Dr Deborah Wright
Colorectal & General Surgeon
BMedSc(Hons), MBChB, PhD, FRACS

Deborah Wright is a General and Colorectal Surgeon. Deborah began her medical training in the UK, before relocating to New Zealand in 2003 where she completed her training in General Surgery and completed a PhD in the molecular biology of colorectal cancer.
Deborah went on to complete subspecialty training in colorectal surgery spending time in Auckland, NZ and Birmingham, UK.
- University of Birmingham, UK, Bachelor of Medical Science (Cell and molecular pathology) (Hons), 1999
- University of Birmingham, UK, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, 2002
- University of Auckland, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 2017
- Auckland City Hospital, Fellow in Colorectal Surgery, 2017
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK, Fellow in Colorectal Surgery, 2018-2019
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- Colorectal cancer
- Anorectal disorders, including haemorrhoids, fistulas, and fissures
- Colonoscopy
- Clinical research
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Section of Academic Surgery
- Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland