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Dr. Maple Goh
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 promote equity and equal opportunity by highlighting and connecting doctors from diverse backgrounds, and to explore the multitude of careers that can be personalised and shaped to each individual. This podcast was funded by the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association (NZRDA) Education Trust.
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 most of his whanau are still based in Auckland, he currently lives in Taupō with his wife.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into dual training for GP and rural hospital medicine. We discuss the evolution of his choices and his family circumstances around caregiving for his brother with autism, and unpack the models of funding, lack of support, and challenges surrounding caregiving, particularly as a medical relative. Dr. D'Souza talks about the pros and cons of rural hospital training, its flexibilities, and his advice for prospective applicants.
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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 Order of Merit for services to Māori and to Psychiatry in 2019. Dr. Elder has written two best selling books – Aroha and Wawata and joins us today to kōrero about her journey today.
She has a PhD in Public Health (2012) in which she developed tools for Māori whānau (extended families) with Traumatic Brain Injury and was also the recipient of a Health Research Council of NZ Eru Pomare Post Doctoral Fellowship. The approaches she developed are used in rehabilitation in the community. She continues to work in TBI and dementia research. She received the MNZM for services to Māori and to Psychiatry in 2019. She is an invited member of the Busara Circle, a group of senior international women leaders which forms a critical support for the Homeward Bound project, a global leadership programme for women in science, of which she is an alumni, travelling to Antarctica with the project in 2019. Dr Elder is a Board member of The Helen Clark Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy think tank which generates public policy research and debate. She is a board member of the RANZCP Foundation. Dr Elder is the Patron of ’Share my Super” a charity aimed at ending child poverty in NZ. Dr Elder has written two best seeling books published by Penguin Random House. “Aroha. Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet’, was named on the Oprah Winfrey Book club in 2021. ‘Wawata. Daily wisdom guided by Hina the Māori moon, is currently the number one best selling non-fiction book in NZ. Dr Elder is also regularly invited to give keynote presentations. She was an invited speaker to the Rhodes Healthcare Forum, Oxford University in 2019. Hinemoa has a background in theatre and dance. She performed in a NZ play at the Edinburgh Festival, Assembly Rooms in 1986. She is a past Chair of Auckland Theatre Company Trust and the inaugural Chair of Te Taumata a Iwi The Arts Foundation. Hinemoa also worked in NZ childrens' television in the early 1990s.
In this episode, we discuss her journey from television presenting to medicine, her own experiences in the medical system with her māmā, her journey into psychiatry, and the numerous non-profit organisations and her involvement - including Busara Circle, The Helen Clark Foundation, and Share my Super. We talk about looking after ourselves as doctors, but also the importance of seeing the bigger picture and public health involvement. We brush on topics of intersectional feminism and evidence-based practice, and how we can do more to empower our own medical wāhine. We discuss her passion for theatre performance and her multiple accolades in the creative world.
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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 passions, including mountain biking, kitesurfing, tramping, climbing, hunting and trapping pests. Since the recording of the episode, Dr. Roberts is now Vice President of the RCPA.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into anatomical pathology and the training required, her choice for part-time mahi permanently, pathology fellowships overseas, employment prospects (private vs public) for pathology, her extensive list of adventure sports and favorite memories, and what is next as she looks towards retirement.
https://awanuigroup.co.nz/news/dr-elizabeth-roberts-vp-rcpa/
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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 and step forward into their future with her coaching and supervision business. She is also a solo mother by sperm donation to a busy 7 year old and is living her childhood mantra of 'if you can dream it, you can become it'. She joins us to discuss her journey of becoming a solo parent by sperm donation.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into nephrology, her PhD, starting her sperm donation/IVF journey at 37, her words of wisdom to others following in her footsteps, her solo parenting 'hacks', the process of sperm donation/IVF and cost of the journey.
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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. Patrick’s academic interests include cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, margin control surgery, and the application of molecular techniques to cutaneous tumours.
In this episode, we discuss his journey from Dunedin, to Nelson, to America, then to Peru. We talk about his pathway into dermatopathology, the training involved, the daily routines, and the pay disparity for residency in US. We discuss his work-life balance, practicing medicine in a second language, and the capacity for remote work as a pathologist.
Book 'Margin Control Surgery of the Skin: Concepts, Histopathology, and Applications' mentioned ://www.mhprofessional.com/margin-control-surgery-of-the-skin-concepts-histopathology-and-applications-9781264285990-usa#tab-label-product-description-title
Dermnet: https://dermnetnz.org/
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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 the Ministry of Health as Clinical Chief Advisor, in a range of roles including supporting Abortion Law reform, being the Clinical Lead for the initial COVID-19 response and the Clinical lead for the COVID vaccine roll-out. Currently she is Director of Intelligence at the National Public Health Service of Te Whatu Ora and a policy consultant for the WHO.
Juliet lives in Wellington with her medical husband, 4 teenage children, and 2 dogs. In 2017 she set up Wāhine Connect, a charitable trust designed to support women in the health sector by connecting them with mentors and providing a structured mentoring programme. It’s now a community that involves nearly 600 volunteer mentors, and has helped more than 560 women mentees.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine and public health, her passion for research fostered by the Harkness Fellowship, and the variety of roles and positions she has worked in. She discusses in detail the creation of Wāhine Connect, the inspirations behind it, its kaupapa and intentions, and the positive impacts the program has had.
You can find more information on Wāhine Connect here: https://www.wahineconnect.nz/
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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 journey into obstetric and gynaecology and the training involved, the MAPAS scheme, what Māori health equity in O&G looks like, covering cultural safety (and the importance of prioritising this alongside clinical safety), traditional Māori birth practices and her mahi in He Hono Wāhine.
The papers mentioned can be found here:
Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition: https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-019-1082-3
Towards cultural safety, in Cultural Safety in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325920915_Cultural_Safety_in_Aotearoa_New_Zealand
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9117203/
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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 clinical director with Ki A Ora Ngātiwai, he has now returned to Hokianga to work part-time as a GP while being Associate Dean (Rural Director) at the University of Auckland.
In this episode, we discuss his interests moving from surgery, to emergency medicine, to psychiatry, through to his work in general practice and public health. We discuss his experience across occupational health and forensic medicine, the work-life balance he has with looking after his young whānau, and what drew him into rural general practice. Kyle explores the challenges facing our rural communities and the need for more rural practitioners nationwide.
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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 translational project in ischaemia-reperfusion injury and transplant immunology.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine and finding HPB and liver transplant surgery. We talk about the misogyny and sexism she experienced in her training, her techniques for tackling these, and the push-pull factors for her migration to Aotearoa. We discuss the lifestyle of HPB/transplant surgery, work-life balance, routines, common conditions, and what to expect on call.
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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 three ponies, five alpacas, chickens, turkeys, a cat and a dog! Dr. Walpole joins us today to discuss a topic that can be painful for some of us - being childless by circumstance.
In this episode, we discuss her journey from Wales to New Zealand/Aotearoa, and her journey from being a training surgical registrar to general practice. A trigger warning is in place as this episode discusses extensively the journey of being childless by circumstance, a situation that is familiar to a number of doctors due to our long training programs and stressful work environments. In this vulnerable episode, we discuss the journey through IVF, ICSI, the emotional and financial toll it took, and her recovery and healing from this journey. We talk about what was important in her support system to hold her up, which has included the solidarity she received from colleagues and friends.
This episode may be challenging for many to hear. Please be kind to yourselves and the speaker if you are navigating this journey too. Aroha nui.
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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, Australia. She is the first and only Māori dermatologist in Aotearoa. She is a scholarship recipient of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and co-founder of the New Zealand Dermatology Registrar Group. She has presented at a number of academic meetings including the Royal Society of Medicine, London. She is a mother of three children and passionate about her work. Her down-to-earth nature and vast experience ensures her patients have the best evidence-based care covering a full range of skin conditions including skin cancer, inflammatory skin conditions and cosmetic dermatological concerns.
In this episode, we discuss the journey shifting from finishing her GP fellowship, to starting as a medical registrar again. We talk about her love for dermatology, the prerequisites for training, the mahi and exams involved, subspecialising in Moh's surgery, the balance between public and private sectors, job opportunities for dermatologists and its overlap with plastics. We unpack the responsibilities and opportunities as the first and only Māori dermatologist in Aotearoa. We discuss further her background growing up in a single parent household and her rurality. We also discuss starting a whānau during medical school, and returning from parental leave.
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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, and a mother to two boys.
In this episode, we discuss her move from dentistry to medicine, journey into anaesthetics, navigating training and moving with family, failing exams and her approach to passing them, the anaesthetics training program, and her academic work into Māori health inequities.
The paper discussed in this episode can be found here: https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(22)00006-3/fulltext
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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 of his work was highlighted in a documentary in 2005 ‘Lifting of the Mākutu’.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into paediatrics and clinical genetics, the making of the documentary, equity in clinical genetics, volunteering with Curekids, day-to-day routines of clinical genetics, genetic counselling, controversies with 23andMe and ancestry testing, and the future of genetics.
You can find the documentary here: https://www.otago.ac.nz/clinical-genetics/news-opportunities-media/lifting-of-the-makutu/
Further information on Professor Robertson: https://www.otago.ac.nz/bhrc/staff/otago115051.html
NB: my recording software started glitching towards the end of the interview and was unfortunately out of my control. I apologise sincerely for any negative listening experience towards the end of this show.
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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 been a consultant for more than a decade.
In this episode, we discuss her choosing pathology, the training requirements and examinations for pathology, subspecialising in perinatal/paediatric pathology, challenges/lowlights/highlights of her career, part-time work, public vs private in NZ vs overseas and job prospects/opportunities for budding pathologists.
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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 travelled around Australia for a year. She is well versed in guiding other junior doctors through the pros + cons and ins + outs of crossing the ditch. She has worked across Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territories.
In this episode, we chat about the ins and outs of locuming in Australia, from beginning to end!
· Reasons for locuming/crossing the ditch
· Registration process & paperwork involved - AHPRA registration
· Accounting:
- TFN/ABN/GST
- Accountants
· Medical indemnity providers
· Red flags in hospitals/jobs
· Where you worked and what you learned from your experience
· Student loan and payments
· KiwiSaver/salary packaging/superannuation
· Reimbursable expenses (e.g. travel, accommodation, but not indemnity, registration, etc)
· Work-life balance
Dr. Briana Wu's handy document can be found here (version 2.2):
https://tinyurl.com/doctornoslocumAU
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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 creating medical technology to prevent blindness. The other co-founder is Dr. Hong Sheng Chiong, whose interview you can catch as episode 16, released in November 2021.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into professional refereeing, his masterful balance of the two, finding ophthalmology, returning to clinical medicine after time away and his social enterprise oDocs.
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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 and has influenced regulatory policy in Australia and internationally.
In addition to her academic role, Prof Bismark works as a psychiatry registrar at the Kapiti Mental Health Clinic. She serves as a board member of The Royal Women’s Hospital, GMHBA health insurance, and Summerset retirement villages.
Prof Bismark has previously completed a Harkness Fellowship at Harvard University and is the recipient of an NHMRC Investigator Grant. In 2019, Prof Bismark was named as one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. She is the first author of a recently published book "Experiences of Health Workers in the COVID-19 pandemic: In their own words".
In this episode, we discuss her intersecting journeys in law and medicine, venturing into both public health training and psychiatry training, and her experiences on multiple governance boards and leadership roles, including ACC and the Health and Disability Commission (HDC). We discuss her aforementioned published book, and her next steps looking into the future.
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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 publications, but she is passionate about medical education and teaching, and on addressing workforce gender equity issues, particularly in cardiology.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into choosing medicine and interventional cardiology, the roots of her passion for academia, her research in gender equity issues in cardiology and in particular, interventional cardiology, and of course - all things intervention.
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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-convenor. He joins us today to talk about the work of OraTaiao and what we can do as health professionals to advocate for an equitable climate response.
In this episode, we discuss the contrast between training in Ireland and New Zealand, his journey to NZ, venturing into GP and student health, and his work with Ora Taiao - this includes what they do, and what they recommend we should do to get involved and active in climate change!
Mentioned:
Ora Taiao: https://www.orataiao.org.nz/
Practical tips for addressing climate change: https://www.orataiao.org.nz/practical_tips_for_health_professionals_to_address_climate_change
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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 been with the Army Reserves, with four operational tours of duty, and he is passionate about improving the health of Veterans. His hobby is anything with wheels on that is broken, or capable of being broken, and being at sea.
In this episode, we discuss his movements from ENT and GP into occupational medicine, the routines, highlights and challenges of occupational health, its crossover with public health, what is involved in its training, and a touch on his work in military medicine and the nuances of PTSD.
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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 drew her to it, and those that drew her out. We discuss imposter syndrome and mental health, and talk about what to look for when finding a new job outside of medicine. We discuss her day-to-day routines as a medical manager of a large pharmaceutical company, and her highs and lows.
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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. Furthermore, as a passionate advocate for social justice since her childhood, Dr Mitchell has also been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
In this episode, we discuss her work in ICAN and earning the Nobel Peace Prize, juggling when to lean into neurosurgery vs ICAN, the highlights/lowlights of paediatric neurosurgery, diversity & inclusion in surgery, and her experience of gender bias and structural violence in surgery.
ICAN: https://www.icanw.org/
Books mentioned:
Another Day In the Colony - Chelsea Watego https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21848997.Chelsea_Watego
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59118034-another-day-in-the-colony
White Tears, Brown Scars - Ruby Hamad
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53260224-white-tears-brown-scars
Not Just Lucky - Jamila Rizvi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35019393-not-just-lucky
Ruth Mitchell Twitter: https://twitter.com/drruthmitchell
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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 Director-General of Health, famed for his COVID response and compassion in his communication.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into public health and the various leadership roles he has held before his position as Director General. We discuss his gap year, his time locuming in the UK, before finally returning to NZ for training. He unpacks his lessons leading before and during the pandemic, challenges of being Director General, and what work-life balance and resilience means to him.
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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, and navigating social media and potential career retribution as a consequence. We talk about radiology, his background and why he chose this specialty and subspecialty of musculoskeletal radiology. He unpacks the common narrative of 'medical vocations' and how this is a trap for preventing pay restoration, and the financial privilege behind it. We discuss the FIRE community and his tips on finding a career that suits you.
NB: I was recovering from COVID in this episode and may intermittently sound a little hoarse. Apologies for any hiccups in the listener experience - my hope is that it does not detract from Imran's journey!
Mentioned in this episode:
Ronny Chieng's bit on Asian stereotypes for being doctors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGMYP9Lgf94&ab_channel=NetflixIsAJoke
Mr. Money Mustache and the FIRE community: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/
The Psychology of Money: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41881472-the-psychology-of-money
So Good They Can't Ignore You: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13525945-so-good-they-can-t-ignore-you
Social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DocLasker
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ImranLasker
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doclasker
Two Medics Podcast: https://www.twomedics.com/
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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 and solving problems.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into anaesthetics, receiving critical feedback and how to respond to it, delivering feedback to others and unpack private practice - how it works, why it works, the pay difference, motivations, and its associated work-life balance.
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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 provided.
He has recently completed an MSc in Human Factors and System Safety at Lund University, Sweden and is part of the Resilient Healthcare Society, an international collaboration of researchers, clinicians and safety scientists. His current focus is on how to bring together Te Ao Māori and modern safety science to create a system that supports good care at all levels.
In this episode, we discuss his shift from training in emergency medicine to intensive care, his work in human factors and system safety and what the practical implementation of this looks like, creating psychologically safe workplaces, the three phases experienced by doctors when causing harm/adverse events, and advice for prospective ICU applicants.
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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 a medical degree at Otago Medical School. While training in rural medicine, she has spanned experience as a medical registrar and anaesthetic registrar. She has enjoyed locuming for two years around New Zealand, from as far south as Invercargill to as far north as Whangārei. She joins us today to discuss the pearls and pitfalls of being a locum doctor.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Reasons for locuming
- Ideal timing in your career to locum
- Picking an agency
- Agencies vs casual employment
- Bad experiences
- Finding jobs
- Travel and accommodation arrangements
- Indemnity insurance
- Finances - accountants, Xero, Hnry, taxes, GST, tax-deductible expenses, superannuation & Kiwisaver
- InPractice/MCNZ/BPAC
- Leaving anaesthetics training for rural medicine
It was a conscious decision to not mention any specific locum agencies to keep this episode as neutral as possible. For this reason, even though we are both registered with locum agencies, I have not linked any referral codes or affiliate links. Referral links will provide both you and the referrer a referral bonus of anywhere between $500 to $2000 - if you would like a referral link, please feel free to contact me or the speaker directly.
The primary agencies in New Zealand, as far as we are aware, include: STAT Recruitment, MedRecruit, Global Medics, Triple0 and Ochre. This episode is not sponsored by any of the agencies above and not affiliated.
Similarly, the primary accounting platforms mentioned are Xero and Hnry. Since publishing this episode, I have signed onto Hnry in an effort to become slightly more independent and savvy!
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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 training throughout New Zealand and Queensland, Australia. Lupe is actively involved in mentoring Pacific Island students and female junior doctors considering a career in surgery, and has a strong interest in prevocational medical education. Outside of medicine, Lupe enjoys cheering for her son on the side of the soccer field and basketball court, exploring the outdoors with her family and dog and is looking forward to getting back to Tonga once the borders have re-opened.
In this episode, we discuss her journey from her roots in Tonga to transplant and vascular surgery in Wellington. We delve into the importance of mentorship in her life, the legacy she carries from her grandfather, and the cultural values she carries with her in her practice. Finally, we discuss her work in vascular and transplant surgery, and what it feels like to be the first, and only, Pacific Island vascular surgeon.
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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, she worked in Zambia as a family doctor and saw first hand the challenges faced by rural health workers in Africa.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into urgent care from UK to NZ, and her inspiration for working with NGOs and Medic to Medic. We discuss the work done by Medic to Medic, their selection process, where the funds are placed, how they plan for sustainability in the charity, and what opportunities are in store for any potential volunteers.
You can find Medic to Medic and their work here:
Medic to Medic: https://www.medictomedic.org.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MedictoMedic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/medictomedic
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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. Her PhD, awarded by the university of Edinburgh, investigated chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) using fMRI of the brain. She is interested in optimising the perioperative pathways of cancer patients in order to improve patient centred outcomes.
In this episode, we discuss her journey as a Polish child refugee, seeking asylum in Italy and eventually resettling through sponsorship in Australia. We talk about the challenges in raising multilingual children, and the difficulties with third culturalism in moving between different countries. Marta shares how she found her way into anaesthetics, and breaking the stereotypes of academia.
You can find her on these links:
https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/mser366
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PGKVfBlINKw
NB: This episode was recorded in 2021.
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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 Womens’ Health, Auckland City Hospital.
He also practiced General Paediatrics in private for 30 years, looking after children of all ages. He is the former chair of the Paediatric Vocational Training Committee for the Auckland and Northern Region and a Director of Physician Education a position held for 12 years. One of his main interests is the effect of early childhood experience on infant brain development- the neurobiology of human brain development- and this interest extends to him being a trustee and presenter for the Brainwave Trust. Other interests include early childhood behavioural and developmental outcomes, and medical ethics. In particular he is interested in how we make decisions about end-of-life care in the vulnerable sick or new born infant. He is an honorary lecturer at the Auckland School of Medicine and a recipient of the Denis Pickup Teaching Award 2014 and a Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award 2015. He is married with 4 adult children. In 2021 he received a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit at the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into neonatology, his work in private and public paediatrics and how it contrasts, the differences between neonatology and paediatrics, his love for volunteering and passion for brain development, his mahi with the Brainwave Trust, and how he spent his sabbatical.
Brainwave Trust:
https://brainwave.org.nz/about-us/
https://brainwave.org.nz/article/wiring-the-brain/
Mind That Child: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40196256-mind-that-child
https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/mind-that-child-9780143771982
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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, how to get into training and what it looks like, their day-to-day in palliative care and the conditions they see that differ to adult medicine. We also discuss her approach to palliative care conversations, the challenges around funding and hospice, what euthanasia means for paediatric palliative care, and her signs of compassion fatigue.
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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 Medicine and is passionate about equity and health-enabling system design. Outside of work, she is energized by family, cooking and exercising in nature.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into public health medicine, the differences between training with the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, what it means to be a medical officer of health and the diverse work involved in being a public health specialist. Finally, we discuss her work-life balance, the balance of have a double medical parent household, and the transition of returning to work after being a stay-at-home mum for five years.
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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 (NZSCM) in 2006. NZSCM is the only body recognised by the Medical Council of NZ to train and regulate cosmetic doctors.
Dr. Hart also has postgraduate training in Psychiatry. This gives her a unique position in the world of Cosmetic Medicine and has inspired her holistic approach. She now serves as Censor on the Executive Board of NZSCM, as a valued member of the NZSCM Education Faculty, and on the Botox, Juvederm and Belkyra Advisory Boards. Her passion for raising standards has led her to develop an international career lecturing about cosmetic injectables. She presents at top conferences around the world and trains practitioners across Australasia and China.
Dr. Hart was truly honoured to be selected to represent NZ and Australia as one of twelve doctors internationally for personal mentorship by Dr Mauricio De Maio, one of the world’s leading authorities on injectable treatments. She enjoys sharing the benefits of Cosmetic Medicine with a wide audience and has been able to do so with her work on three seasons of the TV series “Ten Years Younger in Ten Days”.
Outside work, Dr Hart loves to enjoy time in nature with her doctor husband and two children, doing sports such as skiing, mountain-biking and horse-riding.
In this episode, we discuss her journey from psychiatry to cosmetic medicine, the daily work and training involved, the overlap between aesthetic medicine/dermatology/plastic surgery, regulating the industry, social media trends and effect on the psyche of our youth, and navigating mental health in this space.
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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 lifelong pursuit of critical self-reflection was born during one long hot high school summer cleaning M16 assault rifles for the Israeli Army, at the behest of her assimilated Jewish parents. If a young girl, with little understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict, could be enticed to send soldiers off to kill with sparkling clean weapons, what other global catastrophes might ensue with the help of hapless minds susceptible to demagoguery? And thus a university entrance essay was produced that gained her matriculation to the hallowed halls of Brown, then Harvard Universities.
With an honours degree in The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics and a Doctorate of Medicine, Dr. Hall built her career in the specialty of Emergency Medicine. Her work is fueled by a dedication to improving lives, grappling with inequities, and bearing witness to human suffering with humility and gratitude. Her calling to serve has taken her to the rural outposts of Haiti, the public hospitals of inner-city America and both Auckland and Middlemore Hospitals- with a side trip to climb Mt. Everest along the way. She is a lover of languages (determined not to let Google translate rob her of her pride in hard-earned fluency in Spanish, French and competence in Russian), a mum, and a fierce advocate for subverting the status quo.
Her involvement with The Observatory is the culmination of several decades of thought and work around what it means to actually care for a population’s health; something much more profound and complex than routine healthcare. It also marks her increasing transition into the realm of innovation around problems of inequity.
If she thought jumping out of rescue helicopters was scary, she’ll be the first to admit that changing the world for the neurodiverse, her own children included, is even more terrifying. Because nothing worth doing could be anything else.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine from quantum mechanics, the inspirations she drew from her late father, Professor Rosenberg, linked in the episode description below. We also discuss comparisons in the state of education and healthcare between New Zealand and the United States, and her decision to move to New Zealand. We talk about parenting and a work-life balance in the setting of emergency medicine, and raising neurodiverse, foster children. Finally, we talk about what neurodiversity looks like in medicine, and her mahi in The Observatory.
Organisations mentioned:
www.theobservatory.foundation
www.brainbadge.org
Professor Rosenberg (Dr. Hall's father):
https://english.columbia.edu/content/professor-john-d-rosenberg
The Rosenberg Annual Lecture: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/events/2021-rosenberg-lecture-healthcare-quality
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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 international Radiopaedia 2022 virtual conference. She is passionate about radiology education and training, currently a member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiology curriculum assessment committee and a director of radiology training on the Central Coast. Sally loves to engage in conversations about education and gender diversity in medical imaging, and is the proud mother of two children.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into radiology and nuclear medicine combining her love for physics with her love for clinical medicine. She discusses the importance of role-modelling within radiology and what movements gender representation has made within radiology, as well as her passion for medical education and work in Radiopaedia. Sally also provides some tips for passing radiology examinations, as someone who topped the radiology part two examinations across Australia and New Zealand.
Radiopaedia: https://radiopaedia.org/
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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 episode, we discuss her work in general practice and women's correctional facilities, her process in writing, the model minority and the struggle with balancing two cultures, intergenerational trauma faced by our patients, and the challenges of social mobility and punitive structures of correctional facilities in New Zealand. You can find links to her most recently published book 'The Unexpected Patient', and some of the articles mentioned in the podcast episode.
Articles written by Dr. McInnes:
The Guardian, Intergenerational trauma: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/14/we-dont-live-in-isolation-our-ancestors-trauma-can-affect-our-health-generations-later
The Guardian, Auckland terror attack: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/06/as-a-sri-lankan-new-zealander-i-know-my-adopted-country-can-find-compassion-amid-terror
The Unexpected Patient: https://www.harpercollins.co.nz/9781775541707/the-unexpected-patient/
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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 author and established pain physician. She runs programs helping doctors transform their lives, moving from burnout to brilliance, and is about to write her second book “Radical Resilience”.
Dr. Ong’s authentic and warm approach has made her a sought-after speaker and online educator. Being able to speak from her own unique life experiences gives her presentations a deeply authentic feel.
Dr. Ong has been featured in and written for Thrive Global, Yahoo Finance, International Business Times Singapore, and Australian Business Journal. Dr. Ong has appeared in media regularly such as Sky News, Studio 10, and ticker TV. She has spoken at industry leading events including Australasian New Zealand College of Anaesthesia and Faculty of Pain Medicine. Originally from Singapore, Dr. Ong now resides in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband and two young children.
In this episode, we discuss the severe car accident outside the hospital that left her paralysed from the waist down, her intensive recovery from this, vicarious trauma and her journey with burnout, symptoms of burnout and recovery, and her work in pain/rehabilitation medicine combined with life coaching.
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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 RACS Women in Surgery Committee as well as the New South Wales RACS Regional Board.
In this episode, we discuss her pathway into medicine, failures she overcame in medical school, managing expectations of ethnic minority parents, the bullying and toxic work cultures she experienced in training, advice on how to navigate them, and lifestyle and superannuation advice. Pecky also discusses imposter syndrome and how she has learned to navigate surgical complications and poor surgical outcomes, as well as her work-life balance in vascular surgery.
You can find Dr. Pecky de Silva's professional website here: https://drdesilva.com.au/
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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 educating and improving the mental wellbeing of Chinese individuals. Outside of work, he is obsessed with traveling and enjoying the spoils of new countries.
In this episode, we discuss his work in consult liaison - where mental and physical health intertwine - gender stereotyping and implicit biases in psychiatry, COVID-19 and the challenges imposed on mental health, stigma in Chinese communities on mental health, and structural biases against non-English speaking patients. We touch on the topic of aged care facilities, but most of all, discuss his love for psychiatry and what potential applicants for psychiatry training need to demonstrate.
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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 Colorectal Surgery in Leeds, UK before returning to Melbourne. She has a passionate interest in surgical education, particularly in teaching professionalism and human factors. In completing her Masters of Surgical Education she completed a study investigating the tension between vulnerability and credibility in surgeons. She is on a mission to improve the culture of medicine, particularly surgery to make it a place that everybody can thrive, not just white men. Her work life is combined with her home life where Amiria attempts to limit the chaos of a two surgeon and four small children family.
In this episode, we discuss her research on leading with vulnerability and improving credibility as surgeons, the toxicity and improvements to surgical education, diversity of leadership in women and men, and all things paediatric surgery.
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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 in advanced laparoscopic surgery. He works both in public and private, and is passionate about doing the best job he can for his patients.
This episode was released in light of the recent Roe v. Wade changes. It was recorded at the end of 2021, and highlights many of the reproductive choices and autonomy we have in Aotearoa. In this episode, we discuss infertility in medicine, egg-freezing, surrogacy and options for LGBTQ parents, challenges of reproductive medicine, and his journey into his subspecialty work in infertility.
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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 evidence based lifestyle medicine strategies. More recently Liz co-developed a lifestyle medicine program called 'Take Control of your Health' to help improve glycaemic control for people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. Liz also has her own webpage and social media where she shares lifestyle tips, blog and favourite recipes.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into lifestyle medicine, health coaching, certification for lifestyle medicine, examples of her work and research in it, and new models of health in general practice.
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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, Science and Innovation. Ayesha is passionate about preventing illness so that every New Zealander can enjoy good health and live a free and full life. Ayesha lives in Wellington with her partner Alice and their daughter.
In this episode, we discuss her journey from her childhood in Maldives to infectious diseases medicine, to her work as a Labour list Member of Parliament today. She expands on the similarities and differences between medicine and politics, her current mahi and projects, the challenges she has faced in this journey so far, balancing academia with medicine and her optimism for Health NZ.
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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 rehabilitation to the brain injured community in Aotearoa with over 400 employees.
In this episode, we discuss highlights and challenges of rehabilitation medicine, the training involved, ABI rehabilitation centre (a private practice), ACC and its intersection with rehab, managing challenging interactions with whānau & patients, tikanga Māori in rehab medicine, and job prospects for those training in this specialty.
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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 throughout her training, becoming the Chair of the Binational College Trainees’ Committee which included being a Director of the RACP Board. She won the RACP Trainee of the Year Award, prior to starting a three-year clinical fellowship at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford in General Medicine, Hepatology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Endoscopy. Zoe has worked at Waitematā DHB since her return from the UK, and collaborated to set up the transition clinic for patients with IBD moving between paeds and adult services. She has written a popular study guide for the RACP exams, now in its second edition, with other collaborative publications themed around quality care. She is a RACP examiner for the Clinical Exam, and a Training Supervisor.
Zoe joined the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Executive, was elected as president-elect and is the current President until November 2022. She has led the NZSG through times of great change, including developing a cohesive pandemic response, whilst navigating the Society through major externally-led structural changes. Zoe collaborates with other NZSG equity warriors, who have made positive steps towards celebrating diversity and, through governance, creating a future equitable gastroenterology workforce that honours Te Tiriti. She has lost count of the committees she is on – one of the most influential is a global Green Endoscopy Whatsapp group - and spends too much time on Twitter. She loves teaching and mentoring, and is proud to have received awards for both over the years. Zoe loves skiing, cooking and running, spending time with her beautiful whānau, hanging with wonderful friends and colleagues, playing the ukulele and has just started weaving tāniko as part of her cultural journey as a proud wahine Maori.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into gastroenterology, indigenising medicine & gastroenterology, navigating motion sickness in scopes, The Aunties and their kaupapa, parenting and neurodiversity, environmental sustainability within medicine and of course, her love for gastroenterology.
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Peter Raos: https://peterraos.com/ & https://peter-raos.business.site/
The Aunties: https://aunties.co.nz/about-the-aunties
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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 and neck, paediatric, reconstructive including microsurgery, hand surgery, as well as skin cancer and breast surgery. She has has experienced being part of plastic surgery visits to a number of developing countries including Samoa and Tonga with Interplast Australia and New Zealand, Vietnam with the New Zealand Vietnam Heath Trust, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and Mali with Interplast, rebranded as ReSurge. Her last trip was to Mali in 2012. She has been an EMSB instructor in Papua New Guinea.
Dr. Langley has been involved with surgical education and training throughout her career. She was an examiner in plastic and reconstructive surgery for nine years and for two years she served as the New Zealand deputy Chair of the Court of Examiners, the entity which conducts the Fellowship exam of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). She is a faculty member for the Surgeons as Leaders course.
Dr. Langley is a former president of the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons. In 2014 she was elected member of the RACS Council where she chaired the Professional Standards and Development Board from 2019 till 2021. Since May 2021 Dr Langley is the RACS President.
Sally is married to Don Miskell. Sally’s son Sam is married with one son and Don’s three children are married all with children. That makes nine grandchildren. Sally has an ageing mother who she attends to. Sally enjoys family activities, running, swimming, gym, tramping and music.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine, her love for music, navigating solo parenting as a teenager and throughout surgical training, her work as president of RACS, the challenges they are facing (bullying/harassment, inequity of surgical healthcare access for rural communities, environmental sustainability) and her work in plastic surgery.
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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 episode, we discuss her journey into paediatrics and emergency medicine, how she persisted despite failing her exams three times and what she changed to succeed the fourth time, debriefing after traumatic medical experiences, wellbeing in the workplace and self-care.
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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 Director at New Zealand Football and is a member of the FIFA Medical Committee. He has travelled with New Zealand teams to three Summer Olympic Games. He is involved with tennis and is the lead Tournament Physician at the ASB Classic WTA Tournaments. Mark was formerly the Medical Director of the ITU World Championship Triathlon event based in Auckland and has been the Medical Director at Netball NZ including being the team doctor for the Silver Ferns.
Mark continues to be involved with Sports Medicine education contributing regularly as a guest speaker/lecturer at universities and sports medicine meetings. He is currently the Editor of the FIFA Football Medicine Diploma and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland. Mark has a passion for football. His claim to fame is that he is the shortest goalkeeper to ever participate in a FIFA Tournament.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into sports medicine, his work with FIFA, his passion for concussion rehabilitation, the challenges of sports medicine, the salaries one might expect, and considerations when starting a clinical practice.
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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.
In this episode, we embark on a journey with Mercy Ships, discussing the pathway from application through to the destination itself. We cover the highlights and challenges of the work, the differences in medical cultures globally, and touch on his personal journey after leaving Mercy Ships.
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Dame Susan Bagshaw was born in Hong Kong and learnt to be at home where her suitcase was. Her suitcase has now been in Aotearoa since 1981 so she has been home for a while. She has a wonderful husband, 4 adult children and 7 mokopuna who are great fun. She works as a primary care doctor specialising in adolescent/youth health at a one stop shop community youth health centre for 10-25 year olds, which she helped to set up, under a trust called Korowai Youth Well-being Trust. She is working with others to set up a Youth Hub of services, creativity and transition housing. She is a senior lecturer in adolescent health in the department of Paediatrics at the Christchurch School of Medicine, and she is an educator with the Collaborative Trust: a research and training centre for youth health and development.
In this episode, we discuss her colorful journey into youth health, her passion for developing this area of medicine, building the next one-stop shop, how she earned her Order of Merit, the concept of consent in medicine, and much more.
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Dr. Curtis Walker was elected to Council in 2015. He was elected Chair in February 2019. Ko Whakatōhea rāua ko Ngāti Porou ngā iwi. Formerly a veterinarian, Dr Walker retrained in human medicine and qualified from Auckland in 2007. He started work as a House Officer at Waikato hospital and commenced internal medicine training there before moving to Palmerston North and Wellington to complete his Fellowship in nephrology (Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians) in 2015.
During his time as a resident doctor, he was President of the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association (NZRDA) for 5 years, and currently serves on the board of the Māori Medical Practitioners Association (Te ORA). These roles reflect the strong commitment that Dr Walker has to improving health outcomes for Māori and to supporting doctors during the long and challenging years spent in specialist training.
He commenced work as a renal and general physician in 2015 at MidCentral DHB and loves living in Palmerston North with his wife and two young children.
In this episode, we discuss his journey from veterinary medicine, to human medicine, his presidency in the NZRDA, his Chairmanship in MCNZ and his work with Te ORA. We unpack his passion to serve Māori communities, cultural safety in the workplace, attrition rates of Māori doctors, and of course, his work as a renal and general physician.
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Professor Harvey White is a Cardiologist and Director of the Cardiovascular Research Unit, Auckland City Hospital. He is an Honorary Professor of Medicine University of Auckland and Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Harvey trained at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland and Harvard and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. He is the John Neutze Scholar.
In recognition of his work on end-systolic volumes as the most important modifiable prognostic factor following myocardial infarction, he was awarded DSc by Otago University. He was awarded the Prince Mahidol Award by the King of Thailand for introducing fibrinolytic therapy in developing countries, including China. He is a Matai (La’uli) in Samoa for services to Samoa, and has a “pou” in the Te Awamutu Walk of Fame recognising his contribution to decreasing heart disease.
He is Co-chairman of the Redefinition of Myocardial Infarction Consensus group and defined the 5 types of MIs. He is senior author on the Bleeding Academic Consortium (BARC) to define bleeding. He has been a member of numerous guideline groups. He is a member of the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaboration and is on 16 editorial Boards. He has over 1000 publications and 77 editorials with an H Score 121.
He gave the most prestigious International Society and Federation of Cardiology lecture at the European Society of Cardiology in 1993, and Paul Dudley White lectures at the American Heart Association in 2004 and at American College of Cardiology in 2011. Harvey is recognised in the top 1% of scientists worldwide and No 5 for publication of RCT-related articles in all high-impact-factor medical journals over the past five decades. He was also awarded the highest collaboration index.
He has been NZ Chairman and President of the combined Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. He was awarded the Inaugural Gold Medal at the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 for outstanding contribution to Cardiology.
He introduced the 10 year earlier screening for Mᾱori in the absolute risk assessment and has presented this to the Health Committee on doing that for colonic screening; published on worse outcomes for Mᾱori after bypass surgery; has a Pou in the Te Awamutu rose gardens; introduced the Mᾱori byline for the New Zealand Medical Association and as chairman of the New Zealand Medical Services Board is responsible for the New Zealand Medical Journal.
He has also had multiple visits to Samoa doing clinics, including a WHO report, attending the 50th annual meeting of the Samoan Medical association, and a matai title La'auli, the highest mountain, for services to Samoa.
In this episode, we discuss his extensive and prolific journey in research, his work in Samoa and Māori health, and his love for cardiology.
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Satualafa'alagilagi Dr. Leinani Aiono-Le Tagaloa was born and brought up in Samoa (previously Western Samoa). She began surgical training then completed anaesthetic training. Having a FANZCA she undertook an obstetric anaesthesia fellowship and assistant professorship in the United States. Upon returning to New Zealand, Dr Tagaloa undertook a further fellowship in Pain Medicine and since obtaining her FFPMANZCA has split her work week between chronic pain at the Auckland Regional Pain Service and Anaesthesia at Auckland Hospital. She serves our college on the New Zealand National Committee and as an examiner for the Faculty of Pain Medicine. She is the founding president of the Pasifika Anaesthetists in Aoterearoa.
In this episode, we discuss the culture shock of moving from Samoa to Dunedin, her journey out of surgical specialties and into pain medicine, the trauma of racism (both external and internalised) in medicine, her growth in embracing her Samoan title and diversity, and her love for pain medicine.
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Dr. Margy Pohl is an Orthopaedic surgeon in Northland and currently Clinical Director of their Orthopaedic Department. Margy manages to combine working in private and public capacities with raising her 2 home schooled teenage boys and maintaining some semblance of lifestyle balance and sanity. Margy is passionate about increasing the number of females in Orthopaedics and breaking down some of the perceived barriers. She is the founder and past Chair of LIONZ (Ladies in Orthopaedics New Zealand) and remains involved with the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association's Specialty Training Board and Diversity Committee.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into orthopaedics, navigating a divorce with an orthopaedic surgeon while trying to get into training, myth-busting common sexist pre-conceptions about orthopaedics, challenges to women in a white male dominated specialty, and her work with LIONZ.
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Dr. Jin Russell is a Consultant Developmental Paediatrician at Starship Children's Health (@drjinrussell). Jin graduated from the University of Auckland medical programme in 2007 with distinctions in paediatrics, medicine, surgery, general practice, and psychiatry. Jin completed specialist training with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Community Child Health, with expertise in developmental-behavioural paediatrics and child population health. Jin's PhD research is with Growing Up in New Zealand in the field of life course epidemiology. Jin has won competitive research grants and clinical awards, including a New Zealand Health Research Council Clinical Training Fellowship, a 2020 Starship Foundation Fellowship, a Royal Australasian College of Physicians Trainee Research Excellence Award, the W W Phillips Prize in Medicine and the Senior Prize in Biology. Her research interests are in the developmental health of populations, with a focus on the early years, life course epidemiological methods and the social determinants of health. Her research skills include advanced epidemiology and biostatistics for quantitative analysis. She believes that inequities in early developmental health can unjustly impact how capabilities form within children, and that addressing these inequities is essential to creating flourishing societies. Her PhD supervisors are Professor Susan Morton and Professor Cameron Grant. Jin has held several medical leadership positions within The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, including as a previous member of the inaugural College Council, and previous Co-Chair of the NZ Trainees' Committee. She is a Board Member of The Parenting Place.
In this episode, we discuss the training involved for community child health and paediatrics, her work in this space, taking time off to pursue her phD, how her Christian faith and medicine have intersected for her, COVID and her church community, and navigating the boundaries and principles of Twitter.
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Dr. David Spriggs trained at St. Andrews and Manchester in the United Kingdom. He returned to his hometown of Newcastle for advanced training, and spent two years doing stroke research, of which one year was a fellowship in Sydney. On returning to the NHS, he realised his error and has since become an NHS refugee in Auckland, practicing as a general physician and geriatrician. His interests include post-graduate education, error in medicine, healthy ageing and Stroke. He describes himself as an optimistic sceptic and does not believe in the “Evidence Based” paradigm. He loves his family, his dogs, his garden, his fishing and a good, non-fiction, book.
In this episode, we discuss his passion for medical education, the importance of good followership, the significance and prevalence of medical error and his own experiences of it, career sustainability and burnout, medical transitions from school to housemanship and residency to consultancy, and the fallacies of evidence-based paradigms.
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Dr. Nadya York is a consultant surgeon in Auckland. She immigrated from Russia aged fifteen, and completed her medical school and surgical training in New Zealand. After a two year urology fellowship in Indiana, United States of America she returned to Auckland City Hospital as a consultant urologist in 2017. Her subspecialty interest is kidney stones and laser prostate surgery. She is a wife and a mother of three young children. In her spare time she runs after her kids and/or engages in various skirmishes with the patriarchy.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into urology, her love for kidney stones, her passion in breastfeeding advocacy, navigating a male-dominated field, sexism and sexual harassment, and fighting a good fight against the patriarchy.
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Dr. Inia Raumati is an emergency medicine specialist at Auckland City Hospital. Inia also volunteered at Westpac Rescue as a Helicopter Emergency Medical Services doctor, about 4 shifts a month. He was also an Army Reservists Doctor for the NZDF, and took multiple years leave from ED to work full time for the army. Inia first graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 1997, he then worked for a couple of years and started Medical School in Auckland in 2000. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine. Since starting in medicine he has worked in Auckland, Whangarei, Taranaki, Sydney and Port Macquarie.
In this episode, we discuss his journey from physiotherapy to medicine, his medical whakapapa, moving from anaesthetics to ED, his extensive experience in ultramarathons, racism against Māori in medicine, and desert ultras, and his work in army medicine.
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Dr. Khairil Musa is a Senior Intensive Care Registrar from Royal North Shore Hospital and an ICU Field Doctor with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Khairil was deployed to Yemen and Iraq in 2020 as part of MSF’s COVID19 response and also worked in MSF’s Trauma Hospital in Aden. In his downtime Khairil is passionate about the performing arts and is a classically trained dancer and the Creative Lead for the SMACC/CODA Conference opening ceremonies.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into intensive care as a specialty, the application process and deployment for MSF, his work in Yemen and Iraq with MSF, the post-traumatic stress and burnout he suffered, his recovery, and his love for classical ballet.
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Dr. Renee Liang is a mid career paediatrician currently working in Northland. Over the course of her career she has mostly worked as a locum and on short contracts, which gives her flexibility to pursue her other careers in the arts and in research. She is known for her work in communities with migrant women and for telling the stories of her Chinese NZ community on stage and page.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into paediatrics, the bullying that was her catalyst for leaving full-time work, her creative journey and immense success across being a playwright, director, writer, and all creative professions, the relationship between art and medicine, and her work in The Bone Feeder and The Doctor Monologues.
You can find more information about the Doctor Monologues here: http://www.proudlyasiantheatre.com/new-blog/2019/7/7/pat-chats-renee-liang-on-bullying-in-the-medical-profession-and-her-new-work-the-doctor-monologues
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Dr. Yvonne LeFort is a Canadian-trained Family Physician. Dr. LeFort has a special interest in Breastfeeding Medicine. Her passion for helping mothers and their infants, dates back to when she had her second son and was faced with feeding difficulties, which her medical colleagues were sympathetic of but knew little or nothing about. She decided after this experience to learn more about this neglected are of general practice training and to be there to help other dads who needed such knowledge and skill.
She is a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine – with over 1000 multi-disciplinary doctors from around the globe with a common interest in helping women achieve their breastfeeding goals. She is also an elected board member and an active member of this organisation. She has presented both nationally and internationally on issues related to Breastfeeding and established a RNZCGP Breastfeeding Medicine Peer Review Group with 12 current members from around the country. She runs a private Breastfeeding Clinic in Milford on Auckland’s North Shore.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into breastfeeding medicine, the differences between lactation consultancy and breastfeeding medicine, her own experiences with post-natal depression and breastfeeding, balancing her work with general practice and starting her own clinic.
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Dr. Guy Melrose is an urgent care doctor originally from UK. He trained in Liverpool, graduating in 2003 and has subsequently migrated to New Zealand, working throughout Hawkes Bay, Hamilton, and Tauranga. He currently is the Director of Professional Development for the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care and has hosted and produced their college podcast for the last 3 years.
In this episode, we discuss the highlights and challenges of urgent care, the training involved to specialise as an urgent care doctor, the limitations working internationally, and its potential for flexible training.
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Dr. Danielle Jones, known online as Mama Doctor Jones, is a board-certified obstetrician & gynaecologist and online educator who has amassed a following of over 2 million across platforms. She is an expert in periods, pregnancy, and gynecologic health and is passionate about science education, autonomy, and patient-centered care. She’s been featured in the New York Times, on the cover of People Health, and is frequently featured as an expert by various news and media outlets.
In this episode, we discuss her platform and her rise to fame, the challenges and highlights of her celebrity, balancing two full-time jobs, differences in American and New Zealand practice, navigating neurodivergence in the workplace and all things obstetrics & gynaecology.
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Dr. Sarah Rennie has a portfolio career as a general surgeon and surgical endoscopist, locuming around Aotearoa and is one half of the Aotearoa New Zealand Surgical advisors for RACS along with Professor Spencer Beasley. She was the first SET trainee to be a grandma, and was a registrar for 18 years, in and out of training in New Zealand and the UK. On top of all this, she works at the University of Otago as the Clinical Skills Director, and has 5 children and 2 grandchildren.
In this episode, we discuss her tortuous journey into general surgery, training for 18 years, creating a portfolio career, the shift from registrar to consultancy, being LGBTQ in medicine, the cultural shifts in the rainbow community, and parenting, pregnancy & fertility in same-sex relationships.
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Dr. Vanessa Beavis, ANZCA president, is a leading anaesthetist who presides over an international specialty medical college, a tough gig during a world-wide health pandemic. She was previously the Director of Perioperative Services at Auckland City Hospital and her clinical interests include perioperative medicine and liver transplant anaesthesia. Her colleagues and staff would say she is the ideal person to be tasked with leading the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists through a pandemic due to her calm and respectful leadership and drive to support trainees, fellows and staff through some extraordinary moments.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine, working in South Africa during apartheid, the highlights and lowlights of anaesthetics, subspecialising in liver transplant anaesthetics and what makes an outstanding anaesthetics applicant.
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Dr. Glenn Colquhoun is a poet and doctor. He was born in 1964 and grew up in South Auckland. He went to school at the South Auckland Seventh-day-adventist primary school and later the Auckland Adventist High School in Mangere. He went on to study theology for two years at Avondale College, the church’s tertiary institution in Australia and completed a BA in English and Education at Auckland University in 1987. He later attended Auckland Medical School, graduating in 1996. He is an award-winning author with his third collection of poetry, Playing God, winning the Reader's Choice prize at the Montana Books Awards - the only time a collection of poetry has won this award in New Zealand. In 2006 it was awarded a Booksellers NZ Platinum Award for poetry. To date it has recorded sales of over 10,000 copies. He has also written three children's picture books and has published essays on medicine and race relations in New Zealand. In 2004, he received the country’s largest literary award, the Prize in Modern Letters, worth $60,000. Glenn is also a Fulbright Scholar, pursuing his studies of medical humanities at Harvard University in 2011, after which he helped to establish the Horowhenua Youth Health Service, where he continues to work in adolescent medicine. Currently he lives at Waikawa Beach with his daughter, Olive. He continues to work with young people at the Horowhenua Youth Health Service and remains a popular visitor of high schools and primary schools in New Zealand. He performs his poetry regularly throughout the country.
In this episode, we discuss his journey from Seventh Day adventism into medicine, his mahi in Horowhenua Youth Health, how his practice has evolved, the art of consultation, revolutionising general practice, his journey in poetry and what the future holds for him.
You can find him on: http://www.glenncolquhoun.net/ and https://www.facebook.com/glenncolquhounnz/
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Dr. Alana Harper is an emergency medicine specialist at Auckland City Hospital adult emergency department and a Pre-Hospital Retrieval Medicine Doctor with the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust (ARHT) for the past 10 years. She is also the ARHT clinical lead for patient safety and quality. Her Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) clinical work involves mostly helicopter and road primary missions and some inter-hospital retrieval.
Her clinical interests include pre-hospital and retrieval medicine (being my sub-specialty interest), clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement (including research and audit), trauma care, simulation (and education delivery using simulation). She has recently been focusing my ongoing professional development on clinical leadership.
Dr. Harper is responsible for setting up the Women in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Network NZ, which is forging strong networking and mentorship links for women in emergency medical services (both aeromedical and ground) in the North Island of New Zealand. She feels strongly about being a visible role-model and positive champion for young women wishing to pursue STEM careers, and for women clinicians (both medical and paramedical) wishing to pursue aeromedical careers and clinical leadership positions.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into emergency and pre-hospital retrieval medicine, the balance between the two, the stories that have stuck with her, the support and resilience of those working fields swimming in trauma and adrenaline, gender data gaps and Invisible Women, and her love for reading.
Twitter: @mini_dr & @InPHRM
Women PHRM Network: https://www.womenphrmnetworknz.org
Selection of PHRM clinicians: https://codachange.org/on-the-selection-of-prehospital-clinicians/
More information on DipPHRM: https://acem.org.au/Content-Sources/Certificate-and-Diploma-Programs/Pre-Hospital-and-Retrieval-Medicine
ODT article mentioned: https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/how-decade-doctors-helicopters-has-saved-thousands-lives
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Dr Bryan Mitchelson is a paediatric cardiologist at Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland. He works in the growing area of paediatric heart failure and transplantation and is involved in projects aimed at improving outcomes in young people after heart transplantation. Bryan is a self-proclaimed mozzie (Māori/Aussie) having been born and raised in Australia, but is trying to re-engage with his Māori roots now that he is living in New Zealand.
In this episode, we discuss his journey from rural Australia into medicine, work-life balance, rediscovering his Māori whakapapa and tūrangawaewae, taking time away from medicine to care for his terminally-ill father, and all things paediatric cardiology.
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Jane Probert is an experienced emergency nurse, now working in high-performance sport in New Zealand, combining her nursing skills, interest in international travel and passion for sport. She was proud to be selected to be a member of the health team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in July 2021, where she was part of the team helping New Zealand athletes achieve their goals. With the support of HPSNZ, Jane is studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Travel Medicine (Otago University). In addition to the direct nursing care of athletes, Jane is also heavily involved in the process of cardiac and general health screening, athlete mental health and the logistical requirements of supporting elite athlete health care.
In this episode, we discuss how she prepared athletes for the Tokyo Olympics, the COVID parameters and safety-nets in Tokyo, the day-to-day functioning of the Olympic Village, supporting athletes with their health, parallels with the winter Olympics and Paralympics, and the work involved in High Performance Sport New Zealand.
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Dr. Angela Lim is a paediatric-trainee turned mental health technology entrepreneur, founding the company Clearhead. For the impact she has made with Clearhead, she is a finalist of the 2021 Women of Influence Awards for the Innovation, science and health category. Angela has always been passionate about improving patient outcomes and believe that technology has a huge potential in doing that. She also completed research at Harvard University's School of Public Health and attended the Harvard Business School's executive leadership program for value-based healthcare.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine and leaving medicine for health tech, the origins of Clearhead, highlights and challenges of the Clearhead journey, leadership, work-life balance and what the future has in store.
You can find Clearhead in the link below:
https://www.clearhead.org.nz/
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Dr. Michelle Wise was born and raised in Canada and moved to New Zealand on completion of her O&G training. She took up her first SMO job in Whangārei Hospital, returned to Canada for a period and is now working at Auckland City Hospital. She is a clinical academic working half time in general O&G and half time at the medical school teaching and doing research. Her research interests are in reducing unnecessary intervention in childbirth, developing clinical practice guidelines to support evidence-based practice, and getting early medical abortion funded in the community. She is a huge fan of yoga and mindfulness, and learning how to use traditional and social media to advocate for women’s health issues.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into obstetrics & gynaecology, her passion for increasing accessibility to abortion care, COVID vaccinations in wāhine hapū, navigating media, yoga and mindfulness and work-life balance in a two-doctor household.
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Dr. William Baber is an otolaryngologist/ENT surgeon in Auckland. There was no training for ENT surgery at the time he developed his interest, so pursued his training at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in London. He returned to Auckland in 1974 as a Tutor Specialist, doing every type of ENT surgery before travelling for fellowship in otology in USA. He is also the president of the ENT and ORL Society, which is firmly established as an instigator of world recognised academic and teaching achievements.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into ENT, the evolution of ENT over the decades, his experience with the first cochlear implant in New Zealand, sign language and the deaf community, and his retirement plans.
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Associate Professor Rhea Liang is a general and breast surgeon on the Gold Coast. She is a surgical educationalist and Surgical Discipline Lead at Bond University and the immediate past Chair of the Operating With Respect Committee, RACS. She also researches, advocates and consults widely in diversity and equity issues. On multiple occasions (including recently!) she has been told she is unsuited for surgery for a whole range of reasons including being small, being a woman, being too feminine, being not feminine enough, having kids, being an academic, disliking early starts, getting hungry easily, being too outspoken about bullying in surgery, and being not outspoken enough about bullying in surgery.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into general/breast surgery, with a focus on her work in Operating with Respect (OWR) with RACS, key techniques for combating bullying and racist/sexist microaggressions at work, and persisting in the surgical career as wāhine.
You can find her on Twitter: @LiangRhea
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Dr. Janet Rowan is a general physician working in obstetric medicine since 1994. She has further subspecialised into maternity diabetes for the last 19 years and concurrently does clinical research. Janet has 4 adult children and 4 grandchildren and is passionate about flexible pathways for doctors, and good mentorship.
In this episode, we discuss her extensive part-time training, her marriage and divorce, finding new love and navigating merging families, bullying in the workplace as a senior, and obstetric medicine.
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Dr. Dev Raga is a Melbourne-based podcaster and GP who discusses common financial topics. His podcast titled ‘Dev Raga Personal Finance’ discusses topics ranging from saving, investing, debt reduction, and personal insurance.
The final episode to wrap up 2021 has been carefully chosen. Over the short course of my career in medicine so far, I have pondered the ongoing inequities we see within our medical colleagues. I noticed the disparity in socioeconomic standing and financial status between our Pākehā, versus our Māori and Pasifika colleagues. I noticed that even with all my privilege, as someone from an immigrant background whose parents could never finish their highschool education, it was miles harder to have a monetary safety net. I noticed that financial literacy was passed on in the tongues of dinner-table conversations and trust funds, setting friends and colleagues up for success before they even knew what 'savings' meant. I noticed that some doctors knew the meaning of 'investments' and 'property ladder' before they understood what welfare was.
So this week, I am releasing an episode with Dr. Dev Raga talking about as many things finance as we could within an hour. I wanted to use this platform for financially-savvy colleagues to be able to impart some wisdom so that we can try to reduce that gap we see. Realistically, that gap will always be there. Some of us will continue to lead privileged, financially safety-netted lives, while some of us will have to use our single-income to feed our extended whānau and pay off crippling debt. This breaks my heart, and I want to do everything to tautoko our whānau. I hope that perhaps while some of our pockets may be burning from Christmas presents (and while others may have not had the luxury of presents at all), this may help us start 2022 differently.
In this episode, we discuss strategies for saving, maximising your superannuation & Kiwisaver, basic investment strategies, and his financial resources.
You can find his social media and podcast here:
https://anchor.fm/dev-raga---personal-finan
https://www.facebook.com/DevRagaPersonalFinance/
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Dr. Jenny Visser graduated from medical school (University of Otago, New Zealand) in 1986. She is vocationally trained in General Practice and is a Fellow of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. Following a special interest in travel medicine she is now Lead for Travel Medicine Postgraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington. There, she convenes and teaches the university’s qualifications in travel medicine enjoying the stimulation that teaching brings. Her research interests include the travel health needs of long term expatriates and expedition medicine. She also worked part time in clinical travel medicine at The Travel Doctor in Wellington for many years, where her clinical role included being medical advisor to New Zealand Red Cross for overseas deployments.
Jenny has worked in many roles and places, including being a full time general practitioner in Wellington for 12 years, medical advisor to New Zealand Land Search and Rescue, medical officer on the research vessel RV Tangaroa (spending eight summers in Antarctica), a season as a volunteer doctor at a high altitude rescue post in Nepal, two months on set in a remote village in Bougainville as film crew doctor and expedition doctor on treks to Kilimanjaro, China and Fiji. When she is not working she is travelling (often by bike or trekking) either in New Zealand or overseas.
In this episode, we discuss her various expeditions to Antarctica, Nepal and Bougainville, her love for travel, her work in travel medicine and what the future holds for wanderlusters.
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Sarah Dalton is executive director of Toi Mata Hauora, also known as, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) – the union for senior doctors and dentists. Her work story is of a secondary school teacher (history/English/assistant principal) who stumbled into union work and decided to stick around.
In this episode, we discuss her move from being a teacher and being a union advocate for teachers, to advocacy for medical consultants. We discuss the breadth of challenges for senior medical officers (SMOs) in the current landscape and workplace, encompassing burnout in SMOs, the gender pay gap, speaking out against racism and sexism and their current negotiations for their collective contract (MECA). Sarah is also the founder of a 5000+ member-strong Facebook group, New Zealand Women in Medicine (NZWIM), and tells us the story of the birth of this mighty group!
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Dr Michelle Chen is a current GP and rural & remote medicine trainee working on the Gold Coast, Australia. She was an aspiring paediatric surgeon, working all over Australia and New Zealand. Personal tragedy struck in 2019 when she became a carer to her GP husband who was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. She is an advocate for young-onset bowel cancer, raising awareness through Bowel Cancer Australia and her daily practice. She is embarking on Rural Medicine ACRRM Fellowship with advanced skills in surgery, hoping to provide endoscopy and colonoscopy services to rural and remote areas. Her husband, Dr. Sean Mitchell, a passionate general practitioner and aged only 36, sadly passed away in April 2021.
In this episode, we discuss her journey in medicine shifting gears from paediatric surgery to general practice and rural medicine, being a full-time carer for her husband, the grief and early loss of her husband Dr. Sean Mitchell to metastatic bowel cancer, work-life balance, and her reflections on her journey so far.
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Dr. Alby Hailes is a psychiatry registrar, baker and creative. Currently working in Whangārei, he has an interest in mental health with a particular focus on the effects of diet and exercise on the psyche. Alby is the creator of trEAT right, an holistic food and wellbeing website, where his food philosophy shies away from fad diets and food restriction, instead promoting moderation and a sense of connection to the food we consume. He is currently working on a recipe book that reflects this trEAT right. ethos, and is also a contestant on the current season on The Great Kiwi Bake Off.
Warning: This episode contains major spoilers on The Great Kiwi Bake Off.In this episode, we discuss his journey into medicine and psychiatry, finding his niche in medicine and gastronomy, the evolution of Scarfie Kitchen to trEAT right., his experience in The Great Kiwi Bake Off, and what is in store for him and trEAT right in the near future.
trEAT right. can be found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/treatrightnz/ and its own website: https://treatrightnz.com/
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Dr. Art Nahill is originally from the Boston area and attended Yale University and after three years as a high-school science teacher obtained his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Harvard-affiliated Mount Auburn Hospital and spent the next twelve years practicing and teaching in general medicine in the Boston area before moving to New Zealand with his Kiwi wife and two children in 2005.
Since changing hemispheres, Art is now working in the General Medicine Department of Middlemore Hospital, is a clinical educator, and writer with an opinion on most things, especially learning and teaching about how we think and all the ways we might innovate and improve our struggling health system. He is also a widely-published, award-winning poet.
He is back for another episode to discuss his next endeavour with Dr. Nic Szecket and Dr. Anne O'Callaghan - Clinical Mentoring: a group providing support, advice and improvement strategies to medical students, trainee doctors and clinicians. Their work includes professional supervision, clinical coaching, peer review and workshops.
In this episode, we discuss Clinical Mentoring, moral injury, clinical reasoning, professional supervision, and of course, the many frustrations with have with the health system.
Clinical Mentoring can found here: https://clinicalmentoring.net/
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Dr Ariel Chuang (they/she) is a non-training Orthopaedic registrar who recently started Pride in Health which is geared towards educating health professionals in all areas of LGBTQI health. They are passionate about initiating conversations, accelerating change and facilitating an inclusive healthcare model for disadvantaged groups like our LGBTQIA+ patients. They recently welcome a son with their wife and this journey has sparked an interest in them to work at ensuring an inclusive parental journey and work at changing the heteronormative language around childbirth.
They are also currently on a sabbatical from the world of medicine, taking the time out to rediscover other passions such as business, social enterprise, and how to continue creating and crafting sustainable influence and change in the world.
In this episode, we discuss Ariel's multiple enterprises - including opening physiotherapy clinics, bubble tea shops and founding a charity that led their to win the Commonwealth prize - their journey into medicine and orthopaedics, the racism and sexism they experienced both within medicine and the wider landscape of Aotearoa, and ultimately, their burnout and their journey of recovery now during their sabbatical.
Pride in Health on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrideInHealth/ and on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrideinHealth1?s=20
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Dr. Chris Jackson is a Medical Oncologist with special interest in gastrointestinal cancers, melanoma and urological cancers. Chris holds a national role in the research and management of colorectal cancer. Chris graduated from the University of Otago and trained in New Zealand before working at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London – the world’s first specialist cancer hospital. He is currently the clinical leader for oncology research at Dunedin Hospital, and in 2015, was appointed as Medical Director of the Cancer Society of New Zealand.
In this episode, we discuss his passion for fighting injustices and patient advocacy, academia and research, vulnerability in the workplace, the power of story-telling, and how all of these aspects are weaved into his work in oncology.
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Dr. Marissa Kelaher is a GP in Nelson who has a special interest in the role of nutrition and lifestyle in health, and in using this to change the way we practice medicine. She conducts lifestyle medicine clinics alongside her GP work, and also runs a social media account @thesimplicitydoctor, as well as writing lifestyle medicine articles for local magazines. She has two young boys, loves travel, outdoor adventures, music and yoga, and would love to see lifestyle medicine become an integral part of mainstream care.
In this episode, we discuss her transition from a classical musician to medicine, the perspective traveling gives, lifestyle medicine and her upcoming program next year.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesimplicitydoctor
Instagram @thesimplicitydoctor
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Dr. Hong Sheng Chiong is a senior ophthalmology registrar, who trained in Ireland and Penang (Malaysia). In 2014, he founded oDocs Eye Care and released the world's first open-source smartphone retinal imaging adapter. oDocs Eye Care is an award-winning social enterprise and independent eye care research lab based in New Zealand, with a mission to end preventable blindness by increasing access and affordability of eye care.
In this episode, we discuss his training in Ireland and Malaysia and the contrast with New Zealand, his journey into ophthalmology, and the award-running social enterprise oDocs and its future.
You can find more information about oDocs here: https://odocs-tech.com/
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Dr. Emma Lawrey trained at the University of Auckland having grown up the child of NZ ex-pats living in Canada. She is now an emergency physician at Auckland hospital but has had varying subspecialty interests and accumulated postgraduate qualifications along the way. She was the first education fellow at Middlemore hospital, has done extended study in clinical toxicology and now works in disaster and humanitarian medicine.
She is the Clinical Director of the NZ Government field hospital – the New Zealand Medical Assistance Team (NZMAT) - and is currently a disaster response specialist for RespondGlobal in Australia and is on the clinical advisory board for TEND. She has previously worked for the emergency medicine secretariat of WHO in Geneva and the Pacific Office in Fiji.
Emma is a single parent, sharing care of three beautiful children and enjoys rock climbing and trail climbing.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine, her work in disaster relief and humanitarian aid, NZMAT and their need in recruitment, her experience in working for the World Health Organisation, gender disparity in medicine, and work-life balance in emergency medicine.
NZMAT information can be found here: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/emergency-management/new-zealand-medical-assistance-team
If you would like to volunteer for NZMAT, please get in touch and I will put you in contact with Dr. Lawrey.
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Dr. Bex Canner (they/them) is a queer non-binary transgender GP who works in a Youth One Stop Shop clinic in Whanganui-a-Tara. Originally from the US, Bex went to medical school in Canada and completed residency training in Family Medicine with a rural focus in the US. After working for many years as a rural GP, they came to Aotearoa to work as a GP and teach medical students in rural South Otago. In 2016, when their 15-year marriage ended, Bex found that being middle-aged, queer, and single in a rural town was not a viable long-term plan and subsequently moved to Wellington to work at Evolve Youth service where they have a special interest in providing gender-affirming care to rangatahi under the age of 25. Bex is also a founding member of the recently established Pride in Health trust, which seeks to improve access to education and resources to doctors providing care to patients in the Rainbow Community.
In this episode, we discuss their journey from music into family medicine, navigating their sexuality and identity, gender affirmation surgery and testosterone, their mental health and their work at Evolve Youth supporting the Rainbow Community.
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Associate Professor Collin Tukuitonga is the inaugural Associate Dean (Pacific) and Associate Professor of Public Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences in the University of Auckland, and he is a public health medicine specialist. Currently, he is on the Ministry of Health’s Technical Advisory Group for COVID-19 and is assisting the Auckland Regional Public Health Service to manage the current outbreak. He is also the New Zealand Heart Foundation Chief Advisor Pacific, government appointee to the NZ Health Quality & Safety Commission board and President-Elect of the NZ College of Public Health Medicine Council. He has previously led the NZ Ministry of Pacific Affairs and worked with the World Health Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a Niuean New Zealander and strong advocate for improving health and wellbeing of Pacific people in the region.
In this episode, we discuss the role politics plays in health, Māori and Pacific health inequities, advising COVID-19 as a public health physician, his work with the WHO and his many different roles in public health today.
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Dr. Hannah Noel is a general paediatrician at Waitematā DHB, mother to 7 year old Elise and a director and part-owner of Crave café in Morningside. She grew up in Dunedin, was trained at Otago University, and has been Auckland-based since 2007. In November 2008, her life took an unexpected turn when her husband Jared (also a doctor) was diagnosed with metastatic bowel cancer; he died in October 2014. Hannah’s experience with grief and loss has led to an interest the multitude of ways humans cope with the unexpected things in life, and how we support colleagues, trainees and students at these times. She is inspired by great poets, great pastry chefs and the self-assurance and resilience of her daughter.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine, navigating the diagnosis of metastatic bowel cancer with her late husband Dr. Jared Noel, being under the spotlight, finding solace in colleagues, navigating grief and solo parenting, and of course, her journey into paediatrics.
You can find the Boredom Blog here: https://jarednoel.wordpress.com/
Their GiveaLittle legacy can be found here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/jarednoel
Dr. Jared Noel's book 'Message to my Girl' can be purchased from Allen and Unwins page and Book Depository
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Dr. Clare Mallinson is a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in scoliosis correction surgery. She is also Director of Medical Education and deputy medical director at Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust in London - an organisation with over 100 junior doctors in all specialities which creates a rich learning environment. She has been chair of the National Association of Clinical Tutors and now on the Royal College of Anaesthetists Council.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into medicine and anaesthetics, her method and advice for picking a specialty, the evolution of the job of anaesthetics during COVID surges in NHS hospitals, the recovery process post-COVID, how systems can prevent burnout during the pandemic and how London is experiencing normality in this new post-COVID era.
A word of warning, the audio for this is a little scratchy - I have tried my hardest to edit this out but alas could not get it to the quality of other recordings.
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Dr. Kate Mitchell is a newly trained part time GP who works in a stunning beach side town North of Wellington. She balances being a professional patient and a doctor – living life with an undiagnosed multi-system autoimmune disease. Her whānau and her people make life possible.
In this episode, we discuss navigating medicine with a chronic illness, a marked deterioration of her health requiring multiple hospitalisations, being a professional patient, mentorship, and general practice.
Dr. Kate Mitchell is very happy to be contacted by any RMOs who may be struggling with medical conditions and would like to reach out. Get in touch with Maple @ Doctor NOS to put you in touch Kate.
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David Farrier is a journalist and documentary maker, who has fashioned a career out of stranger stories and unpacking conspiracies. He co-directed and featured in the internationally distributed documentary on competitive endurance tickling called Tickled in 2016, and the Netflix documentary series, Dark Tourist in 2018. He also does a monthly podcast called ‘Armchaired and Dangerous’ with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on the Armchair Expert, on discussing different conspiracies, and writes a newsletter Webworm.
In this episode, we discuss his journey into first year health sciences, giving up medical school and subsequently going into journalism and the current & future challenges for journalism. We also unpack medical misinformation, especially in the era of COVID and vaccinations, and the dangers of social media.
David's newsletter Webworm: https://www.webworm.co/
Linktree to find him on all his social media platforms and all his projects: https://linktr.ee/davidfarrier
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Dr. Art Nahill is originally from the Boston area and attended Yale University and after three years as a high-school science teacher obtained his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Harvard-affiliated Mount Auburn Hospital and spent the next twelve years practicing and teaching in general medicine in the Boston area before moving to New Zealand with his Kiwi wife and two children in 2005.
Since changing hemispheres, Art is now working in the General Medicine Department of Middlemore Hospital, is a clinical educator, and writer with an opinion on most things, especially learning and teaching about how we think and all the ways we might innovate and improve our struggling health system. He is also a widely-published, award-winning poet.
In this episode, we discuss Art's journey into medicine, working as a clinical director and moral injury, our shared struggles in medical school and failures of medical education, his new diagnostic app with Dr. Nic Szecket, and how poetry has intertwined and become the backbone of his medical journey. As a bonus, Art does a reading at the end of the episode of his poem 'Cognitive Assessment'.
You can find Art and purchase his poetry from his website: https://twohemispherespoetry.com/ as well as on Amazon. His latest book 'Waiatarua' donates all profits back to the Waiatarua Reserve!
His podcast with Dr. Nic Szecket can be found here: https://imreasoning.com/
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Dr. Elspeth Frascatore is an Emergency Physician, Director of Emergency Medicine Training at Auckland City, Deputy Censor for Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Auckland Branch President for Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (also known as ASMS, the union for our SMOs), mother of a toddler, and artist and photographer. She is the doctor behind the New Zealand open letter and movement 'Doctors Stand Up for Vaccination', which has received over 5000 signatories.
In this episode, we discuss her pathway to emergency medicine and advice for aspiring emergency trainees, navigating medicine with mental health conditions, and how art and photography had weaved into her life.
Her website for art and photography can be found at: www.elspethfrascatore.comYou can find more information on DRSUV here: https://www.doctors-stand-up-for-vaccination.com/home/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NZDRSUV
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Dr. Eileen Merriman is clinical director of haematology and lead thrombosis clinician at North Shore Hospital in NZ. She is the past president of the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and NZ, and on various international committees for thrombosis. In her spare time, she has a second career as a published author of both adult and young adult fiction. Her adult book, Moonlight Sonata, was long-listed for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for fiction (part of the Ockham New Zealand book awards) and three of her young adult books were finalised in the NZ Children and Young Adult book awards.
This episode has trigger warnings as it discusses suicide.
In this episode, we discuss her journey into haematology and her different leadership positions in medicine, her career as an award-winning author, and her latest book released, 'Double Helix'. We also unpack one of her medical novels, 'Silence of Snow', where an anaesthetic fellow overdoses.
Eileen’s books can be found on https://www.penguin.co.nz/authors/eileen-merriman and her website https://eileenmerriman.co.nz/
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Dr. Judy Melinek is an American board-certified forensic pathologist and graduate of Harvard University. She trained at UCLA in medicine and pathology, graduating in 1996. Currently, Dr. Melinek is CEO of PathologyExpert Inc., & is currently based in Wellington, working as a clinical professor at the Otago School of Medicine. She also travels nationally and internationally to lecture on anatomic & forensic pathology and she has been consulted as a forensic expert in many high-profile legal cases.
T.J. Mitchell, husband of Dr. Melinek, graduated with an English degree from Harvard and worked in the film industry before becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad and screenplay consultant in 2000. T.J. and Judy co-authored the New York Times bestseller Working Stiff and now have two other novels out, called First Cut and Aftershock.
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In this episode, we discuss Judy's journey into forensic pathology including her move from surgery into pathology, her work as one of thirty medical examiners during the 9/11 attacks, her personal experience with suicide and how it shaped her journey, their move from America, and the writing of best-selling memoir, 'Working Stiff', as well as their latest books 'First Cut', and 'Aftershock'.
As mentioned in the episode:
Their website and books can be found and purchased here: https://drworkingstiff.com/
They write for a column on Medpage Today found here: https://www.medpagetoday.com/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/drjudymelinek & https://twitter.com/TJMitchellWS
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Dr. Deborah Powell and I discuss her journey from a budding geriatrician into union advocacy, leaving clinical medicine, the importance of union membership, the effectiveness of NZRDA and its milestones, the most common fallacies and challenges for resident medical officers (RMOs), and some of the biggest challenges and opportunities coming up for resident medical officers (RMOs) in the next decade.
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Dr. Jamie-Lee Rahiri and I discuss general surgical training, navigating racism in medicine, Māori inequities, being a medical māmā, her post-doctoral fellowship, her incredible mahi in Te Piringa Kotuku, and much more!
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In this episode, Dr. Nicolas Szecket and I discuss training in general medicine, the highs and lows, the struggles with knowledge capacity, experience in being a clinical director, the future of medicine and the role of artificial intelligence, and much more.
Dr. Nicolas Szecket is on the organising committee for the ANZ Improving Diagnosis Committee, which is discussed in this podcast. This event will be held virtually on 18th to 19th November 2021, and details can be found here. He has also previously run a podcast, titled 'IM Reasoning' with Dr. Art Nahill, which can be found here.
This podcast was made possible by the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association Education Trust.
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This episode is a short introduction on the podcast host, Dr. Maple Goh, and the motivations behind launching this podcast series.
This podcast was made possible by the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association Education Trust.
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