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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