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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 378 6205
Email
justin.roake@cdhb.health.nz
Position
Emeritus Professor
Department
Department of Surgery and Critical Care (Christchurch)
Qualifications
MBChB (Otago) DPhil (Oxon) FRCS FRACS
Research summary
Vascular and transplant surgery

Research

Justin Roake is a specialist in vascular surgery and transplantation surgery.

He is Clinical Director of the Department of Vascular Endovascular and Transplant Surgery at Christchurch Hospital. He has a DPhil in transplantation immunology focused upon the biology of dendritic cells.

Professor Roake is co-convenor of the Trainee Intern year student attachment to surgery. He is Specialty Editor (Transplantation) of ANZ Journal of Surgery.

Research interests

  • The biology of vascular disease
  • Clinical prioritisation for surgery
  • Medical education
  • Modelling of clinical assessments of risks and benefits in surgery
  • Publications

    Holmes, D., Moghiseh, M., Healy, J., Atlas, J., Benson, R., Roake, J., Butler, P., Butler, A., & Gieseg, S. (2026). Tracking the infiltration of gold-labelled monocytes into live human atherosclerotic plaques: Spectral photon counting CT imaging analysis. Atherosclerosis, 420, 121863. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2026.121863 Journal - Research Article

    Kindon, A. J., Moltchanova, E., Lyons, O. T., Kingham, S., Roake, J. A., Crengle, S., & Hobbs, M. (2026). Socio-economic determinants of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture incidence: A nationwide geospatial study. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 71(6), 1012-1022. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.09.051 Journal - Research Article

    Raajasekar, S., Roake, J., Cameron, V., Benson, R., Pilbrow, A., & Gieseg, S. (2025). Plasma total neopterin and neopterin levels are significantly elevated in stroke patients before carotid endarterectomy surgery. Pteridines, 36(1), 20250055. doi: 10.1515/pteridines-2025-0055 Journal - Research Article

    Lim, E. T. A., Jardine, D., Frampton, C., Pemberton, C. J., Troughton, R., Roake, J., & Khanafer, A. (2025). Sympathetic nerve activity following acute type B aortic dissection: A pilot study. Journal of Vascular Research, 62(2), 88-95. doi: 10.1159/000543340 Journal - Research Article

    Kindon, A., McCombie, A., Frampton, C., Khashram, M., Clarke, G., & Roake, J. (2023). Early relative growth rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms and future risk of rupture or repair. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 66(6), 797-803. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.08.006 Journal - Research Article

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