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Southern Cross Wellington Hospital
90 Hanson St, Newtown, Wellington 6021
Reception Phone: 04 910 2160
wellington@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Steve Attkins
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Map & parking information

Parking information

Please follow the signs

Patient Drop-off
(Strictly disability and 15 min short-stay parking)
Patient Parking
(Marked parking bays only)
Overflow Parking
(Marked parking bays only)
Yellow lines indicate walking
route to entrance (approx. 300m)

Patient and visitor car parking is normally available on-site, however due to ongoing building work we are currently unable to provide this. We do have dedicated free parking at Bowlarama and The National Dance and Drama School, as indicated on the map. These car parks are clearly marked for use by Southern Cross.

Additional parking is also available at:

  • The lower level of Countdown - max. 90 minutes
  • Hanson Street, on the side of the street opposite the hospital - max. 2 hours
  • Disability and strict 15 minute drop-off parking is also available at the main entrance of the hospital

Mr Ali Shekouh

MB ChB 1995 Lpool; MD 2007 Lpool; CCT (UK) (Gen Surg) 2012; FRCS (Gen Surg) 2012; FRACS (GS) 2015

Practising at

Southern Cross Wellington Hospital

Specialty

Gastroenterology
General Surgery

Full NZ Registration Date

04 December 2014

Private Services

Mr Ali R Shekouh - General, Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon & Endoscopist

Physical address:Southern Cross Specialist Centre
90 Hanson Street
Newtown
Wellington

(04) 910 2178


04 479 9084


Special Clinical Interest(s)

My area of expertise is within all aspects of gastrointestinal disease, but in particular:

  • Laparoscopic Colon and Rectal Cancer Surgery
  • Colon and Small Bowel Surgery (Open and Laparoscopic)
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management and Surgery
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders (including prolapse) and Surgery
  • Anorectal Diseases (including haemorrhoids, fissures and fistulae)
  • Pilonidal sinus
  • Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery
  • Hernia Repair (Laparoscopic and Open - including ventral and abdominal wall repair)
  • Colonoscopy, Colonic Surveillance and Gastroscopy

Professional Profile

I graduated at the University of Liverpool, UK and trained extensively in all aspects of general surgery with colorectal surgery subspecialty, in Merseyside, UK. I attended two colorectal specialist fellowships in the USA and Singapore.

I have an MD degree for research in the Molecular Biology of Cancer from the University of Liverpool, UK. I am also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago.

I was a Consultant General and Colorectal surgeon in the UK prior to my move to New Zealand in April 2014.

I currently work as a Colorectal and General surgeon at Wellington Hospital. I am also a Senior Lecturer with the University of Otago.

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