Jennifer Hicks
Jenny Hicks is an orthopaedic surgeon with sub-specialist expertise in upper limb surgery. She offers a full service in hand, shoulder, and elbow surgery, including arthroplasty, arthroscopy, rheumatoid reconstruction, instability management, post-trauma reconstruction, tendon surgery, and nerve surgery.
Background - Jenny's medical training began with university medical schools at Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom. She completed basic surgical training in Oxford before emigrating to New Zealand with her future husband in 1999, where she completed advanced orthopaedic surgical training in 2007. Jenny returned to the UK for sub-specialist hand and upper limb fellowships at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, and The Hand Clinic in Windsor.
She became the first ever non-British trainee to be accepted for the prestigious British Diploma in Hand Surgery, which she completed successfully in March 2010.
She has presented papers on arthritis of the scaphotrapezio-trapeziodal joint in the hand, and on the open-palm technique of surgical treatment for Dupuytren’s disease.
Her specialist knowledge in this area contributes to her work with the Hand Therapists in Whakatane, as well as some of the therapists in Tauranga and Rotorua.
Jenny enjoys the eastern Bay of Plenty lifestyle and manages to play some moderately competitive hockey.
Consultations: East Bay Specialist Centre
Surgery: East Bay Specialist Centre, Whakatane Public Hospital, Grace Hospital
Qualifications:
BM BCh 1994 Oxfd; FRACS (Orth) 2008
MA, FRCS, FRACS (Orth), BSSH Dipl. Hand Surgery