Dr Nicholas Rieger (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Nicholas Anthony Rieger
- Qualifications
- FRACS 1987
- MBBS Adelaide 1987
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Colorectal Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
Dr Nick Rieger graduated in Medicine at the University of Adelaide in 1987. He obtained his General Surgical Fellowship in 1995. One year was spent in the UK (1993) at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. After his fellowship he completed a Master’s Degree in Surgery (Adelaide, 1998). His thesis was titled: Pelvic floor injury after childbirth. Dr Rieger then spent 2 years interstate (Melbourne and Brisbane) specialising in colorectal surgery as part of the Australian and New Zealand Training Program in Colorectal Surgery (CSSANZ). In addition he has obtained a Graduate Diploma in Mathematics (statistics) from Swinburne University, Melbourne in 1999. Dr Rieger returned to Adelaide in 1999 to take up specialist practice.
Dr Rieger has held the position of a Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Adelaide, between 1999 and 2004 and Associate Professor in Surgery between 2004 and 2015. He has been a consultant surgeon at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and The Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. Dr Rieger is currently a Visiting Surgeon at The Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
Dr Rieger is an experienced general, colorectal and laparoscopic surgeon. He is accredited in colonoscopy and endoscopy by the Cojoint Committee (Gastroenterological Society Australia). Nick has published widely and given numerous scientific talks nationally and internationally.
Dr Rieger is the Chairman of the Credentialing and Medical Committee at the Calvary Hospital North Adelaide.
Dr Rieger consults at St. Peters, the Northern Endoscopy Centre, Western Community Hospital and North Haven.
Dr Rieger operates at Calvary Hospital North Adelaide, Calvary Wakefield Hospital and the Western Community Hospital.
Endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures are available at the Northern and Southern Endoscopy Centres, Calvary Hospital North Adelaide, Calvary Wakefield Hospital and the Western Community Hospital.
- Affiliated Clinics
- Northern Endoscopy Centre
- Affiliated Organisations
- Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ)
Practice Locations
Adelaide
- Northern Endoscopy Centre
- Address
- 127 Frost Road
Salisbury South SA 5106
Australia
- Phone
- 08 8283 8100
- Fax
- 08 8283 8150
- Address
- 142 Ward St
North Adelaide SA 5006
Australia
- Phone
- 08 8267 3355
- Fax
- 08 8361 8822
