Richard Perry

General & Colorectal Surgeon

MBChB, DipObs, FRACS, FRCSEd, FAICD, CMInstD

Richard Perry is a General and Colorectal Surgeon in Christchurch, New Zealand. 

Richard was one of the founding directors of the Oxford Clinic Day hospital in 1996 and established Intus Digestive and Colorectal Care in 2004. 

Richard’s early experience with laparoscopic surgery led to his pioneering laparoscopic colorectal surgery in New Zealand, performing his first laparoscopic bowel procedure in 1991, and first colonic resection in 1992. Since then he has performed more than a thousand laparoscopic colorectal resections for bowel cancer, diverticular and inflammatory bowel disease, and endometriosis.

Training & Experience

  • Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Company Directors | 2017

  • United States National Institutes of Health Fogarty Fellowship to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA | 1989

  • Health Futures Foundation Fellowship at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA | 1987

  • Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons | 1986

  • Otago University Medical School | 1978

Professional memberships & appointments

  • Vice President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons | Immediate past

  • Elected Councillor, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons | 2011 – present

  • Member Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand

  • Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

  • Visiting Consultant Surgeon, St Georges and Southern Cross Hospitals, Christchurch

  • Deputy Censor-in-Chief, RACS

  • Chairman, Skills Education Committee, RACS

  • Past Chairman, Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training Committee, RACS

  • Past Councillor and Secretary, Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand

  • Member, Mayo Alumni Association

  • Member, New York Academy of Sciences

  • Member, New Zealand Medical Association

  • Chartered Member, Institute of Directors in New Zealand

Special clinical interests

  • Laparoscopic colorectal surgery

  • Pelvic floor and anorectal disorders, including haemorrhoids, fistulas, rectocele and rectal prolapse.

  • Colonoscopy and colonoscopy standards

  • Surgical education and skills training

  • Governance and standards

Academia

  • Author of numerous papers on subjects relating to colorectal surgery and surgical education Contributor to several surgical textbooks

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
CSSANZ Member - Colorectal Surgical Society Of Australia And New Zealand