Our people in the Faculty of Medicine

Distinguished Professor Suetonia Green

Dean and Head of Region | Manutaki

Distinguished Professor Suetonia Green
Email fomddean.support@otago.ac.nz

Dean’s Department

Academic staff

Deputy Deans
Professor Rachael Taylor
Professor Christopher Jackson

Associate Dean Māori
Takiwai Russell-Camp

Associate Dean Medical Education
Dr Melyssa Roy
admedsm.oms@otago.ac.nz

Associate Dean Research
Associate Professor Andrew Reynolds

Associate Dean Southland
Clinical Professor Konrad Richter

Associate Dean South Canterbury
Dr Ben Simpson

Associate Dean Pacific
To be confirmed

Associate Dean Academic Progress
Dr Ciara Lee
oms.studentaffairs@otago.ac.nz

Associate Dean Academic Progress
Dr Satya Amirapu
fomd.academicprogress@otago.ac.nz

Associate Dean (MBChB Year 2/3)
Mr Tony Zaharic

Professional staff

Campus General Manager
Leonie McGeady
Email leonie.mcgeady@otago.ac.nz 

Operations Manager
Karen O'Neil
Email karen.oneil@otago.ac.nz

Finance Manager
Kenzie Jarvis
Email kenzie.jarvis@otago.ac.nz

Human Resources Adviser
Gina Hunter
Email gina.hunter@otago.ac.nz

Team Leader Divisional Communications
Andrea Jones

Teaching Fellow
Sephanie Jensen

Education Adviser
Kayla Young

eLearning Facilitator
Kavan Chay

eLearning Facilitator
Kimberley Johnston

Education Adviser
Jon Cornwall

Assessment Conveners
Rachel Lissaman
Annika Bokor

Health Research South Manager
Mette Goodin
Email hrs@otago.ac.nz

Divisional Services Administrator / Dean's Support
Lisa Millican
Email fomddean.support@otago.ac.nz

Directors

Centre for Early Learning in Medicine
Tony Zaharic

Kōhatu – Centre for Hauora Māori
Associate Professor Esther Willing

Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHealSc)
Associate Professor Helen Harcombe

Heads of Department

Department of Bioethics
Associate Professor Josephine Johnston

Department of Medicine
Professor Patrick J Manning

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr Helen Paterson

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Professor Peter McIntyre

Department Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor Glen Reid

Department of Primary Health Care
Dr Sharon Leitch

Department of Psychological Medicine
Associate Professor Tess Patterson

Department of Public Health
Professor Robin Turner

Department of Surgery and Critical Care
Professor Greg Jones

Dean and Head of Region

Professor Lutz Beckert

Deputy Deans

• Professor Tim Wilkinson
• Dr Laura Joyce

Associate Deans

• Christina McKerchar Associate Dean (Māori)
• Mr Jeremy Simcock Associate Dean (Medical Education)
• Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell Associate Dean (Nelson/Marlborough)
• Dr Kiki Maoate Associate Dean (Pacific)
• Associate Professor Margaret Currie Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies)
• Professor Logan Walker Associate Dean (Research)
• John Dean Associate Dean (Academic Progress)

Professional staff

• Ms Carolyn Stanton Campus General Manager
• Alice Le Petit Operations Manager
• Mrs Robyn Maguigan Executive Assistant to the Dean

Heads of Department

• Dr Maira Patu Māori/Indigenous Health Innovation
• Dr Amanda Landers Medicine
• Dr Joanna Gullam Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Professor Gary Hooper Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Professor Tony Walls Paediatrics and Child Health
• Professor Martin Kennedy Pathology and Molecular Medicine
• Dr Ben Hudson Primary Health Care
• Professor Richard Porter Psychological Medicine
• Associate Professor Phil Hider Public Health
• Professor Tim Eglinton Surgery and Critical Care

Dean and Head of Region

Professor William Levack

Deputy Dean

Professor Lynn McBain

Associate Deans

• Associate Professor Bridget Robson, Associate Dean (Māori)
• Dr Amanda Collins, Associate Dean (Medical Education)
  Email amanda.collins@otago.ac.nz
• Associate Professor Patrick Thomsen, Associate Dean (Pacific)
  Email patrick.thomsen@otago.ac.nz
• Dr Dorothy Lombe, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies, Palmerston North)
• Associate Professor Kirsty Danielson, Associate Dean (Research)
• Associate Professor Cindy Towns, Associate Dean (Academic Progress)
• Dr Bernd Kraus, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies,Whanganui)
• Dr Ross Freebairn, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies, Hawke's Bay DHB)
  Email ross.freebairn@otago.ac.nz
• Dr Sue Peters, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies, Gisborne, Tairāwhiti)
• Dr Kimberley O'Sullivan, Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate)

Professional staff

• Mr Shan Valiyara, Senior Manager
  Email shan.valiyara@otago.ac.nz
• Ms Olivia Fuller, Operations Manager
  Email olivia.fuller@otago.ac.nz
• Meredith Walton, Finance Manager
  Email meredith.walton@otago.ac.nz
• Karyn Tennant, Senior HR Adviser
  Email karyn.tennant@otago.ac.nz
• Sarah Lieffers, Executive Assistant to the Dean
  Email dean.uow.ea@otago.ac.nz

Heads of Department

• Professor Rebecca Grainger, Medicine
• Associate Professor Sara Filoche, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Professor Esko Wiltshire, Paediatrics and Child Health
• Associate Professor Diane Kenwright, Pathology and Molecular Medicine
• Professor Lynn McBain, Primary Health Care
• Professor Susanna Every-Palmer, Psychological Medicine
• Associate Professor Ruth Cunningham, Public Health
• Associate Professor Kirsty Danielson, Surgery and Critical Care