Dr Andrew Hunter (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Ronald Andrew Hunter
- Qualifications
- FRACS 1979
- MBBS Adelaide 1979
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
Andrew Hunter obtained his Fellowship in General Surgery in 1987 and spent three years in Adelaide, Sydney & overseas specialising in Colorectal Surgery as part of the Post-Fellowship Training Program in Colorectal Surgery (jointly run by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons & the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia & New Zealand, CSSANZ). He was accredited in colonoscopy by the Conjoint Committee in 1988. He was a member of the Council of Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand from 1998-2006 and was Treasurer from 2000-2006. He is a Surgical Tutor for RACS, a member of RACS Court of Examiners and is a member of the Training Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery. He is the current Chairman of the Bi-National Colorectal Cancer Audit Committee. He is a member of St Andrews Medical Committee & a member of the Colorectal Expert Group for Structured Pathology Reporting.
He has had a public hospital appointment at the Royal Adelaide Hospital as a Senior Visiting Specialist on the Colorectal Unit since 1991. He has an operating & colonoscopy list & was primarily responsible for the establishment of the ano-rectal physiology laboratory, where he performs endo-rectal ultrasound.
His private practice is based at St Andrews Medical Centre and he has regular operating and colonoscopy lists at St Andrews Hospital. In addition, he is a visiting specialist at Naracoorte & Bordertown Hospitals.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Bordertown Memorial Hospital
- Naracoorte Health Service
- Affiliated Clinics
- ColorectalSA
