Rate My Professor Paul Samson

Paul Samson is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Critical Care (Dunedin) at the University of Otago. He earned his MB ChB and BSc (Hons) from the University of Otago, graduating in 1999. Following medical school, he worked as a junior doctor at Southland Hospital, then completed specialist general surgical training in New Zealand's major metropolitan hospitals. Samson undertook a fellowship in Breast and Endocrine Surgery at North Shore Hospital, Auckland, before returning to Southland Hospital in 2010 as a Consultant General Surgeon practicing in both public and private sectors in Invercargill. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons since 2009 and holds memberships in the Breast Surgeons Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Australasian Society for Breast Disease, and the New Zealand Association of General Surgeons. Accredited for endoscopy and colonoscopy by the New Zealand Conjoint Committee for Recognition of Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Samson contributes to undergraduate medical education at all levels and postgraduate training positions in general surgery through the University of Otago's General Surgery section, which provides acute and elective services including breast and endocrine surgery.

Samson's clinical expertise spans general surgery with sub-specialties in breast, endocrine, melanoma, and endoscopic surgery. He serves on the medical committee of Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand. His research in surgery and medicine is evidenced by multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals. Key works include Samson, P., & Cacala, S. (2005). Rare case of Benign Multicystic Peritoneal Mesothelioma. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 75, 619-620; Samson, P., & Booth, M. (2005). Bariatric Surgery in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1213); Samson, P., & Ngaei, G. (2007). Colorectal resection in peripheral New Zealand: workload and performance outcomes. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 77(11), 999-1003; Samson, P., O'Grady, G., & Keating, J. (2009). An international comparison study of stage of colorectal cancer at diagnosis: how does New Zealand compare? New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1294); Fischer, F., Samson, P., & Robertson, G. (2010). Anti-coagulant induced intra-mural haematoma of the caecum mimicking a colonic tumour. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1315); Samson, P., & Harman, R. (2010). The use of magnetic resonance imaging in pre-operative surgical planning for breast cancer and Is thrombo-prophylaxis necessary in patients undergoing breast surgery for malignancy? ANZ Journal of Surgery, 80(Suppl. 1); Samson, P., & Harman, R. (2011). In-situ and lobular, but not as we know it and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): keeping abreast of current use. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1337, 1342); Shin, P., Samson, P., et al. (2012). Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer in New Zealand. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 82(Suppl. 1); Barnes, T., et al. (2013). Acute-elective surgery split: Is it feasible in a provincial hospital? ANZ Journal of Surgery, 83(Suppl. 1).