351 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, 6023 | +64 4 383 9284 (P) | pacificorth@xtra.co.nz | edi:markjswd

Mr Mark Sherwood - Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon BMedSc, MBChB (Otago, 1991), FRACS 2001 Mr Sherwood is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon who completed his advanced training in spinal surgery in New Zealand and Australia. He has been working as a specialist spinal surgeon for more than 20 years and has been a medical doctor for more than 30 years. He is an expert in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of adult spinal injuries and conditions including age-related degeneration, spinal deformity and tumours. He also treats scoliosis and complex spinal conditions in children. He performs surgeries at Wakefield Hospital and Southern Cross Hospital.  Mr Sherwood worked at Wellington Regional Hospital as a registrar and then as a consultant orthopaedic and spinal surgeon for 18 years. He is passionate about international charitable mission surgery. Over the years, he has developed strategic collegial relationships with spinal surgeon colleagues in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel.  He has done three mission trips with volunteer spinal surgeons to do scoliosis surgery at FOCOS Hospital in Ghana, Africa, being involved with the FOCOS orthopaedic programme. He has performed spine surgery in the pacific island of Tonga.

Dr Ate Moala - Practice Clinical Manager MBChB 1986, Otago, MPH, FAFPHM 2003 Public Health Dr Ate Moala graduated from Otago Medical school 32 years ago. She has a wide range of clinical experience in hospital and community medicine having worked in New Zealand and in the Pacific. She is a mother of three children. In her spare time, she prays and runs Purely Girls Camp, a youth development programme for teenage girls that she founded in 2007.

Master 'Amanaki Sherwood - Senior Office Assistant 'Amanaki has been drawing ever since he could hold a pen. Patients and visitors to Pacific Orthopaedics will see some of 'Amanaki's awesome drawings on the wall. Most of these pictures he drew at ages 3 and 4 years while he was patiently hanging around waiting for his Dad to finish seeing the patients.

Mark J Sherwood, Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

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Mr Sai Vea - Practice Business Manager MBA, BCA, CA, Dip Prof Accy - Accounting & Commercial Law (VUW, 2000) Sai Vea is a NZ trained Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining Pacific Orthopaedics in 2006, he had worked for five years at Ernst & Young, Accounting Firm, in Assurance and Advisory Services.  He oversees the business and administrative aspects of Pacific Orthopaedics.  In addition to world travel, touch rugby and playing his guitar, mentoring youth and investing in the wellbeing of the next generation is something close to his heart.