Vascular Surgeon

Giri grew up in Wellington and attended Wellington College for his secondary schooling. He obtained his undergraduate training in Medicine and Surgery from University Otago in 1999. In the following 10 years as a doctor he trained to become a vascular surgeon at hospitals in New Zealand and Australia. He obtained the Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in vascular surgery in 2009. On completion of training he was appointed as consultant vascular surgeon at Middlemore hospital (Counties Manukau Health). He also has joint appointment as senior lecturer at the South Auckland Clinical Campus, University of Auckland.

Giri has 15 years experience working as vascular surgeon in both public and private sectors in Auckland. He is involved in both training and governance roles. He manages full range of vascular diseases. His special interests are in hyperhidrosis and varicose veins management.