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From 1 October 2026, we regulate the physician associate profession in Aotearoa New Zealand

Our job is to protect the public by ensuring doctors and physician associates are competent and fit to practise. Find out more about physician associates and what you need to know [here] .

Van Der Merwe,
Seymour Lee

Doctor

Overseas
No registered speciality
Not practising (certificate expires 10 May 2026)

Practitioner type

Doctor
Status
Practising certificate dates

1 December 2025 — 10 May 2026
- Special Purpose
Conditions

None
Qualifications
MB ChB 2002 Cape Town
- Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery
- University of Cape Town, South Africa
FC RAD (SA) 2019
- Fellow of the College of Radiologists of South Africa (Diagnostic Radiology)
- Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, South Africa

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From 1 October 2026, we regulate the physician associate profession in Aotearoa New Zealand

Practitioner type

Status

Practising certificate dates

Scope of practice

Conditions

Qualifications