The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
Nandoun Abeysekera is an accomplished founder and CEO of AVASA, a venture-backed medical device company dedicated to streamlining microsurgery with the innovative AVASA Coupler, which enhances the connection of microvascular arteries and veins. In addition to entrepreneurial endeavors, Nandoun serves as a General Practice Registrar at The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and holds honorary academic and senior research fellow roles at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute. Nandoun's clinical background includes positions as a Plastic Surgery Registrar at Counties Manukau Health and an Orthopaedic Surgery Registrar at Waitematā District Health Board. Nandoun's academic credentials include a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from The University of Auckland and a Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering, also from The University of Auckland, alongside current vocational training in general practice.
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The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is the largest medical college in New Zealand. We have around 5,500 members, who represent close to 90 percent of the country’s GPs. The College's overall goal to improve the health of New Zealanders through high quality general practice care. We do this by providing training, ongoing education, research, advocacy and support for general practitioners and and rural hospital generalists. We also set standards (CORNERSTONE accreditation) for general practices across the country. The College has a commitment to embed the three principles (participation, partnership and protection) of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) across its work, and to achieving health equity in New Zealand.