Meet our panel of medical specialists
Research Review New Zealand works with hundreds of 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 accommodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.
Marcin Dzienis is a Medical Director at the Gold Coast University Hospital. He completed his medical degree in Poland, underwent training in medical oncology in Queensland, and undertook head-and neck and skin cancer fellowship at the Translational Research Institute and PA Hospital in Brisbane. He is involved in training, education
Dr Brian Stein is a medical oncologist who has a long-term interest in head and neck cancer following a rotation as a fellow at the Buffalo VA (doyen of the VA Larynx trial) in the age of steam power. He works with multidisciplinary head and neck cancer teams in both
Associate Professor Joanne Rimmer works as a rhinologist and skull base surgeon at Monash Health and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and is an Associate Professor at Monash University. She has fellowship training in rhinology, anterior skull base surgery and facial plastic surgery. Jo has an active research interest and has
Dr Peta-Lee Sacks is an Australian rhinologist and skull base surgeon. She holds a PhD in Surgery, with her doctoral work focusing on actionable mutations and prognostic biomarkers in sinonasal epithelial malignancies. She completed advanced fellowship training in rhinology at St Vincent’s and Macquarie University Hospitals in Sydney under Prof.
Dr Shafqat Inam is a consultant haematologist working in Sydney. His clinical and research focus is the application of cell and immune therapies in the treatment of lymphoma, leukaemia, and myeloma.
Dr Reuben Beer (BPharm, MBBS, FRACP) is a consultant neurologist at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Dr Beer completed a fellowship in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He completed his postgraduate degree in medicine at the University of Queensland. Dr Beer participates in a subspecialist
Professor Tony Korman, is an Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist. He is Director, Monash Infectious Diseases, and Director, Microbiology at Monash Health, Victoria’s largest healthcare network and a member of the Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University.
Clinical Professor Todd Hardy is Staff Specialist Neurologist at Concord Hospital, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Sydney and Co-Director of the MS Clinic at the Brain & Mind Centre. Dr Hardy’s clinical and research interests are in the field of neuroimmunology. His main focus is on
Tissa Wijeratne is Chair of the Department of Neurology and Strokeat Western Health (Victoria, Australia). He is a founding member and co-secretary of Australia and New Zealand Headache Society (anzheadachesociety.org), founder and chair of the National Migraine Foundation (www.migrainefoundation.org.au) and course director of the Lance Goadsby Annual Migraine Symposium (www.fightagainstmigraine.com).
Dr Terry Lim is a consultant psychiatrist in private practice in Sydney, Australia. He is the Director of the Mindsight Clinic, a multidisciplinary mental health practice and has experience and expertise treating a wide range of mental health conditions including psychosis, mood disorders, anxiety-related conditions, neurodevelopmental conditions and PTSD. In
Associate Professor Steven Bollipo is currently a Senior Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle where he was the Director of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy from 2009 to 2025. His current interests include rural outreach liver clinics and research in liver cancer. He is the Chair of Hunter
Dr Milne is a respiratory physician and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of British Columbia Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, and Clinical Lecturer at University of Sydney. His current research programme is on the genomics of COPD and the discovery of novel biomarkers.
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