brightside@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Dave Waddell
Mr David Merrilees
MB ChB 1998 Auckland; FRACS (Urol) 2007
Practising at
Southern Cross Brightside Hospital, AucklandSouthern Cross North Harbour Hospital, Auckland
Specialty
UrologyFull NZ Registration Date
12 February 1999Private Services
Laparoscopy Auckland
Epsom
Auckland
(09) 623 8525
David Merrilees - Urologist
Epsom
Auckland
(09) 623 4783 (PA Kerry)
(09) 638 4687
Special Clinical Interest(s)
- Laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery
- Urological oncology
Professional Profile
Mr David Merrilees is a qualified urologist and member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He is fellowship trained in the United Kingdom under two internationally regarded urological surgeons - David Neal and Christopher Eden.
David's basic urology training was undertaken in New Zealand. Upon completion of his training he undertook a one year fellowship in Cambridge, UK, under Professor David Neal. Here he studied major open urological surgery with an emphasis on pelvic cancer (bladder and prostate) and kidney cancer. David also trained in Cambridge in advanced and complex testicular cancer, allowing him to be the lead surgeon in Auckland for surgical treatment of advanced testicular cancer.