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Christopher WakemanSenior Lecturer
General Surgeon

BSc MB ChB MMedSci MSc TS FRACS FACS FCSSANZ FASCRS

Email christopher.wakeman @cdhb.health.nz

Chris Wakeman is a General Surgeon specialising in colorectal and trauma surgery. He graduated from Otago University in 1996 and completed his surgical training in Christchurch, attaining Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2007.

Chris then pursued specialised training in colorectal surgery as a CSSANZ fellow in Melbourne at the Alfred and Royal Melbourne Hospitals. He further advanced his skills through the Murray and Unity Pheils Travel Fellowship, training for a year at St Mark’s Hospital in London.

Returning to Christchurch Hospital in 2011, he became a general and colorectal surgeon and a medical advisor to the familial gastrointestinal cancer registry. In 2013, he received a Scholarship from the American College of Surgeons. Chris has been a Senior Lecturer at Otago University since 2015 and earned his MSc in Trauma Sciences from Queen Mary University in 2020.

Research interests

  • Trauma
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Familial GI cancer syndromes

Publications

Turner, G., Glyn, T., Wakeman, C., Frizelle, F., the Christchurch Pelvic Exenteration Group (CPEG). (2026). Three decades of pelvic exenteration at Christchurch Hospital: The evolution of an exenteration service. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 139(1636), 66-75. doi: 10.26635/6965.7435 Journal - Research Article

Logan, S., Finlayson, D., Quinn, N., Jemberie, D., Joyce, L. R., McCombie, A., & Wakeman, C. (2026). Left behind after impact: The hidden toll of trauma recovery in New Zealand. ANZ Journal of Surgery. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ans.70722 Journal - Research Article

Nonis, M., McCombie, A., Wakeman, C., Geddes, J., & Joyce, L. R. (2026). The effect of increasing age on outcomes in major trauma: A retrospective cohort study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 38, e70226. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.70226 Journal - Research Article

Quinn, N., McCombie, A., Jemberie, D., Logan, S., Finlayson, D., Joyce, L. R., Mulder, R., Jordan, J., & Wakeman, C. (2026). Under-diagnosis and under-treatment of post traumatic stress disorder amongst major trauma patients. Injury, 57(5), 113077. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2026.113077 Journal - Research Article

Finlayson, D., Logan, S., Jemberie, D., Quinn, N., Joyce, L. R., Wakeman, C., & McCombie, A. (2025, November). Predictors of return to work following major trauma in Aotearoa New Zealand. Poster session presented at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

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