Rate My Professor Tamara Glyn

Tamara Glyn is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Otago, Christchurch, within the Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Division. She practices as a consultant general and colorectal surgeon with particular interests in inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer. Glyn earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacology prior to completing her medical degree, MB ChB, from the University of Auckland in 2007. Her general surgery training took place in South Auckland, Palmerston North, and Whangarei, culminating in the award of Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2014. She then pursued advanced training through the International Fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, in 2015, followed by two years as a Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ) Fellow at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and St James's University Hospital in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Glyn completed her PhD at the University of Otago in 2024, focusing on inflammatory bowel disease-associated colorectal cancer. Her research output includes key publications such as 'Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study' (Anaesthesia, 2021), 'Characteristics of early-onset vs late-onset colorectal cancer: a review' (JAMA Surgery, 2021, REACCT Collaborative), 'Diverticulitis: an update from the age old paradigm' (Current Problems in Surgery, 2020), 'Quality of life in early-onset colorectal cancer patients: systematic review' (BJS Open, 2023), and recent contributions like 'Computed tomography colonography performs poorly in detection of sessile serrated lesions' (New Zealand Medical Journal, 2025) and 'Predicting opioid consumption after surgical discharge: A multinational derivation and validation study using a foundation model' (npj Digital Medicine, 2025). Involved in international efforts such as the PelvEx Collaborative, her work addresses pelvic exenteration, postoperative complications, and quality of life in colorectal conditions, garnering over 1000 citations.