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Tim EglintonProfessor and Head of Department
Colorectal Surgeon

MBChB MMedSc FRACS FACS FCSSANZ

Email tim.eglinton@cdhb.health.nz

Tim Eglinton is a Colorectal and General Surgeon and Head of Department of Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Otago, Christchurch.

After obtaining FRACS in General Surgery in 2005, he undertook post fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery in Cambridge, United Kingdom and Adelaide, Australia. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Tim is dedicated to improving the lives of those with surgical diseases and has published widely on colorectal and other surgical conditions and been the recipient of a number of international awards and scholarships. He is the immediate past chair of the ANZ Training Board in Colon and Rectal Surgery and an elected member of the International Surgical Group.

Tim teaches undergraduate students and supervises MMedSc and PhD candidates.

Research interests

Tim's research interests include:

  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Minimally invasive surgical techniques
  • Artificial Intelligence applications in surgery

Publications

Paterson, C., Nikolic, A., Glyn, T., Eglinton, T., Singh, P., & Hill, A. (2025). Do perioperative probiotics/synbiotics reduce postoperative infection rates following elective colorectal surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Surgical Research, 312, 163-176. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.05.026 Journal - Research Article

Kumar, S., McCombie, A., Richards, S., Bone, E., Glyn, T., & Eglinton, T. (2025). CT colonography performs poorly in detection of sessile serrated lesions. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 95(Suppl. 1), CR059P. doi: 10.1111/ans.70063 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Park, B., Vandal, A., Welsh, F., Eglinton, T., Koea, J., Taneja, A., Barazanchi, A., Hill, A. G., & MacCormick, A. D. (2025). Sarcopenia, myosteatosis, and frailty parameters to predict adverse outcomes in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: Prospective observational multicentre cohort study. BJS Open, 9(2), zraf016. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf016 Journal - Research Article

Tranter-Entwistle, I., Culshaw, L., Vichhi, R., Luke, Y., Addis, C., Luengo, I., … Eglinton, T., & Connor, S. (2025). Towards determining clinical factors influencing critical structure identification using Artificial Intelligence. HPB. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2025.03.452 Journal - Research Article

Eglinton, T. (2025). Examining perianal fistulising Crohn's disease through the lens of wound repair [Invited]. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 61, 1073-1074. doi: 10.1111/apt.70001 Journal - Research Other

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