Meet our panel of medical specialists

Dr Karen Koch is a South African specialist dermatologist. She completed her Masters in Medicine through the University of Witwatersrand. Karen worked in a hospital practice in Johannesburg before immigrating to New Zealand in 2019 to join the Waikato Hospital Dermatology Department. She is an executive member of the NZ Dermatological Society. She has a special interest in connective tissue disorders and the skin... read more »

Dr Louise Reiche is a NZ physician trained vocational specialist dermatologist. Louise runs general dermatology clinics within integrated family health care: Kauri HealthCare, Palmerston North. She has additional special interests in eczema, patch testing, high risk skin cancer surveillance, preventative dermatology health and clinical research. Louise is an active executive member of the NZ Dermatological Society Incorporated (NZDSI), Co-Founder and Chairperson for the NZ Dermatology Research Trust, Dermnet NZ Trustee, Honorary Senior Fellow Medical Research Institute NZ, and on behalf of the NZDSI with Cancer Society NZ and other relevant bodies in the interest of New Zealander skin health... read more »