Pieter Kruger

MR PIETER KRUGER

MBChB; MMed (University of Pretoria)

Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon at Whakatane Hospital, the Eastbay Specialist Centre and Grace Hospital

Pieter qualified as orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Pretoria, where he developed a particular interest in arthroscopic surgery, hip, knee and shoulder arthroplasty and general orthopaedic trauma, honing these skills further over the next few years while working in private practice in South Africa.

He has full vocational registration as orthopaedic surgeon at the NZ Medical Council and is a member of the NZ Orthopaedic Association as well as the South African Orthopaedic Association.

Pieter studied medicine at the University of Pretoria, the town in which he grew up, attaining his MBChB degree in 1984. After qualifying as orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Pretoria, he worked in private practice in Margate, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa from 2002 until 2015. He then practised as a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the George Hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa until September 2016.

In 2016, Pieter moved with his wife to New Zealand and began his practice as a consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Whakatane Hospital, which he continues today.

He is also in private orthopaedic practice at the Eastbay Specialist Centre, Whakatane, and carries out orthopaedic surgery at Grace Hospital in Tauranga and the Southern Cross Hospital in Rotorua.

His sub-specialties are still arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery, hip, knee and shoulder arthroplasty, and general orthopaedic trauma. He does not carry out spinal or paediatric surgery.

Pieter stays in touch with the latest developments in his special fields of interest, attending orthopaedic congresses, academic meetings and instructional courses internationally and locally. In this way, he keeps his knowledge up to date and maintains good contacts with international and New Zealand orthopaedic surgeons with similar sub-specialties.

Pieter and his wife were delighted to welcome their daughter to New Zealand in 2019. Their son still works as an engineer in South Africa.

Pieter and his family enjoy the outdoors in the Bay of Plenty. He is a keen hunter, fisherman and diver, with underwater photography one of his favourite recreational pastimes. When time allows, he tests his skills at the rifle and pistol shooting range and does archery and bow hunting.

Contact information:

The Eastbay Specialist Centre, Phoenix House, Pyne Street, Whakatane 3120

Tel: 07 307 2029

E: enquiries@ebsc.co.nz

 MBChB; MMed (University of Pretoria)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Whakatane Hospital, Grace Hospital and Eastbay Specialist Centre