Following a well deserved holiday break in Northland John has started the year with a busy operating schedule and has already performed over 10 thyroidectomies and 5 parathyroidectomies. This week he has also done a complex parotid tumour operation and several rhinoplasties.

In late January John was invited to Sydney to talk on the use of the New Harmonic Scalpel Focus + handpiece that he has been using in thyroid procedures. The advantages of this device are it superior dissecting ability along with the ability to coagulate and cut vessels without the need for instrument exchange.