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Meet the team

Internationally trained. Locally settled.

Australia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK, the USA. Six consultants posted against an establishment of eight — actively recruiting locum SMOs and a fellow for February 2027.

Four people at the summit of Mt Taranaki, smiling for a group photo with the cloud-covered North Island below — from left: Jun Kwon, a friend, Mateusz Gładysz, Juan Gadler
Top of Taranaki Maunga. From left: Jun Kwon, a friend, Mateusz Gładysz, Juan Gadler.
Consultants
Deirdre Seoighe — Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Waikato Hospital

Deirdre Seoighe

Head of Department
Burns · Secondary burn reconstruction
Trained · Ireland

Departmental lead. Subspecialty in burns and secondary burn reconstruction. Fellowship in Australia.

Benny Tan — Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Waikato Hospital

Benny Tan

Deputy Head of Department · Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato
Gender-affirmation surgery · Microsurgery · Breast reconstruction
Trained · USA

American Board-certified Plastic and General Surgeon. Fellowships at Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Cleveland Clinic Florida — Hand, Complex Gender Reaffirmation, and Microsurgery.

Simon Nicholson — Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Waikato Hospital

Simon Nicholson

Supervisor of Training
Hand & upper limb
Trained · UK

Hand and upper limb portfolio. Fellowships at Newcastle and the Pulvertaft, Derby.

Jun Kwon — Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Waikato Hospital

Jun Kwon

Clinical Lead, Midlands Cleft Centre
Head & neck · Cleft
Trained · New Zealand

Cleft and craniofacial fellowships in Australia and the United States.

Michael Woodfield — Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Waikato Hospital

Michael Woodfield

Breast Reconstruction Lead
Breast reconstruction
Trained · New Zealand

Breast reconstruction portfolio. Fellowship-trained in paediatric plastic surgery and congenital hand.

Mateusz Gładysz — Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, Waikato Hospital

Mateusz Gładysz

Orthoplastic Lead
Hand · Microsurgery · Orthoplastics
Trained · Germany, Switzerland

Microsurgery and hand. Chair of the regional Melanoma & High-Risk Skin Cancer MDT. Fellowship at PIPRS, Perth.

Current fellows & locum SMOs

The people closest to where you'd start.

Fellows and locum SMOs currently with the unit. Several have written about their experience in Voices.

Juan Sebastian Gadler portrait

Juan Sebastian Gadler

Current Fellow · since March 2026 · Venezuela
Trained · Germany
Charlotte Loozen portrait

Charlotte Loozen

Current Fellow · since October 2025 · The Netherlands
Trained · The Netherlands
Past fellows & locum SMOs

Recent alumni who've gone on to consultant posts or other senior roles.

Get in touch

We read every application and reply to every applicant. Usually within three weeks.

How to apply careers@waikatoplastics.nz