March 9,
2023
Laura joined The Doctors Birkenhead in 2021. She has worked in primary care since 2005, and in 2022 qualified as a Nurse Practitioner. She is passionate about all areas of primary care, but has a particular interest in paediatrics, women's health issues, and diabetes. She enjoys parenting her 4 children, fitness, and reading.
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June 7,
2016
Laura is a GP who grew up in the north of England and did all of her medical training in Scotland. After 5 years of working as a full time GP in Edinburgh she moved to Gisborne in September 2015 and joined the practice known as Desmond Road Health at that time. Laura has fully embraced the challenge of a changing model of service delivery from Desmond Road Health GP practice to The Doctors Te Whare Hapara, team approach based on Whanau Ora concepts.
Laura has built up a strong following of patients in the last year she has been with us. Laura strives to improve their health and wellbeing through good medical care, education and health promotion. Particular areas of clinical interest include minor surgery, women's health, sexual health, family planning and palliative care.
Interests outside of work include walking, cooking and music. She plays the flute, piccolo and saxophone and plays with both the Gisborne Concert Band and the Civic Orchestra. She has felt very welcomed into the local community and looks forward to staying here long term.
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February 18,
2022
Lacey Burnett is a United States trained and board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) with over 12 years of professional nursing experience. As an FNP, she is trained to treat the entire family, from infancy to older adulthood. Her care includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the majority of conditions that may present to primary care with the understanding that some individuals need a collaborative approach with other members of the health care team, including physician and specialty care.
She worked for several years as a Registered Nurse in multiple acute care settings, including Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, and Critical Care Flight Nursing. After experiences working in clinic in New Zealand, she discovered her passion for primary care and its role in disease prevention, early detection, and chronic illness management. She then completed a Masters of Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice studies at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon.
She enjoys getting to know her clients and strives to foster a holistic, collaborative, and therapeutic relationship which encourages active participation to improve health and functional status. She hopes her work as a nurse practitioner will help decrease health disparities and improve population health, especially for underserved, rural, vulnerable, and marginalized individuals, families, and populations. Lacey and her family recently relocated from the U.S. and are looking forward to settling in to work and life in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.
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February 9,
2016
Kuo Yau joins us from a Primary Care Senior Resident position in Singapore. Through a heavy patient workload and Singapore’s multiracial society, Dr Tan has developed sensitivity to working with patients from diverse backgrounds. He has a strong clinical knowledge developed through his work in primary, urgent and family care and has a graduate diploma in family medicine.
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July 13,
2022
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August 23,
2021
Nurse Practitioner Kirstie Cooke has worked with our team at Papamoa since September 2020. Kirstie is now enrolling and taking bookings to support with your medical needs specifically in long term conditions.
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September 1,
2021
Ko Motatau te maunga
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Ko Matawaia, ko Motatau ngā marae
Ko Ngāpuhi to Iwi
Ko Heni Paraha tōku mama
Ko Bryan Webber tōku papa
Ko Kiri Webber taku ingoa
Kiri has been a senior medical receptionist at Tui since 2017 and has over 24 years of experience. She was born and raised in Auckland and has since moved up North after having her son.
Over the past 19 years she has lived in Northland and has loved it enough to stay. She enjoys serving members of the community and providing them with the best care possible.
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2022
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May 20,
2022
Dr Kim graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 2002 with a Royal Air Force scholarship. She served with the British Military as a Medical Officer and completed her GP training in Scotland. She moved to New Zealand in 2009 and spent 12 years living and practising in the Hutt Valley. She loves cycling and is a former New Zealand representative cyclist and was the World 24 Hour MTB Champion in 2014. She is married with two boys aged 4 and 2.
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February 10,
2016
Experience / Special interest: General practice, family health, minor surgery, dermatology.
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February 24,
2020
Keshan joined The Doctors Birkenhead in 2016 and has passed her GP fellowship exams with just her final in-clinic assessment to do in 2020.
Keshan is accepting new patients.
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August 9,
2021
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June 15,
2023
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December 18,
2018
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November 30,
2015
Dr Kathirgamu Sinnathamby studied medicine in Colomba, Sri Lanka and was trained as an oncologist in Sri Lanka. He moved to New Zealand in 1996. After completing the New Zealand qualifying examination for foreign doctors, he started working as a GP at a rural practice. He then joined The Doctors New Lynn in 2003.
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March 1,
2021
Dr Kathirgamu Sinnathamby studied medicine in Colomba, Sri Lanka and was trained as an oncologist in Sri Lanka. He moved to New Zealand in 1996. After completing the New Zealand qualifying examination for foreign doctors, he started working as a GP at a rural practice. He then joined The Doctors New Lynn in 2003.
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November 19,
2021
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December 22,
2016
Dr Justin Tweedale grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, where he completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town before moving to the UK with his wife and children. He qualified as a GP in the UK and worked for seventeen years in general practice in Winchester. Justin returned to work as a GP partner in private practice in East London, South Africa, for three years, before coming to the Bay of Plenty. Justin's areas of special interest in medicine are diabetes, paediatrics, and functional medicine. He is thriving on the Kiwi lifestyle and living in beautiful Tauranga.
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February 9,
2016
Dr Justin Pratt grew up in Napier and attended Otago University School of Medicine graduating in 1992. He qualified as a GP in 1997 and joined The Doctors team in 2003. Post graduate studies took him to the UK and Australia before settling with his young family back in Napier. His area of specialist interest is skin cancer diagnosis and surgery and he has dedicated skin cancer sessions both at the practice and for the local DHB. He is an Accredited Skin Cancer Doctor with the Skin Cancer College of Australasia.
Outside of work he enjoys a rich family life with his wife, three kids(all adults now)and the cat and enjoys tennis, playing bass and on occasion surfing!
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September 8,
2017
Julie is a New Zealand trained local registered nurse (RN) with many years of primary care nursing in our community and a longstanding member of the practice team. She has developed a very broad range of primary care nursing skills. Julie enjoys learning and has continued her nursing studies and completed a Master of Nursing and more recently gained the authority to prescribe medicines for patients attending the nurse clinics.
The new RN designated prescriber role allows nurses who work in collaboration with GP’s and have successfully completed advanced education and certification to prescribe medicines from a specified list. The RN can assess, diagnose and treat common conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, skin infections, sexual health etc.
Julie is passionate about supporting people to gain confidence in management of their long-term conditions. She has completed advanced education in diabetes and associated health problems, and is able to provide specialised diabetes care to our growing population of people with diabetes. Being able to prescribe medicines has made a difference for patients attending the nurse clinic and frees up the GP’s time to see more complicated patients.
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August 24,
2020
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September 16,
2020
Dr Jonathan Coleman knows the North Shore community well and has an interest in all aspects of family medicine. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at The University of Auckland and has a Diploma of Obstetrics.
Jonathan is accepting new patients.
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May 31,
2022
John Mayhew is an experienced GP with over 30 years in general practice. Has post graduate qualifications in Sports Medicine, Obstetrics and Occupational Medicine and was a team doctor for the All Blacks for 15 years and NZ Warriors for 14 years. In 2016 he received ONZM for his services to Sports Medicine. He is currently CMO of AIA Insurance and medical director for NZ Rugby League and North Harbour Rugby. He is also the director of the NZ Rugby Foundation caring for disabled players. John is a former board member of Drugfree Sport NZ. He is married with 4 adult children - 3 sons are professional rugby players. He went to Rosmini College and Auckland University.
Dr Mayhew is currently only working 8 hours a week in our clinic.
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October 12,
2017
John first started as a General Practitioner in Albany in 1985 working in solo practice until 2001 at which time he joined Paul and Philip at the current address. For many years he functioned as an examiner for the Royal New Zealand College of GP's and currently is a teaching partner with the Department of General Practice at the University of Auckland. In his spare time (when he gets some!) he enjoys painting, fishing and playing guitar.
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December 9,
2020
Dr John Gallivan has recently moved to Christchurch from Melbourne with his wife and young son.
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July 19,
2022
Dr Cantillon trained in Dunedin then moved to Whanganui to raise his family. He has lived in the area now for over 30 years.
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August 24,
2020
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July 19,
2022
I grew up on a dairy farm outside the town of Bethlehem in the beautiful province of the Orange Free State, South Africa. My mountain is the Drakensberge. My river is the Orange River.
I graduated from medical school "Kovsies" University of the Orange Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1991 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1994.
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February 18,
2016
Jodie graduated from St Georges medical school London in 1997. After seven years working in the United Kingdom Jodie immigrated to New Zealand. She has been a General Practitioner in the Eastern Bay of Plenty ever since.
Jodie has an interest in family medicine, womans health and family planning.
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November 21,
2018
Dr Joanne Gao graduated from the University of Auckland in 2013. She has spent many years working around the hospitals in New Zealand in various specialities, including one year training in Internal Medicine. She is currently a member of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care. Her main interest is managing urgent medicine and accidents. Dr Gao can speak two languages, English and Cantonese.
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