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This is a non-profit podcast hosted by Dr. Maple Goh providing career guidance, leadership and role-modelling to resident doctors for medical and non-medical pathways. The main objectives are to increase accessibility to different careers within medicine, and to promote visibility of our marginalised and minority doctors. This podcast was funded by the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association (NZRDA) Education Trust. Drops every Friday (NZT).
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Dr. Ralston D’Souza graduated from the University of Auckland and is currently dual training in rural hospital medicine and general practice. He's passionate about being a voice to the voiceless having grown up with his autistic brother and currently advocates for his colleagues through his roles with the NZRDA and RNZCGP Registrars' Chapter. While…
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Dr. Hinemoa Elder (Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri and Ngāpuhi) is a Māori child and adolescent psychiatrist and fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. She works at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland and deputy psychiatry member of the NZ Mental Health Review Tribunal. She became a member of the New Zealand…
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Dr. Elizabeth Roberts is a Nelson-based anatomical pathologist who has worked both for Te Whatu Ora and MedLab South. She graduated from Otago University and pursued pathology training with Auckland, Oregon Health Science University, and Harvard University. She works part-time, and is the past treasurer of the RCPA NZ committee. She has many other …
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Dr. Carolyn Clark is a nephrologist, lecturer, researcher, public health student and life coach. She qualified as a doctor in 2000 and has spent the last 22 years in public hospitals across Australia and New Zealand. She believes that sometimes our brains get in the way of being our best selves and loves helping people get rid of unhelpful thoughts…
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Dr. Patrick Emanuel is a dermatopathologist based in Lima, Peru. He also consults for IGENZ molecular laboratory, Pathlab Bay of Plenty, and the Skin Institute (all based in New Zealand). He is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Auckland and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Icahn Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Patri…
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Dr. Juliet Rumball-Smith is a public health physician and epidemiologist. Due to a combination of earthquakes, training and jobs, she has lived & worked in a load of different places, including Montreal, Toronto, the winterless north of New Zealand, and a think tank in Los Angeles while a Harkness Fellow in the US. Most recently Juliet has been at …
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Dr. Kasey Tawhara (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Porou) is an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Rotorua Hospital, who is passionate about cultural safety and Māori health equity. She is a member of Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (otherwise known as Te ORA) and a founding member of He Hono Wāhine. In this episode, we discuss her j…
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Dr. Kyle Eggleton is a rural general practitioner with extensive experience in emergency medicine and an interest in youth health, occupational medicine and forensic medicine. Born and raised in Waimā, he has moved around many rural areas of New Zealand, including Thames and Ruakākā. With two masters and a PhD under his belt and experience as a cli…
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Associate Professor Louise Barbier is a hepatopancreatobiliary and liver transplant surgeon based in Auckland. She studied medicine in Paris, France and trained in surgery in both Marseille and Paris. She has a PhD in Immunology, and on top of working as a consultant, she is also an assistant professor at The University of Auckland, working on a tr…
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TW: fertility/infertility Dr. Amy Walpole graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine, and completed her GP vocational training in 2007. She emigrated from Wales to Northland in 2018, working for a Māori health provider. She volunteers with Whangārei Riding for the Disabled and lives on a lifestyle block. Her lifestyle block includes…
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Dr. Monique Mackenzie (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) studied medicine at The University of Otago in New Zealand and graduated in 2006. She has trained extensively throughout New Zealand and joined a Tauranga private practice after recently completing her specialist dermatology training at University Hospitals Birmingham, United Kingdom and Brisbane Skin, Austr…
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Dr. Saana Taylor completed dental school before moving up to Auckland to work as a maxillofacial house surgeon for 2 years. She applied to medical school with the intention of studying to be a maxillofacial surgeon and found herself drawn to anaesthetics as a medical student. She is now an anaesthetic fellow in her final year of training, a wife, a…
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Professor Stephen Robertson is the Curekids Professor of Paediatric Genetics. He was educated at the University of Otago graduating in Medicine in 1990. He specialized in Paediatrics and Clinical Genetics after training in Auckland and Melbourne. He was the Nuffield Medical Fellow at Oxford University and now heads the Clinical Genetics Group. Some…
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Dr. Kate Bartlett is a perinatal pathologist currently based in Auckland. Having studied in Otago Medical School, she began her house surgeon years in New Plymouth before then working in Auckland. She completed her perinatal and paediatric pathology fellowship at Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth, before returning to New Zealand where she has bee…
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Dr. Anna Luo is is a PGY8 training dermatology registrar, beginning her locum journey after her exams in 2020. Her work has spanned across the entirety of Australia - Victoria, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Tasmania. Dr. Briana Wu is a senior house officer from Wellington, New Zealand who has worked and travel…
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Dr. Ben O’Keeffe (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua) is a professional rugby union referee and ophthalmology registrar. Originally from Blenheim, he attended Malborough Boys’ before headed to the University of Otago to complete his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He is also the co-founder of the social enterprise oDocs Eye Care, which aims at cre…
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Professor Marie Bismark is a medical practitioner, health law academic, company director, and mother- of-three. She heads the Law and Public Health Unit at the University of Melbourne where her research explores the intersection between health practitioner wellbeing and patient safety. Her research has been published in leading peer review journals…
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Associate Professor Sonya Burgess is an interventional cardiologist based in Sydney, Australia, having graduated from Otago Medical School with distinction, before finishing her fellowship with RACP. She completed her interventional fellowship in Liverpool hospital, Sydney, and her PhD in the University of New South Wales. She has 90 peer reviewed …
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Dr. Dermot Coffey is originally from Kerry, graduating from medical school in Ireland before migrating to Aotearoa 20 years ago. He is a GP/general practitioner working in student health at the University of Canterbury. Dermot has had an interest in climate change for many years, and joined OraTaiao seven years ago, and since 2020, has been co-conv…
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Professor David McBride was a registrar in ENT and a trainee GP before becoming a trainee occupational physician with British Coal in Stoke-on-Trent. His training course then led to a job offer as Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham (Edgbaston) and eventually to Otago University, where he has been since 1995. His part time job has bee…
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Dr. Sarah Nielson is a medical manager for a pharmaceutical company. A former junior doctor, she ventured to “the dark side” almost two years ago. She is passionate about mental health for doctors and a step-mother of one, and mother to two feline overlords. In this episode, we discuss her journey into and out of clinical medicine - the things that…
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Dr. Ruth Mitchell is a Sydney-based neurosurgeon, currently working in Sydney Children’s Hospitals network. She has a keen interest in paediatric neurosurgery, brain tumour biology, and injury research. She received the 2019 John Corboy Medal from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for her advocacy for diversity and inclusion in surgery. Fu…
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Dr. Ashley Bloomfield is a public health physician and leader, having been the chief advisor of public health in Ministry of Health New Zealand, before moving to become the Director of Services of Population Health across the Wellington District Health Boards, then Chief Executive at Hutt Valley DHB. He is best known as our immediate former Directo…
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Dr. Imran Lasker is a consultant radiologist with a specialist interest in musculoskeletal radiology based in the UK. He co-hosts the Two Medics Podcast. He’s a big believer of choosing real life over work life and dabbles in social media from time to time. In this episode, we discuss his journey starting the Two Medics Podcast with his co-host, an…
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Dr. Kathryn Hagen is a specialist anaesthetist in Auckland City Hospital looking after the adult population. She is the immediate past president of the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists and took on the deputy service clinical director role in 2020. She is passionate about encouraging people to consider how they can be part of finding solutions a…
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Dr. Carl Horsley is an Intensive Care specialist at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, having previously completed training in Emergency Medicine. He also is the Clinical Lead for System Safety at the Health Quality & Safety Commission, with a focus on understanding the way in which the wider healthcare system shapes the conditions in which care is p…
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This episode is timed to release as the new year is soon to begin and many of our colleagues are stepping away to start their locuming journey. We hope that this can begin to answer some of the questions about locuming and provide some clarity and reassurance. Originally hailing from Malaysia, Dr. Lilian Tnew moved to New Zealand aged 18 to pursue …
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Dr. Lupe Taumoepeau is a Vascular and Transplant surgeon at Wellington Hospital and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago. She is the first New Zealand female vascular surgeon and only Pacific Island vascular surgeon in Australasia. She received her fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2014 after completing tr…
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Dr. Tamsin Lillie is an urgent care doctor working in Rotorua New Zealand with an interest in global health. She has been involved with Medic to Medic since 2009 having set up and run the Norwich medical school student branch. She has completed a Masters in International Health and the East African Diploma of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 2018,…
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Dr. Marta Seretny is currently a research fellow in anaesthesia and perioperative medicine working at Auckland City Hospital and an honorary lecturer at the University of Auckland department of Anaesthesiology. She completed much of her postgraduate clinical training in Edinburgh, Scotland and her final years of training in Auckland New Zealand. He…
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Dr Simon Rowley is a senior Consultant Neonatologist at Auckland City Hospital (originally National Womens’ Hospital). His basic training was in Dunedin and Christchurch and his postgraduate studies –FRACP paediatrics - were completed in Oxford, U.K. . He is currently a senior Neonatal Paediatrician in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at National Wo…
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Dr. Emily Chang is a paediatric palliative care specialist at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland. She whakapapas back to Taiwan where her parents were born and raised. They emigrated to Aotearoa over 40 years ago and raised their family, now calling Aotearoa their home. In this episode, we discuss her journey into paediatric palliative care, …
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Dr. Maria Poynter is a public health medicine specialist and Medical Officer of Health. She is currently the clinical director for the Auckland Regional Public Health Service and will be the director of transformation in the National Public Health Service. She has previously been a council member for the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicin…
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Dr. Sarah Hart graduated as a doctor from Otago University in 1994. She has been practicing Cosmetic Medicine since 2001 and is now an international trainer and key opinion leader. She is passionate about natural results, and improving standards and safety in Cosmetic Medicine Dr Hart became a member of the New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine …
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Born to a Jewish yenta from Brooklyn with aspirations to be the next Barbra Streisand, and a doctor from the suburbs with public service aspirations but accommodation of theatrical yearnings due to said yenta’s unparalleled sense of humour, Dr. Hall acknowledges the privileges she has been granted, with a keen eye on leveraging them for change. A l…
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Dr. Sally Ayesa is a dual trained radiologist and nuclear medicine physician working in Sydney and the NSW Central Coast, specialising in chest and oncology imaging. She is an academic at Sydney University, where she is completing a PhD in medical imaging education. Sally is also on the editorial board for Radiopaedia, recently co-convening the int…
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Dr. Himali McInnes is a general practitioner who works in a busy Auckland clinic and a prison. She writes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. Her book of medical essays, The Unexpected Patient, was published in September 2021 by Harper Collins. Himali is an avid reader, a constant gardener, and an urban chicken farmer and beekeeper. In this e…
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After a severe car accident in 2008, Dr. Olivia Ong was told she would never walk or practice again. As a paraplegic her dreams were shattered. After an intensive three-year recovery process, she walked again. Today she shares her experience with others. Dr. Olivia Ong, now known as the Heart-Centred Doctor, is a professional speaker, a published a…
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Dr. Pecky de Silva is a vascular and endovascular surgeon based in New South Wales, Australia. She trained in the University of New South Wales before undertaking her junior surgical training in Sydney and completing further training overseas. She is the Chair of Younger Fellows at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), and is on the RA…
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Dr. Song Chan is a consultant psychiatrist, currently working in consult liaison in Middlemore Hospital. He was born in Hong Kong, raised in Tāmaki Makaurau, where he completed medical school and psychiatry training. He is also the co-director of psychiatry training in the Northern Region of Aotearoa since 2020. Some of his passions include educati…
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Dr Amiria Lynch is a Paediatric Surgeon and Supervisor of Training working at Monash Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. She completed her medical degree at University of Otago, and then completed surgical training throughout New Zealand before completing her training in Melbourne in 2011. Amiria completed post Fellowship training in Paediatric Color…
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Dr. Simon McDowell lives in Wellington with his wife and 3 children. He loves spending time with his kids (13, 9, 3), getting outside and running on the awesome trails Wellington has. Simon is a subspecialist in REI (reproductive endocrinology and infertility) and also completed an Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery (AGES) fellowship…
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Dr. Liz Williams is a GP, co-director of Aurora Health Centre in Dunedin, a Medical Sexual Assault Clinician (also known as MEDSAC) and internationally board certified lifestyle medicine physician. She trained in Dunedin and graduated from Otago Medical School in 2009. She has a strong passion for chronic disease prevention and management using evi…
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This episode launches to mark the change of our healthcare system into Health New Zealand. Honorable Dr. Ayesha Verrall is an infectious diseases specialist and Labour list member of parliament from Wellington. She is Minister for Food Safety and Minister for Seniors, alongside Associate Minister of Health and Associate Minister of Research, Scienc…
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Dr. Richard Seemann is a rehabilitation medicine specialist, working at ABI Rehabilitation New Zealand. He is passionate about multiculturalism at work, and speaks German and Māori fluently, with his most recent language aspiration in Mandarin. He has been working for ABI Rehabilitation for over 20 years, which is the largest provider of rehabilita…
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For Matariki, we have Dr. Zoe Raos! Dr. Zoe Raos (Te Āti Awa) is a gastroenterologist in Waitematā, Tāmaki Makaurau. She lives on the Shore with her husband Ben, their two tamariki and their dog. She completed medical school, basic and advanced gastroenterology and general medical training in Auckland, and was involved with leadership roles through…
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Dr. Sally Langley is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, who is based in Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. She has worked in both public and private surgery in Christchurch and the West Coast of the South Island for more than 30 years. Her work has covered the whole spectrum of plastic surgery including craniofacial, cleft lip and palate, head …
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Dr. Laura Sutherland is a paediatric emergency medicine physician. Her husband is also an emergency medicine physician, and they have three young children. Originally from Scotland, they emigrated to Adelaide in 2010, and have spent the last two years in Auckland. She is passionate about children, wellbeing in medicine, and arts and crafts. In this…
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Dr. Mark Fulcher is a Fellow of the ACSEP and a practising Sport and Exercise Physician at Axis Sports Medicine Specialists based in Auckland, New Zealand. Since graduating from medical school in 2001 Mark has worked extensively in sports medicine and is especially interested in injury prevention and the treatment of concussion. Mark is the Medical…
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Dr. Luke Wee is a general practitioner from South Auckland. He has previously served at Mercy Ships as a junior doctor and was involved in the charity in New Zealand. Being Malaysian, he enjoys good food and learning many languages. Unfortunately, due to the lack of travel, he feels he has lost his marbles jumbling up his French and Te Reo Māori. I…
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