Reception Phone: 03 968 3100 Fax: 03 968 3101
christchurch@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Nicole Forster
Mr Christopher Wakeman
MB ChB 1996 Otago; FRACS (GS) 2008
Practising at
Southern Cross Christchurch HospitalSpecialty
General SurgeryFull NZ Registration Date
17 December 1997Private Services
Christchurch Colorectal
21 Caledonian Road
St Albans
Christchurch
(03) 968 3140
Special Clinical Interest(s)
- Colorectal cancer
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- Diverticular disease
- Pilonidal disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease – Crohn’s and Ulcerative colitis
- Pelvic floor disorders – Incontinence, disordered defaecation and prolapse
- Anal conditions – haemorrhoids, fistula, and fissure
- Endoscopy – gastroscopy and colonoscopy
Professional Profile
Chris graduated from Otago University Medical School in 1996 and completed general surgical training in Christchurch, gaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2007.
He then went to Australia as a CSSANZ fellow training in colorectal surgery. Two years were spent in Melbourne at firstly the Alfred hospital and then at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was then awarded the Murray and Unity Pheils Travel Fellowship to travel to London to train for a further year. That year was spent at St Marks hospital which is the oldest specialist colorectal hospital in the world and a leading unit in the world.
Chris then returned to Christchurch in early 2011 to an appointment at Christchurch hospital as a general and colorectal surgeon. Shortly afterwards he was appointed as medical advisor to the familial gastrointestinal cancer registry.
