9
Saint Marks Rd, Remuera,
Auckland
1050
Reception Phone: 09 925 4700 Fax: 09 925 4701
asc@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Karen Saunders
Reception Phone: 09 925 4700 Fax: 09 925 4701
asc@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Karen Saunders
Ms Karen Smith
MB ChB 1980 Auckland; FRACS 1988
Practising at
Southern Cross Auckland Surgical CentreSpecialty
Orthopaedic SurgeryFull NZ Registration Date
18 December 1980Special Clinical Interest(s)
- Hand & Wrist Surgery
- Reconstructive Tendon
- Nerve Injuries
Professional Profile
Professional Profile:
- Clinical Leader of the Auckland Regional Hand Service
- President of the New Zealand Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Fellowship Director of the Auckland Regional Hand Service Fellowship Program
- Consultant Hand Surgeon Middlemore Hospital 1996 – present
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Middlemore Hospital 1990 -1994
- First woman in Australasia, to qualify as an Orthopaedic Surgeon
I am committed to the specialty of Hand Surgery in New Zealand in both my public and private clinical practice. I am particularly interested in the development and expansion of the Hand Service in Auckland and the teaching of young Hand surgeons.
Current Membership of Professional/other Bodies:
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association
- Fellow of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association
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