Mr David Schroeder

Mr David Schroeder is an experienced laparoscopic abdominal surgeon who has been performing obesity surgery in the Waikato area for 15 years. He pioneered laparoscopic obesity surgery in New Zealand, introducing the Lap-Band in 1996, and performing the first laparoscopic gastric bypass in New Zealand in 2000. He has performed over 500 primary and revisional obesity operations. He is a member of several international obesity surgery societies, and is constantly updating surgical techniques and auditing results.