ABOUT US
Leaders in Treatment of Head & Neck Conditions
We provide our patients with a rapid and precise diagnosis and the very best tailored treatment for their condition. We achieve this using expert skill and cutting-edge treatment options with an integrated multidisciplinary approach.
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Internationally renowned experts using the latest proven innovations.
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Head & Neck Experts
Sub-specialists trained at acclaimed institutions.
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MEET OUR SURGEONS
Dr John Chaplin
MBChB FRACS
John has over 20 years experience in Head and Neck surgeries, specialising in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, performing over 150 thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy operations a year. He also manages salivary gland lumps and tumours, patients presenting with a lump in the neck and cancer of the mouth, throat and skin of the head and neck.
Dr John Chaplin Head and Neck Surgeon graduated from the The University of Auckland School of Medicine in 1988. He began his specialist training at the Royal Throat Nose and Ear hospital in London in 1990. After returning to New Zealand he completed surgical training in Dunedin, Waikato and Auckland. John passed the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons final examination in 1996. Following this John spent two years in post graduate fellowship positions. The first year was spent at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City where he trained under Professor Mark Urken, a world renowned specialist in head and neck plastic and reconstructive surgery. Here John gained skills in reconstruction of complex defects of the face, jaw, tongue, throat and neck following cancer surgery or trauma. He then went to work at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney Australia, training under Professor Christopher O’Brien, Head and Neck Surgeon. Here John honed his skills in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, salivary gland surgery and management of advanced skin cancer and melanoma of the head and neck.
Since returning from this training John has gained a vast experience in head and neck surgery. He performs complex surgery for thyroid and parathyroid pathology, neck lumps and head and neck cancer every week. John also regularly performs reconstruction of complex head and neck defects. Dr Chaplin is a founding member of the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society (ANZHNS) and was previously secretary for the Head and Neck Group of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). As part of his work John has an interest in academics and training and was the supervisor of training for ENT Head and Neck Surgery in Auckland for 9 years. He is a key member of the Head and Neck Unit at Auckland City Hospital and the director of a highly sought after international fellowship. John also teaches surgical techniques to local and international surgical trainees and lectures at the school of medicine, frequently invited to lecture both nationally and internationally on a wide range of head and neck topics. As recognition of his skills John earned a post training fellowship by the prestigious Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation and he remains one of the very few New Zealand recipients of this award. John also has a large practice in rhinoplasty, facial plastic and cosmetic surgery.
Dr Joe Earles
MBChB FRACS
Joe specialises in neck lumps, head and neck cancers and sinus and nasal disorders. His training included a year-long fellowship at the prestigious Yale University, the first surgeon from the southern hemisphere to do so. He then became full-time faculty member and surgeon at the university.
Joe Earles is a specialist Otolaryngologist - Head & Neck Surgeon. After medical school and specialist training in New Zealand, he completed a prestigious fellowship in head and neck surgery at Yale University, becoming the first surgeon from the southern hemisphere to do so. There he worked with renowned surgeons focusing on head and neck surgery including advanced reconstruction using microvascular free flaps.
After his fellowship, Joe became a full-time faculty member and surgeon at Yale. He later returned to New Zealand, where he now works both at AHNA and Auckland City Hospital, treating some of New Zealand's most complex cancer cases.
Joe also has expertise in treating sinusitis and nasal obstruction (blocked nose) with a busy practice in endoscopic sinus surgery, septoplasty and functional rhinoplasty. He uses the latest evidence and techniques to deliver the best possible results for his patients.
Joe is actively involved in teaching future surgeons as a trainee supervisor and medical research as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland. He has presented and been an invited speaker at national and international conferences and courses.
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Procedures
THYROID SURGERY
PARATHYROID SURGERY
NECK LUMP SURGERY
HEAD AND NECK CANCER SURGERY
SKIN CANCER SURGERY
SALIVARY GLAND SURGERY INCLUDING SIALENDOSCOPY (MINIMALLY INVASIVE)
TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY (TORS)
FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY
NECK DISSECTION
THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST REMOVAL
Conditions Treated
HEAD & NECK CANCERS
Thyroid cancer
Throat cancer
Skin cancer
Metastatic neck node cancer
Oropharyngeal cancer
Parotid gland cancers
Salivary gland cancer
Oral cavity (mouth) cancers
Sinus and nasal cancer
Larynx (voice box) cancer
Lymphoma
BENIGN CONDITIONS
Thyroid nodules
Enlarged thyroid gland (goitre)
Parathyroid gland disorders
Parotid and submandibular gland Tumours
Salivary gland stones and infection
Lipomas
Epidermal (sebaceous) cysts
Branchial cleft cysts
Ranulas
Thyroglossal duct cysts
Tonsillitis and enlarged tonsils
Voice disorders
Swallowing disorders
NOSE & SINUS PROBLEMS
Nasal obstruction (blocked nose)
Chronic sinusitis
Recurrent sinusitis
Deviated nasal septum
Deviated nasal bones
Nasal valve problems
Rhinitis
Fungal ball sinusitis