Reception Phone: 06 759 4820 Fax: 06 758 0295
newplymouth@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Lee McManus
Mr Glenn Farrant
MB ChB 1993 Otago; FRACS (GS) 2006
Practising at
Southern Cross New Plymouth HospitalSpecialty
General SurgeryBariatric (Weight Loss) Surgery
Full NZ Registration Date
13 December 1994Private Services
Taranaki General Surgeons
205 St Aubyn Street
New Plymouth
(06) 769 9525
(06) 758 0295
Special Clinical Interest(s)
Extensive experience in Laparoscopic Surgery (e.g. Gallstone, Reflux, Hernia) in the context of a specialised practice and oesophageal and Gastric Surgery.
The operations that I perform most commonly are the following:
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with cholangiography
- Laparoscopic bile duct exploration
- Laparoscopic fundoplication
- Laparoscopic hernia repair
- Laparoscopic appendicectomy
Professional Profile
Mr Glenn Farrant is a specialist General Surgeon with subspecialty training in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary and Oesophago-Gastric surgery.
Mr Farrant is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
He completed his specialist training in New Zealand before spending 4.5 years in the UK,mainly at St James University Hospital in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary and Oesophago-Gastric surgery.
He took up his post with Taranaki District Health Board in 2009 with an interest in Oesophago-Gastric surgery, Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary surgery and Trauma.
I am happy to manage a range of upper gastrointestinal and general surgical conditions.