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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

Orquidea Tamayo Mortera

Orquidea is a New Zealand Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. She is the current Director of Strategic Engagement for the New Zealand Society of Diversional ...

Dr John Thwaites

John is a Consultant Geriatrician. He has a special interest in perioperative medicine. He is Director of Medical Clinical Training at Health New Zealand ...

Bronwyn Thompson

Bronwyn Lennox Thompson initially trained as an occupational therapist, graduating in 1984. She later completed her MSc with first class honours in Psychology in 1999 at ...

Respiratory Nurse Specialists – Middlemore Hospital

Nurse Practitioner: Nicola Corna Clinical Nurse Specialists: Nirmala Sami | Shyama Abraham | Ragni Mestry

Julia Slark

Associate Professor Julia Slark is the Head of School of Nursing at Waipapa Taumata Rau/University of Auckland. She qualified as a Registered Nurse in London, UK in 1993. She ...

Jane Goodwin

Jane Goodwin is the programme manager for the national advance care planning and shared goals of care mahi. Jane has had a strong involvement with advance care ...

Anthony (Tony) O’Brien

Tony is a mental health nurse with more than 40 years’ experience in clinical practice, education, research and professional issues. Tony

Paediatric Nurse Specialist Team, Starship ED

Natalie has worked in Children’s Emergency in Starship Health for 14 years, holding the position as the nurse educator since 2016. Natalie has worked with Starship since ...

Shelley Eden

Shelley has been a lawyer since 1992 and runs her own employment law firm. Throughout her career she has also worked in–house, in senior management and in education, ...

Immunisation Advisory Centre team

The Immunisation Advisory Centre team includes: Jane Morphet | Jude Young | Loretta Roberts | Maria Crawford

Emil Schmidt

Emil has an extensive background in wound care, general and vascular surgery and intensive care. He is currently wound care specialist ...

Dr Kate Coffey

Kate is an obstetrics and gynaecology consultant and a senior lecturer at the University of Otago in women’s health. She works clinically in Invercargill as a generalist ...

Cam Howard

Camilla has been a registered nurse for over 25 years in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom; primary fields worked in include ICU, ED, aeromedical field and rural ...

Aisha Paulose

Aisha was raised and trained in London and been in NZ since 2015. She held multiple roles in addition to her GP role, including GP Trainer, GPwSI Paediatrics, Ministry of ...

Older Adult Health Team

The older adult health team includes: Carol Pilcher | Janet Parker

Neil Owens

Neil has more than 20 years’ experience as nurse educator for the paediatric diabetes service at Christchurch Hospital ...

Dr Michal Boyd

Dr Michal Boyd is a nurse practitioner who works privately in residential aged care facilities with Equinox Health Ltd and holds Honorary Associate Professor position. Her ...

Leigh O’Brien

Leigh is a registered dietitian currently working in private practice in Christchurch. She has worked in the food safety field and has experience in providing clinical ...

Sharon Pryor

Sharon coordinates the PDRP for Te Whatu Ora, Waitaha. Providing support for the partnering organisations that run the programme in their facilities and provides support and ...

Deborah Bush

Deborah is the co-founder of Endometriosis New Zealand (ENZ). She has a global influence on health promotion and prevention of endometriosis and is recognised as having expert ...

James Hayes

James has held a variety of positions in clinical radiography, gaining broad experience. He has an outgoing personality which enables him to establish a good rapport with ...

Ruth Barratt

Ruth is a registered nurse, quality advisor and is credentialed at expert level in infection prevention and control through the Australasian College for Infection Control ...

Ben Harris

Ben registered as a medical laboratory scientist in 1978. Since then he has had an extensive career in the diagnostic microbiology laboratory field...

David Garland and CNS team, Ophthamology Department (Greenlane Hospital)

David has 20 years in Ophthalmology working in ophthalmic theatre, ward and clinic. During this time, he completed his master’s in nursing ...

Jessica Buddendijk

Jessica has more than 35 years’ experience in the health sector. In 1991 she developed a quality assurance package which is used in the sector to this day. She was a lead ...

Helen Gibbs

Helen qualified as a dietitian in 1998. She has worked the majority of her career in primary care with time split between the UK and NZ. Her interests include health ...

Toni Johnston

Toni is a highly skilled career professional with over 30 years’ experience in nursing within hospital environments, and over 35 years’ experience as a pre-hospital emergency ...

Kate Berridge

Kate is the founder and director of Tiaki Whaiaro Weight Management Specialists (Tiaki = Care | Whaiaro=Self) and Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most experienced Metabolic Bariatric ...

Lisa Sparks

Lisa is a Nurse Practitioner in the adult diabetes service at Te Whata Ora -Waitematā. As such she has worked on regional and national ...

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CTE IN AOTEAROA – UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF REPEATED HEAD INJURY

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is an emerging and increasingly important concern in Aotearoa’s health landscape. Once associated mainly with professional athletes, we now understand that CTE can affect anyone ...

SKIN TEARS – ISSUES AND MANAGEMENT

Skin tears are among the most common wounds encountered in healthcare, yet they are often underestimated in terms of complexity and impact. Effective management from the very first moment is crucial to reduce complications ...

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