Meet our Panel of Medical Specialists
Research Review New Zealand works with hundreds of local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accommodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.
Professor Krebs is an Endocrinologist with a particular interest in obesity and diabetes. He trained in Endocrinology at Wellington Hospital in New Zealand and then did his doctorate with the Medical Research Council – Human Nutrition Research unit in Cambridge England. His thesis was on the impact of dietary factors
Dr Roannie Ng Shiu is the Pasifika Medical Association (PMA) Senior Research Fellow with the University of Auckland Faulty and Medical and Health Sciences Office of the Associate-Dean Pacific. Her primary role is to deliver robust high-quality Pacific health equity research and to increase the Pacific health workforce in Aotearoa
Dr Tofield complete his medical training at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital in London. He has extensive experience in General Practice, spent several years in clinical research, has published several medical papers, and practices skin cancer medicine and surgery. Chris also has a background in medical writing and
Jim Reid graduated in medicine at the University of Otago Medical School. He previously trained as a pharmacist. After finishing medicine, he undertook postgraduate work as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Miami in the USA. Back in NZ he headed the Dept of General Practice and Rural Heath
Leanne Berkahn is a consultant haematologist at Auckland City Hospital and senior lecturer in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology at the University of Auckland School of Medicine. Her current research interests are new therapeutic approaches in the management of leukaemia and lymphoma.
MB ChB (Otago); FRACP – Internal medicine. Dr Chien is a consultant haematologist at Auckland City Hospital. She completed her haematology training in Auckland region and undertook fellowship in bone marrow transplant and multiple myeloma at Vancouver General Hospital Canada. Her main area of research interest is in therapy for
Ngāpuhi Matire (MBChB, PhD) is a hauora Māori academic and GP dividing her time as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical Health Sciences at Waipapa Taumata Rau and clinical mahi at Papakura Marae Health Clinic in South Auckland. Matire has served on a number of Boards and Advisory Committees
Chloë has worked in both hospital and community pharmacy in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Her PhD, completed in 2018, investigated the medicines information needs of general practitioners and the information support roles of pharmacists in New Zealand. Chloë was co-convenor of the Medicines Information and Clinical Pharmacy Special
Professor Alexander Sasse is Consultant Cardiologist in the Cardiology Department at Wellington Hospital/ CCDHB and Director of Cardiac Imaging. His clinical interests include the various modalities of cardiac imaging, structural heart disease, general cardiology and the prevention of stroke. He went to Medical School and did his training in Germany
Dr Carmel Jacobs is a Medical Oncologist at Auckland City Hospital and Canopy Cancer Care. Carmel specialises in the treatment of genitourinary and prostate cancers. Carmel graduated from the Otago University School of Medicine in 2001 with Distinction. She completed training in oncology in 2011 with dual specialist training in
Andrew Harrison is a rheumatologist based in Wellington, Associate Professor in Medicine at the University of Otago Wellington, and Medical Director of Arthritis New Zealand. He is an Otago graduate and obtained his PhD from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London. His research interests include the basic cellular and
MB BCh (UK) FRCP(Lon) MRCPS(Glas) FRACP David Okonji specialises in treating breast and urogenital cancers, as well as melanoma. He has a particular focus on cancer care in the elderly. David currently practises at Wellington Regional Hospital and also undertakes private practice at Bowen Hospital, Wellington. _ David is a
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