Mr Gordon Burgess
Orthopaedic interests
Mr Burgess is fellowship trained in orthopaedic surgery with sub-specialist interests foot & ankle problems, hip & knee replacement and children’s orthopaedics. Originating from Inverness in Scotland, he completed his medical training in Dundee in 2004, which included a 3 month medical elective with the orthopaedic team in Wairau Hospital, Blenheim. Following appointments as a house surgeon and basic surgical trainee in Scotland, Mr Burgess relocated permanently to New Zealand to complete his orthopaedic training. Throughout training, he has had the opportunity to work in Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill and Nelson, as well as finishing the last two years of his orthopaedic training in Auckland.
Following orthopaedic training in New Zealand, Mr Burgess travelled to Edinburgh and then to Bristol to complete sub-specialist fellowship training in joint replacement surgery and children’s orthopaedics respectively. On returning to New Zealand, he completed fellowship training in foot & ankle surgery in Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, before returning permanently to Christchurch in January 2018.
Mr Burgess’s practice is split between the Elmwood Orthopaedic practice on the Southern Cross Hospital campus and both an acute and elective orthopaedic practice with Te Whatu Ora Waitahi/Canterbury.
Academic Interests
Mr Burgess is actively involved in teaching musculoskeletal medicine and orthopaedics to medical students, post-graduate students and trainee orthopaedic surgeons. He has a position as Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine.
Life outside the workplace
In addition to a rewarding career as an orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Burgess balances life with a young family with his interests in outdoor activities including tramping, sea kayaking, mountain biking and skiing.
Sub-Specialist Areas
Foot and Ankle Surgery
Hip and Knee Replacement
Children’s Orthopaedics
Qualifications
FRACS (Orthopaedics) 2015
MRCS (Glasgow) 2007
MBChB (University of Dundee) 2004
Orthopaedic sub-specialty fellowship training
Foot & Ankle Surgery - Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
Hip and Knee Replacement - Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Paediatric Orthopaedics - Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital
Professional Registration & Memberships
Vocational Registration with the New Zealand Medical Council
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Member of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association
Sub Specialty Affiliations
New Zealand Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
New Zealand Hip Society
Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of New Zealand