, NZSSD Executive

The NZSSD Constitution (70 KB) and amendments to rules (126 KB) are available for download and viewing.

Executive members, their qualifications and positions in the executive are listed below:

Officers

President: Dr Helen Snell, PhD, FCNA(NZ) Nurse practitioner/Nurse Lead Diabetes & Endocrinology Service, MidCentral District Health Board

Honorary Secretary: Kate Smallman - Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Diabetes Projects Trust
MSC Diabetes (UK) - Master of Science in Diabetes, RN - Registered Nurse

Treasurer:  Dr Craig Jefferies - Paediatric Endocrinologist, Starship Children’s Health, Auckland, NZ.

Assoc Prof (Hon) Liggins Institute-University of Auckland,   MBChB (Auckland), Dip Paeds, FRACP, MD

Executive Members

Immediate Past-President: Dr Brandon Orr-Walker

MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery – University of Auckland), MHB (Hons), FRACP (Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians)

Dr Kirsten Coppell - Senior Research Fellow/Public Health Physician, Edgar National Centre for Diabetes and Obesity Research, University of Otago

MBChB - Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Dip Obs - Diploma of Obstetrics, MPH - Master of Public Health, FNZCPHM - Fellow of the NZ College of Public Health Medicine

Michelle Downie -  Endocrinologist, SouhernDHB MB ChB, Otago; FRACP 

Sonya Fraser -  Diabetes dietitian, Waikato DHB BCApSc, NZRD

Michele Garrett - Podiatrist, Waitemata DHB

Dr Rosemary Hall -Endocrinologist, Endocrine, Diabetes and Research Centre, Wellington; Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago, Wellington

PhD – Doctor of Philosophy, MBChB –Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, FRACP – Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians,

Bobby Milne – Clinical Nurse Manager – Diabetes, Whitiora Diabetes Service, Middlemore Hospital, Accredited DNS, MHSc (Nursing), RN – Registered Nurse

Dr Ryan Paul - Endocrinologist, Waikato Regional Diabetes Service.

 MB ChB –Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, FRACP – Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, PhD – Doctor of Philosophy

Secretariat and Webmaster

Jan Brosnahan, Dunedin

Ex-officio

          Kevin Anderson - Novo Nordisk Ltd, Industry Representative

          Heather Verry - CEO, Diabetes New Zealand

Co-opted

          Dr Timothy Kenealy - General Practitioner. Associate Professor of Integrated Care, University of Auckland

PhD – Doctor of Philosophy, MBChB – Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, FRNZCGP – Fellow of the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners

The executive committee is elected each year at the AGM