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.
Dr Helen Petousis-Harris is an Associate Professor in vaccinology in the Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland. She leads international collaborative research on vaccine safety and effectiveness and is a co-director of the Global Vaccine Data Network. Her work focuses on protecting populations
Dr Thorsten Stanley was born in Sweden and moved to England as a schoolchild, learning English as a second language. He completed his medical training in Scotland at Edinburgh University and subsequently Glasgow. He has been a consultant paediatrician in Wellington since 1981 and was a senior lecturer at the
Dr Annie Wong is a NZ-trained medical oncologist currently based at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne. Her oncological specialities include melanoma, lung cancer, and head and neck cancer. Her research interests include the management of melanoma brain metastases, mucosal melanoma and immunotherapy-related toxicities.
Dr. Junie Wong is a Consultant Dermatologist and Mohs Micrographic Surgeon. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School and completed her postgraduate dermatology training in Liverpool, UK, before moving to New Zealand. She is a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians
Dr Blackmore is based in Wellington where he works as a microbiologist and (occasionally) an infectious diseases physician. He trained in New Zealand and South Australia where he completed fellowships with the RCPA and RACP, and completed a PhD thesis. He is reducing his workload preretirement, concentrating mainly on clinical
Nikki is a general medical oncologist, currently practicing in Wellington Regional Hospital. Her main sub interest is gastrointestinal cancers. Nikki is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago School of Medicine.
Dr Sarah Metcalf is an Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Physician at Christchurch Hospital. She attended Medical School at the University of Otago, graduating in 1995 and completed post-graduate training at Christchurch Hospital specialising in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine in 2003. Following that she worked in Sheffield, United Kingdom
Dr Massimo Giola obtained his medical degree in 1991 at the University of Pavia (Italy) and specialised in infectious diseases in 1996 (Italy). He studied antiretroviral drugs’ pharmacokinetics during a PhD programme in clinical and experimental pharmacology from 2005 to 2008 at the University of Varese (Italy). He moved to
Dr John Mottershead is a Neurologist at Te Whatu Ora–Southern. He trained at Oxford University as a medical student and after qualification and junior doctor jobs was involved in research into uses of MRI in MS under the supervision of Professor Ian McDonald at Queen Square, London, before completing his
MBChB, MPH, FRACP Maritza is a general and reproductive endocrinologist at Te Toka Tumai, Te Whatu Ora. After completion of advanced training, Maritza worked at the University of Washington (UW) in the area of male reproductive endocrinology and coauthored publications in hormonal male contraception. She has a Master of Public
Dr Leo Sheck is a consultant ophthalmologist at Greenlane Clinical Centre and Retina Specialists in Auckland. After finishing his ophthalmology training in New Zealand, he travelled to the UK and simultenaeously completed a two year Medical Retina fellowship in Moorfields Eye Hospital and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.
Dr Karen Koch is a South African specialist dermatologist. She completed her Masters in Medicine through the University of Witwatersrand. Karen worked in a hospital practice in Johannesburg before immigrating to New Zealand in 2019 to join the Waikato Hospital Dermatology Department. She is an executive member of the NZ
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