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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. 

Social media links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LifestylemedGP/
Website: https://drlizwilliams.com/

MEDSAC: https://medsac.org.nz/

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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.

Mentioned in podcast:
Peter Raos: https://peterraos.com/ & https://peter-raos.business.site/
The Aunties: https://aunties.co.nz/about-the-aunties
‘Autism’ in Te Reo Māori: tangata whaitakiwātanga 

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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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