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Who we are
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Membership
The Medical Council has twelve members appointed by the Minister:
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Four medical practitioners elected by the profession.
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Four medical practitioners appointed by the Minister of Health.
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Four laypersons appointed by the Minister of Health. Layperson is defined as a person who is neither registered nor qualified to be registered as a health practitioner.
The current Chair is Dr John Adams and the current Deputy Chair is Ms Liz Hird.
Note: By law, the membership of the Medical Council must include a majority of members who are doctors. The membership must include three laypersons if the Medical Council has at any time nine or more members.
Committees
The Medical Council forms a number of committees that are responsible for a specific area of our work. These are the:
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Audit committee
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Education committee, and
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Health committee.
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Dr Richard H Acland (Rick)
MB ChB 1975, FFARACS 1982, FFANZCA 1992, FAFRM 2004
Dr Acland commenced anaesthesia and pain management practice in Auckland in 1983. In 1995, he moved back to Christchurch to be clinical director of anaesthesia until 1998. At the start of the new millennium, he succeeded Professor Alan Clarke as clinical director of the Burwood Spinal Unit. He was president of the New Zealand Pain Society in 2002 and 2003 and has been a member of the Medicines Assessment and Advisory Committee since 1996.
His grandfather, Sir Hugh Acland, was a pre-eminent surgeon in Christchurch. His wife is a doctor and his son is a 4th year medical student in Dunedin.
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Dr John Adams
MB ChB 1976, RANZCP 1986
Dr Adams was appointed Dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine in 2003. He is a University of Otago graduate, subsequently training in psychiatry, gaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australian and new Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1984 and working for many years at the Ashburn Clinic in Dunedin, where was appointed Medical Director in 1988.
He has had extensive involvement with the NZMA, initially as a Council delegate, then Board member and subsequently NZMA Chairman from 2001 to 2003. A long term interest in professionalism and ethics then led to him becoming Chair of the NZMA Ethics Committee, and leading the current review of the NZMA Code of Ethics.
He is a member of the RANZCP Ethical Practice Committee and teaches in the Professional Development Programme in the undergraduate course in Dunedin. He is a Trustee on the NZ Institute of Rural Health, the Ashburn Hall Board of Trustees, and the Alexander McMillan Trust.
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Dr Andrew Connolly
BHB, MBChB (Auckland) 1987, FRACS (General Surgery) 1994
Andrew is a General and Colorectal surgeon, employed fulltime at Counties Manukau District Health Board. Trained in Auckland, Andrew had a formal 18 month period of surgical research under Professor G L Hill before completing post-Fellowship colorectal training in the United Kingdom, returning to Middlemore Hospital as a consultant surgeon in late 1997.
He has a strong interest in Governance and clinical leadership and has been the Head of Department of General and Vascular Surgery for the last 6 years. He has served on the Ministerial advisory group responsible for the ‘In Good Hands’ document.
In addition, he has served on various District Health Board and national committees including the National Guidelines group for the screening of those with an increased risk of colorectal cancer. Andrew also has a strong interest in surgical education and training and acute surgical care, as well as an active role in surgical research into enhanced recovery.
Outside of medicine, Andrew is a keen sports fan and has a deep interest in the war effort of New Zealand and in the preservation of the written records of New Zealand’s Great War and Second World War service.
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Dr Jonathan E M Fox
MB BS MRCS LRCP MRCGP FRNZCGP [Dist] FRACGP Hon
Jonathan is a General Practitioner from Auckland.
He is the immediate Past President of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and immediate past Chair of the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand. He a Board member of ProCare Health Limited, the Auckland IPA. He is also a member of various charitable and research trusts in the Auckland region.
Previous positions have included membership of the Board and GP Council of the NZMA, Competence Advisory Team of the Medical Council, Medical Officer to Kings College Auckland, and many RNZCGP Auckland Faculty positions.
Jonathan qualified from Guys Hospital Medical School London in 1974. He then spent 7 years as a Medical Officer in the Royal Navy –including 3 1/2 years as a Submarine Medical Officer and 2 years in Hong Kong before completing his Vocational Training in the UK. After the leaving the Navy he spent 8 years as a General Practitioner in Rugby UK where he was also Medical Officer to Rugby School. He migrated to New Zealand in 1990 with his GP wife and their family. Over the last 19 years their practice has grown and become established as a 5 doctor practice in Meadowbank Auckland.
Outside of medicine he enjoys reading, poetry, computers and playing the piano.
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Dr Allen Fraser
MB ChB 1969, DPM (Otago) 1973, MRCPsych 1976, MRANZCP 1978, FRANZCP 1981, Dip Prof Ethics 1998
Allen is a descendant of Scots who left Scotland for Nova Scotia before finally settling in Waipu in 1856. Medical school in Dunedin in the 1960s was followed by training as a psychiatrist in Auckland and at St Thomasʼ in London. Appointed as a consultant psychiatrist in South Auckland in 1977, he led the development of community based mental health services, at the same time continuing what was a career long commitment to the acute inpatient care of the seriously mentally ill.
He has had involvement in many professional organisations (local, national and international), the first and most enduring being the RANZCP. Since 1980 he has been involved in College affairs in one way or another, including as Chair of the New Zealand Committee for 4.5 years. He has been a union leader (President of ASMS for four years; he is now a life member of ASMS), and a Chief Medical Officer.
Allen has interests in philosophy, ethics and law as they relate to medicine and particularly psychiatry. He has researched in this area, presented at international conferences and has assisted in the training of Family Court Judges. He has always had a commitment to self education and to the education and training of colleagues and those who will replace us.
His current clinical work is in private practice in Auckland where he concentrates on mood disorders and medico legal assessments.
He is also a keen photographer, and a devoted grandfather.
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Ms Liz Hird (Liz)
LLB (Hons)
Liz has been a barrister since 1987 and has a wide-ranging commercial and administrative law practice.
She has had a long involvement in community health beginning with the founding of the Otaki Women’s Health Group in 1987. She was also an initial member of the Otaki Community Health Committee of the Area Health Board and founding trustee and chair of the Otaki Community Health Trust. Recently Liz has been a member of the Otaki Community PHO Steering Committee.
Liz is also national legal adviser to Health Care Aotearoa (Inc), a network of community primary health providers and PHO’s. In 2002 she was appointed a District Inspector of Mental Health Services for MidCentral DHB.
She is currently Deputy Chairperson.
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Mrs. Laura Mueller (Laura)
Juris Doctor (Calif), BA Psych (Calif)
Laura was appointed as a judicial officer for the Ministry of Justice in 1999 and sits as a referee in the Disputes Tribunal at the Tauranga District Court. Laura has 20 years of business experience, including management of a large accounting and tax practice and experience as a medical insurance underwriter. Laura has a keen interest in governance and leadership. She serves on the Disputes Tribunals National Education Committee, has served as treasurer on the Disputes Tribunals Referees Association Executive and is a peer reviewer for her fellow referees.
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Professor John Nacey
MB ChB, MBA, MD (Otago), FRACS
Professor Nacey graduated from the University of Otago in 1977. After completing specialist training in Urology which included an appointment as Chief Resident in Surgery at the Flinders University Medical Centre he returned to New Zealand to take up a joint Hospital / University position in Wellington. In 1998 he was appointed Dean and Head of Campus at the University of Otago’s Wellington School of Medicine, a position he held for 10 years.
With a specialized interest in prostate disease Professor Nacey has published extensively in this area. He is a member of the prestigious Urological Research Society and acts as referee for several major international journals. As past examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons he has maintained his interest in teaching both undergraduate medical students and postgraduate surgical trainees.
Professor Nacey currently holds the position of Professor of Urology at the Wellington School of Medicine. He has widespread community involvement including membership of the Board of Management of the Wellington Medical Research Foundation and the New Zealand Cancer Standards Institute. He remains a strong advocate for promoting men’s health. John is a keen portrait artist and enjoys a touch of acoustic guitar.
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Dr Kate O’Connor (Kate)
BHB, MB ChB 1995 Auckland, FRANZCR
Dr O’Connor graduated from the University of Auckland in 1995 and completed her vocational training
in diagnostic radiology in 2002. She worked as a house officer in Waikato and Tauranga Hospitals and as a registrar in all the public hospitals in Auckland.
During that time she served on the national executive of the New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association for six years, including two years as national president.
Dr O’Connor is a radiologist at Auckland District Health Board and a partner at Auckland Radiology Group.
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Professor Dick Sainsbury
MB ChB 1972 Otago, FRACP 1981, G.DipArts
After Dick graduated from the University of Otago he completed six Resident Medical Officer years in Auckland before going to the United Kingdom for advanced training. Since 1982 he has worked as a Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine in Christchurch in dual University/Hospital appointments. He has a particular interest in student teaching and has served a period as Trainee Intern Co-ordinator. He has also been involved in the examination, mentoring and supervision of international medical graduates.
He is an avid cricket enthusiast who still plays. Other interests include music and reading. He undertakes voluntary work as a St John Ambulance Officer and is currently completing an MA in English Literature.
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Joy Quigley
QSO (2008) JP
Ms Quigley served as a National Member of Parliament between 1990-1999, chairing the Māori Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Defence and Social Services Select Committees during that time. Following a voluntary exit from Parliament she became the Executive Director of Independent Schools of New Zealand, working with the governors, the heads and financial managers of member schools until 2008.
Ms Quigley has had a long interest and professional involvement in health and education since graduating from the School of Physical Education, University of Otago in 1967 and subsequently from Christchurch Teachers College. She has also been involved with a range of local, regional and national voluntary organisations over the last thirty years.
In 2008, Ms Quigley became a Member of the Queens Service Award, for public and community service.
During 2009-2010 Joy was a member of the Government appointed panel considering New Zealanders’ access to high cost, highly specialised drugs.
Joy thoroughly enjoys a ‘refocussed’ lifestyle with her husband in Kerikeri where she continues to be involved in local and regional voluntary organisations.
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Introducing our staff |
The Chief Executive and approximately 40 staff support the work of the Council in offices based in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
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Philip Pigou – CEO
Philip was appointed by the Medical Council in November 2005. Philip has a Bachelor of Law degree and a postgraduate Diploma in Business focusing on general management and leadership.
Philip has worked in senior positions in the health sector (Health Funding Authority and South Island Shared Service Agency Ltd) and in the courts. He has strong experience in change and project management, strategy development, and leadership.
Philip is responsible for the management of the Medical Council. This includes:
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achieving the strategic and business objectives of the Medical Council,
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ensuring the Medical Council is a good employer, and
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ensuring that all policies, processes and systems support the work in operation of the Medical Council.
Philip is the direct manager of the Registrar, managers and advisers within the Medical Council.
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