Adam Bartlett

Adam is a General Surgeon, who has completed sub-specilaity training in hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) and Transplant Surgery. He currently is employed as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, and is appointed at Auckland City Hospital as an HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon in the departments' of General Surgery and Intra-abdominal transplantation, respectively. Adam undertook his undergraduate studies at the University of Auckland, and completed his General Surgical Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2006. During his time as a trainee he took time of clinical studies to undertake full time research in immunology, with a particular interest in T-cell activation, and was awarded a PhD in 2004. Post-fellowshp he completed four years of sub-specialty training in HPB surgery and transplantation, in New Zealand, London, Belgium and France. Most of his time was spent as a Senior Fellow at Liver Institute at Kings College Hospital in London, the largest liver centre in Europe. Since his return to New Zealand in 2009, Adam has continued to be an active researcher, holding a position at the University of Auckland, and works clinically both in public and private, where is main areas of interest are in the management of primary and secondary liver tumours.

 

 

Resection of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Main Session
Friday, 15 August 2014 Start 9:45am Duration: 25mins Plenary
How to Investigate the Incidental Liver Mass
Concurrent Workshop Repeated
Friday, 15 August 2014 Start 4:30pm Duration: 55mins Room 7
Start 5:35pm Duration: 55mins Room 7
With the widespread use of medical imaging has come the detection of incidental liver lesions (incidentalomas) that are, by and large, asymptomatic prior to their discovery. These lesions may become a source of anxiety and often require further investigation to reassure the patient of their usually benign nature. The use of contemporary cross sectional imaging modalities and simple laboratory tests often allow a definite diagnosis to be made without the need for exhaustive investigations or inappropriate surgery. The aim of this session is to review the clinical features and imaging characteristics of common and important liver incidentalomas, their natural course, complications, and indications for surgical or other intervention.