Kirsten J. De Burlet MD, PhD

Dr. Kirsten J. De Burlet is a Senior Administrative Executive at Canterbury District Health Board in New Zealand. She completed his PhD at the University of Otago. She specialized in Surgery.

Dr. De Burlet won the best poster prize at the New Zealand Association of General Surgeons in March in Palmerston North, on one aspect of her study about the appropriateness of CT scans of the abdomen for patients with acute abdominal pain.

She was also awarded the best research paper at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) in May in Adelaide. Her presentation and paper in Adelaide were on: How accurate is our early differentiation between the urgent and non-urgent patients presenting with abdominal pain?

“Kirsten’s research represents a great partnership between Wellington Hospital (CCDHB) and the University, as we work together on ways to improve and optimize clinical care for this group of patients,” Associate Professor Larsen says.