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Our presenters

Brandon Orr-Walker

Currently the Clinical Head of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Middlemore, he has run a small private practice since 1999 based at the Mercy site.

He has been a member of the Osteoporosis New Zealand Board since 2001. Brandon has a research background at the University of Auckland (Professor Ian Reid’s group) and since moving to Middlemore Hospital in 2001 has headed their Endocrinology and Diabetes service.

He provides clinical leadership at Counties Manukau DHB’s "Lets Beat Diabetes" program, and is involved in national quality and guideline programs in diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Brandon is an Auckland-trained Endocrinologist who has been working at Middlemore Hospital since 2001 when he was recruited to set up an Endocrinology Service there.

He has extensive experience with a wide range of endocine disorders, and for several years (since 2005) has been offering clinical use of thyroid ultrasound in his rooms after becoming AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) board accredited in 2004.

 

Brent Pownall

Brent is the Vice President, Commercial & Franchise for Pacific Edge Limited (NZX: PEB) - a New Zealand publicly listed, cancer diagnostic company specialising in the discovery and commercialisation of diagnostic and prognostic technologies for the better detection and management of cancer. Brent has significant experience in the development, commercialisation, and strategic marketing of biologics and biomedical products in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and the United States.

Pacific Edge’s Cxbladder suite of non-invasive, simple to use and accurate diagnostic tests provide actionable results in the detection and management of urothelial cancer (UC). The company is developing and commercialising its range of Cxbladder bladder cancer tests globally through its wholly owned central laboratories in New Zealand and the USA and its products have been tested and validated in international multi-centre clinical studies.

Bronwyn Thompson

Clinical Senior Lecturer

 Dept of Musculoskeletal

 Medicine

 University of Otago

Brydy Wilson

I am currently working as the Clinical Nurse Educator for Child Health Services

I have been a nurse for 12 years in that time my main experience has been Paediatrics, but I have worked in Emergency Departments both in NZ and Australia. I have worked in 2 different Hospitals in Australia – mainly in Paediatrics.

I have worked as a practice for 15 months prior to returning to the Hospital to work back in Paediatrics. My passion will always be working with children and particularly love working with the family, ensuring family centred care and providing health education to whanau to ensure better health outcomes. 

Byron Theron

Gastroenterologist, Clinical Lead for Bowel Cancer Screening Northland

Catherine Hammond

Cathy is a Clinical Nurse Specialist/Educator at the Nurse Maude Association in Christchurch. Her interest in wound management emerged from her District Nursing background in the UK. In 2000 Cathy set up a Leg Ulcer Clinic and works in a consultative capacity with the community team. Cathy assisted in developing the Post-grad Cert for Wound Management at Ara and continues her role as facilitator and tutor.

Catherine Jackson

Dr Catherine Jackson is a Public Health Medicine Specialist and Northland DHB's Medical Officer of Health.

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Christine Rogan

Christine Rogan is a Health Promotion Advisor for the Auckland-based Alcohol Healthwatch Trust, a public health agency funded primarily by the Ministry of Health to reduce alcohol-related harm.  

Her primary role is to coordinate the Fetal Alcohol Network NZ (FANNZ) which provides connections and information across multiple sectors including for families raising children born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. 

She also facilitates collaborative projects to build workforce responsiveness and capacity to prevent and address FASD.  

Christine Roke

ONZM awarded Jun 2019

Christine has been working for Family Planning since 1977. She combines clinical work with teaching and professional development and has fulfilled the role of National Medical Spokesperson for many years. Her particular clinical interest is Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC).

Family planning in New Zealand

Dr Christine Roke is one of New Zealand’s foremost experts in sexual and reproductive health. She’s been working with Family Planning since 1977 and in 2019, became an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her work.

While studying to become a doctor, she chose to do a project on the Lawson quintuplets. This sparked an interest in family planning for Dr Christine, which has turned into a forty-year career.

“I’ve found it very interesting. I think I have been particularly lucky in that I have had a broad range of things, not just being a clinician and working in a clinic. Quite early on I found I really enjoyed teaching (my father was a teacher),” says Dr Christine.

She’s also worked overseas and been involved in professional development for senior doctors.

“It certainly does take something to balance them all. I think, with the teaching and when you’ve got a professional development role, you have to be working in the clinic too. […] I think that it is the basis from which you do your training. I find that when I’m teaching I’ll say things like ‘Last week, I saw this person with this sort of problem,’ and so on.”

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