About Dr Flint
Dr Richard Flint is an Upper GI, general and bariatric surgeon at Christchurch General Surgery. He has over 20 years of experience, with fellowship training at Brigham and Women's Hospital (Harvard) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He has been a consultant general and Upper GI surgeon at Christchurch Hospital since 2009.
Patients and colleagues know him for a methodical approach and clear communication. Sarcoma surgery is a particular interest.
Training and career
- 1996MBChB, University of Auckland
- 2004Louis Barnett Prize in Surgery · Young Investigator of the Year, SRSA
- 2007PhD · FRACS · Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard
- 2008Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
- 2009Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon, Christchurch Hospital
Areas of practice
- Keyhole gallbladder surgery for gallstones
- Hernia repair, from groin hernias to complex abdominal wall reconstruction
- Anti-reflux surgery and hiatal hernia repair
- Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Oesophageal and stomach (Upper GI) surgery
- Sarcoma surgery
- Bariatric surgery through Christchurch Weight Loss Surgery
Where Dr Flint operates
Dr Flint consults at 146 Leinster Road, Merivale. Private surgery is performed at St George's Hospital and Southern Cross Hospital in Christchurch, and he also works in the public system at Christchurch Hospital.
Seeing Dr Flint
No GP referral is required, although one is welcome. Send a request through this page or call the rooms on 03 375 4949. More about Dr Flint is at richardflintsurgery.co.nz.