Our highly qualified and experienced presenters have a background in health and are well-respected nurses, doctors or other health professional. The presenters are experts in their field and cover a wide range of topics such as acute and chronic medicine, mental health, women’s health and emergency care. Because different groups require specific needs, each presenter tailors their presentation and discussion to suit the audience.
There is no limit to our range of topics and presenters, so if you have a topic or presenter you would like please let our team know and we will endeavour to arrange it. Please email us at info@myhealthhub.co.nz.
Our topics and presenters

Professor Victor Kong
Professor Victor Kong is a specialist general surgeon and subspecialist trauma surgeon based in Auckland, with extensive clinical and academic experience across New Zealand ...

Dr Alex Bartle
Dr Alex Bartle worked as a General Practitioner in Christchurch for 30 years before establishing Sleep Well Clinics. He now provides assessment and treatment for a wide range ...

Sadie Ross
Sadie has over 20 years' experience in cardiology. She is a seasoned educator running a national Heart Failure Special Interest Group (HFSIFG) since 2022, presenting at the ...

Dr Annette Beautrais
Dr Annette Beautrais has worked in suicide research, prevention and education in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally for 35 years. Currently she is suicide prevention ...

Ellen Ma
Ellen Ma is an experienced audiologist with over ten years in practice. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Auckland.

Tony Lawson
As a Nurse Practitioner, Tony is employed by Neurology Services, Te Whatu Ora Bay of Plenty based at Tauranga Public Hospital. He specialises in Parkinson’s disease and ...

Susan Gee
Susan is a Lead Researcher, Psychiatry of Older Age Academic Unit, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury. With over two decades of experience in ageing and ...

Sasha Drennan
Sasha Drennan began her nursing journey at the end of the last century. She has had multiple roles from theatre to district nursing. Since moving to New Zealand, she has ...

Dr Jane Taafaki
Of Tuvaluan and Welsh descent, Dr. Jane Taafaki is a dedicated public health researcher and educator with over two decades of experience advancing Pacific health equity. Her ...

Skin Cancer New Zealand
Skin Cancer NZ is a national charitable organisation uniting skin cancer professionals to reduce the incidence and impact of skin cancer, improve outcomes and save lives. ...

Dr Guy Melrose
Guy trained in medicine in Liverpool in England and moved to New Zealand in 2009 which is when he discovered the RNZCUC. He has worked in urgent care since, and in 2020 ...

Dr Brandi Shah
Brandi Shah, MD, MPH (she/her) has spent over 20 years working with and alongside medically marginalized communities, with a focus on optimizing health for young people and ...

Aotearoa Diabetes Collective
The team include Diabetes Nurse Specialists, Dietitians, Nurse Practitioners and Endocrinologist. We provide private clinics for children and adults with all forms of ...

Dr Helen Murray
Dr Helen Murray is a senior research fellow at the University of Auckland Centre for Brain Research where she leads the Brain Injury and Neurodegeneration research group. She is ...

Dr Jane George
Jane George works at the intersection of rural health equity and workforce sustainability in Aotearoa New Zealand. With roots in social work practice and a doctorate focused ...

Dr Lucy O’Hagan
Lucy is a GP, medical educator, writer and mentor. She was a rural GP for 20 years in Wānaka and has worked in a variety of other settings including a needles exchange ...

Dr Catherine Crofts
Catherine currently works at Auckland University of Technology where she teaches Pharmacology and conducts research in metabolic health disorders, especially those ...

Dr Cathy Stephenson
Cathy is a GP at a Rangatahi Ora clinic in Porirua, where she works alongside a multi-disciplinary team supporting young people from the community. She spent many years as a ...

Emma Burns
Emma has been a registered psychologist since 1996, and has worked in a variety of settings including mental health, education, suicide postvention and justice settings. She ...

Professor Alice Theadom
Professor Theadom has been specialising in mild traumatic brain injuries for over 15 years. She has been working with ACC ...

Grace Fusha
Grace is a Nurse Educator at Asthma NZ, dedicated to educating patients, whānau, and healthcare professionals on asthma. After graduating in 2017 and starting her career in ...

Jacqui Coates-Harris
Jacqui Coates-Harris is a Registered Psychiatric nurse with 40 + years working in mental health as a Registered nurse and Charge Nurse Manager for 23 years...

Katie Faaiuaso
Katie completed her nursing degree at Unitec and spent several years working in a private hospital before starting as the nurse manager and respiratory educator at Asthma NZ ...

Rob Keating
Rob is a Critical Care Flight Paramedic who has been involved in Medical Rescue for the past 30 years. Born in Durban, South Africa, his career started in the early 90’s when ...

Maarie Hutana
Maarie is a dedicated educator and nurse specialising in Māori health and equity-focused healthcare practices. With a background in cancer nursing and hauora Māori, she is ...

Kris Gagliardi
Kris is a Critical Care Paramedic, with extensive experience working in the emergency road and air ambulance settings, as well as in community paramedicine roles providing ...

Dean Cowles
Dean Cowles has a clinical background in education, theatre, PACU, and public health across both public and private sectors. He champions Hauora Māori through ...

Victoria Thompson
Victoria has a long background of working in Palliative Care both as an inpatient nurse and in the community throughout Aotearoa New Zealand and in Melbourne ...

Sue Jones
Sue has been a nurse for over 40 years, initially in mental health but subsequently in ED, Teletriage then as a Prescribing Nurse Practitioner in General Practice. After moving ...

Sue Ward
Originally from the UK, Sue has worked in NZ since 2006 in acute respiratory management in both hospital and the community, whilst also completing a post grad in palliative ...
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PATIENT PERSPECTIVES OF AI IN HEALTHCARE
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, clinicians and health services must prioritise patient perspectives on AI use in care and the secondary use of health information in AI development and testing.

PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES IN RURAL PRACTICE
Living and working in a rural community can bring unique rewards and complex professional challenges.
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