Our people

Head of Department

• Professor Tim Stokes Head of Department

General Practice - Academic staff

• Adeel Akmal Research Fellow
• Dr Carol Atmore Foxley Fellow
• Dr Anna Black Senior Professional Practice Fellow
• Dr Anne Eastwood Senior Professional Practice Fellow
• Dr Katherine Hall Senior Lecturer
• Dr Anna Holmes Professional Practice Fellow
• Professor Chrys Jaye Professor
• Dr Kristin Kenrick Senior Teaching Fellow
• Dr Ciara Lee Professional Practice Fellow
• Dr Sharon Leitch Senior Lecturer
• Dr Geoff Noller Assistant Research Fellow
• Dr Abigail Pigden Assistant Research Fellow
• Dr Peter Radue Senior Teaching Fellow
• Dr Jim Ross Senior Lecturer in General Practice and Rural Health
• Professor Tim Stokes Elaine Gurr Professor of General Practice
• Associate Professor Hamish Wilson Senior Lecturer

Section of Rural Health - Rural Postgraduate Programme

• Dr Garry H Nixon Professor and Associate Dean (Rural Health), Head of Section of Rural Health, GENA728 Cardiorespiratory Medicine in Rural Hospitals
• Dr Katharina Blattner Associate Professor, Pacific Liaison and Paper co-convener GENA725 Communication in Rural Hospital Medicine
• Dr Rory Miller Senior Lecturer and Director Rural Postgraduate Programme GENA724 The Context of Rural Healthcare Medicine; GENA728 Cardiorespiratory Medicine in Rural Settings
• Dr Susan Burslem Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convener GENA724 The Context of Rural Healthcare
• Dr Lynna Clay Assistant Research Fellow
• Dr Dave Dixon Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convener GENA723 Trauma and Emergencies in Rural Settings
• Dr Pete Kyriakoudis Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convenerGENA726 Obstetrics and Paediatrics in Rural Settings
• Dr Mark Smith Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convener GENA728 Cardiorespiratory Medicine in Rural Settings
• Dr Nina Stupples Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convener GENA726 Obstetrics and Paediatrics in Rural Settings
• Dr Lucinda Thatcher Senior Professional Practice Fellow; CME convenor
• Jonathon Wills Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convener GENA723 Trauma and Emergencies in Rural Settings
• Dr Steve Withington Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convener GENA729 Medical Specialties in Rural Settings
• Dr Yan Wong Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper co-convener GENA725 Reflections in Rural Clinical Practice
• Philippa Cross Senior Professional Practice Fellow and Paper Co-convener GENA729 Medical Specialties in Rural Settings
• Dr Jack Haywood Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Paper Co-convener GENA725 Reflections in Rural Clinical Practice
• Dr Dinesha Kumarawansa Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Paper Co-convener GENA724 The Context of Rural Healthcare
• Dr Katherine Orme Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Paper Co-convener  GENA728 Cardiorespiratory Medicine in Rural Settings
• Dr Jonathan Penno Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Paper Co-Convener GENA728 Cardiorespiratory Medicine in Rural Settings
• Dr Lisa Ten Eyck Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Paper Co-Convener GENA723 Trauma and Emergencies in Rural Settings
• Dr Gillian Twinem Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Paper Co-Convener GENA727 Surgical Specialties in Rural Hospitals
• Leigh-Ann Moir Rural Postgraduate Administrator – Dunstan Hospital
• Wendy Finnie Course Director PGCERTCPU and Paper co-convener GENA 717 Generalist Medical Echocardiography; GENA 718 Generalist Medical Ultrasound
• Dr Matthew Born Clinical SeniorLecturer and co-convener GENA 717 Generalist Medical Echocardiography; GENA 718 Generalist Medical Ultrasound
• Jo McCann Clinical Lecturer, Paper co-convener GENA 717 Generalist Medical Echocardiography; GENA 718 Generalist Medical Ultrasound
• Dr David Short  Senior Professional Practice Fellow, Paper Co-Convener GENA727 Surgical Specialties in Rural Hospitals

RMIP co-ordinator staff

• Dr Emma Boddington Director West Coast
• Dr Sean Hanna RMIP Development
• Dr Marta Kroo Co-ordinator Tararua
• Dr Janine Lander Director Ashburton
• Dr David Mason Co-ordinator Clutha
• Dr Mary McWatters Co-ordinator Blenheim
• Dr Helen Clayson Director Wairarapa
• Dr Penny Holdaway Assistant Co-ordinator Ashburton
• Dr Matthew Bell Assistant Co-ordinator West Coast
• Dr Clare French Assistant Co-ordinator Wairarapa
• Dr Alex Feberwee Co-ordinator Ashburton
• Dr Sue Weggery Co-ordinator Queenstown  
• Dr Emily O'Regan Co-ordinator Queenstown

Professional staff

• Elise Velenski Lead Administrator
• Moira Heron General Practice Postgraduate Administrator / HOD support
• Fiona McCartney ALM Programme Administrator
• Leigh-Ann Moir Rural Postgraduate Administrator

Postgraduate students

• Denzel Chung PhD candidate
• Fathimath Muna Hussain PhD candidate
• Maria Larcombe PhD candidate
• Paula Whitelock PhD candidate
• Rory Miller PhD candidate
• Katelyn Costello PhD candidate
• Sara Mason PhD candidate
• Talis Liepins PhD candidate