Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review New Zealand works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Dr Ashok Raj

Dr Ashok Raj

Ashok Raj was a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at Counties Manukau Health, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, until a recent move to Australia where he is a Hepatologist at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland and undertook his specialist and research training in Auckland and Brisbane, Australia. He has a strong interest in the gut microbiota, and holds a PhD on the role of the gut microbiota and intestinal permeability in liver disease (University of Queensland). .. read more »

Lucy Mills

Lucy Mills

Lucy Mills is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Auckland DHB and Greenlane Medical Specialists. She has worked in liver transplant and gastroenterology since 2007. She has a varied nursing background including intensive care, flight nursing and endoscopy... read more »

Bridget Faire

Bridget Faire

Bridget is a registered nurse who has been working in the role of Liver Nurse Specialist at Auckland Hospital for the past six years. Prior to this she worked for many years as both kidney and liver transplant co-ordinator at Auckland Hospital and Mt Sinai Hospital in New York. Originally from Auckland, Bridget enjoys working in this part-time role which enables her to balance an interesting work life with the needs of her family. She finds being able to play a role in preventing people from requiring liver transplantation to be particularly rewarding... read more »

Dr Dominic Ray-Chaudhuri

Dr Dominic Ray-Chaudhuri

Dominic Ray-Chaudhuri is a Hepatologist at the New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit. He qualified in Medicine at the University of London and trained in Hepatology and Gastroenterology in Sheffield and Manchester in the UK, and in Brisbane, Australia. .. read more »