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Health pioneer made Companion
6 June 2017
Health pioneer made Companion

The inner workings of men's waterworks is not something most people talk about. But most people aren't Peter...

Health programme aims to boost rural, regional medical workforce
1 February 2017
Health programme aims to boost rural, regional medical workforce

Head of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board Clinical School at Tauranga Hospital, Professor Peter Gilling hopes graduate students will return...

Blue September
1 September 2016
Blue September

It's prostate cancer awareness month again with Blue September.  Each year prostate cancer kills 600 men in New Zealand. This year's...

Student training is an integral part of any major medical institution
24 August 2016
Student training is an integral part of any major medical institution

Bay of Plenty District Health Board Clinical School head Professor Peter Gilling said it became an academic site for the University of Auckland...

Dr Gillings Inaugural Professorial Address
16 August 2016
Dr Gillings Inaugural Professorial Address

Congratulations to Professor Peter Gilling on the success of his Inaugural Lecture at the University of Auckland last week. Promotion to professor...

Only men, dogs and chimpanzees
8 August 2016
Only men, dogs and chimpanzees

Join Dr Peter Gilling at his inaugural lecture at Auckland University on Tuesday 9th August.   In his lecture "Only men, dogs and...

2015 RACS Surgical Research Award
16 May 2016
2015 RACS Surgical Research Award

Congratulations to Peter Gilling, recipient of the 2015 RACS Surgical Research Award from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons,  presented...

14 December 2015
Why you shouldn't hold on

"The bladder is very adaptable," says Alex Shteynshlyuger, a urologist at New York Urology Specialists. "It's designed to hold a...

Peter Gilling accepts SIU Distinguished Career Award
15 October 2015
Peter Gilling accepts SIU Distinguished Career Award

Urology Bay of Plenty’s Peter Gilling was a presenter at the 35th Congress of the Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) in...

A new 3m surgical robot for the Bay Of Plenty - thanks to Peter Gilling and Mark Fraundorfer
12 October 2013
A new 3m surgical robot for the Bay Of Plenty - thanks to Peter Gilling and Mark Fraundorfer

Read the full story in the Bay of Plenty Times: $3 million robotic surgery machine gives hospital the edge, Bay of Plenty...