About Rebecca Ayers
Rebecca Ayers
MBChB, FRACS, PGDip Hand Surgery
I have been working in Dunedin as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon since 2013. I work at Southern DHB and in private practise at Mercy Hospital and the Queenstown Medical Centre.
Originally from Rotorua, I graduated from Otago Medical School in 1999 and completed my specialist training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2009. After a further four years of additional specialist training in the United Kingdom I was delighted to return to Dunedin. My work in the UK was varied and involved time at the prestigious Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, The Royal Free Hospital and The Wellington hospitals in London, and finally The Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead. I completed a Postgraduate diploma of Hand Surgery (Manchester University) during my time away.
My areas of interest include:
- Hand surgery
- Primary and secondary breast surgery including breast reconstruction
- Skin cancer management and surgery
- General reconstruction and body surgery
I am a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Otago Medical School.
Organisations I am a member of
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Places where I work
Fernbrae House Dunedin
Queenstown Medical Centre
People I work with
Visit my page about the importance of post-operative hand therapy to find a list of hand therapists I frequently refer to.
