – North Shore Hospital
• 2018    CCrISP Instructor
• 2014    Gorden-Gorden Taylor Prize – Overall highest mark in Part One Surgical Science Exam (Australasia)

18 January 2012

General Surgery