Dr Richard Simpson (General Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Richard Robert Simpson
- Qualifications
- MBBS University of New South Wales 1989
- Occupation
- General Surgeon
- Colorectal Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- General Surgery
- Colon and Rectal Surgery
Dr Richard Simpson is a Specialist Colorectal Surgeon with 18 years' experience treating all colorectal conditions. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), a Fellow of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (FCSSANZ), a Member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) and is accredited with the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) for colonoscopy and gastroscopy.
Dr Simpson is committed to providing the highest quality Colorectal Surgery. He regularly attends Colorectal conferences both nationally and internationally and has a strong network of Colorectal surgical colleagues both in Australia and abroad. He has a particular interest in laparoscopic (keyhole) colorectal surgery and has received advanced training in this area. He is presently training in robotic surgery in the expectation that this platform will be available on the Central Coast in the next year. Dr Simpson has provided voluntary medical services in Papua New Guinea, and continues to be involved with a local, Central Coast charitable organisation to PNG.
Dr Simpson is a Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) at Gosford Private, Brisbane Waters Private and Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospitals, and publically at Gosford Public Hospital.
Dr Simpson is the proud father of five children, including two-year-old identical twin boys who have an uncanny knack for keeping him young.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Box Hill Hospital
- Brisbane Private Hospital
- Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
- Gosford Hospital
- Berkeley Vale Private Hospital
- Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Radiation Oncology Institute - Gosford
- Central Coast Colorectal Surgery
- Affiliated Organisations
- Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ)
Practice Locations
Central Coast
- Central Coast Colorectal Surgery
- Address
- Platinum Building
Suite 2.12 4 Ilya Avenue
Erina NSW 2250
Australia
- Phone
- 02 4367 6444
- Fax
- 02 4367 6443
- Tuggerah Lakes Private Hospital
- Address
- Cnr Pacific Highway and Craigie Avenue
Kanwal NSW 2259
Australia
- Phone
- 02 4310 9100
- Fax
- 02 4310 9111
