Doctor Detail

Rukshan is an Interventional radiologist based at North Shore and Auckland City Hospitals. He consults privately at Lumina Interventional Radiology.

Rukshan studied Medicine at Guy’s, King’s and St. Thomas’ Medical school – King’s College London in the UK.

He did an intercalated BSc (First class honours) during Medical School in Aerospace Physiology and amongst all the hard work, he had fun spinning around in a Royal Air Force centrifuge and experiencing the G Forces placed on fighter pilots, as well as spending time in their rapid depressurisation chambers.

After house officer jobs, he spent a year working in the emergency department and undertaking a research Master’s degree in Clinical and Experimental Medicine from University College London. He went onto Clinical Radiology training in London, UK and completed the extended (6-year) Clinical Radiology + Interventional Radiology speciality curriculum, allowing him to develop IR competencies from a very early stage in his training. He also holds the European Board of Interventional Radiology certification (EBIR).

To advance his training Rukshan completed year-long fellowships in Vascular & Interventional Radiology at Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospital (UK), at McGill University Hospitals (Canada) and at Auckland City Hospital (New Zealand).

These fellowships encompassed all areas of interventional radiology, including treatments for cancer (Interventional Oncology), Vascular Intervention (Peripheral vascular disease & Aortic Intervention) and Paediatric intervention.

He is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Auckland City Hospital and his focus areas are on chronic limb threatening ischaemia (peripheral arterial disease), interventional oncology and uterine fibroid embolisation.

Rukshan is passionate about practising IR and applying its innovative techniques to benefit patients. He lives in Auckland with his young family and enjoys hiking, mountain biking, skiing and is always looking for the next adventure!

His private work is through Lumina Radiology, Northshore.

Specialty training:

• Medical and radiology training Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
• Fellowship in Interventional Radiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
• Fellowships in Interventional Radiology McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
• Fellowships in Interventional Vascular Radiology Auckland City Hospital.

Rukshan’s services at Cardia:

All areas of Interventional Radiology, including:

1. Vascular Intervention:
   • Peripheral arterial disease
   • Varicose Vein Treatment – Endovenous
   • Visceral artery stenting
   • Vascular access
2. Endocrinology/ Venous Sampling:
   • Adrenal Vein Sampling
   • Parathyroid Vein Sampling
   • Thyroid/ Parathyroid Ablation
3. Liver:
   • Biliary Drainage
   • Cholangioscopy (Spyglass)
   • Portal Vein Embolisation
4. Women’s Health
   • Uterine Fibroid Embolisation
   • Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
   • Fallopian Tube Recanalisation
5. Men’s Health
   • Prostate artery Embolisation
   • Varicocele Embolisation
6. Interventional Oncology:
   • Tumour ablations – Liver and Renal (Microwave & Cryoablation)
   • Trans-arterial embolisation
   • Image guided Biopsy or Drainage

Vascular Access

• Porta Cath insertion/ removal, PICC/ Hickman and Groshong Line insertions.

Feeding tube insertion:

• Gastrostomy and Nasogastric tube insertions.

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