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.

Associate Professor Amanda Oakley

Associate Professor Amanda Oakley

Associate Professor Oakley is a specialist dermatologist at Waikato Hospital and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Waikato Clinical Campus (Auckland University School of Medicine). She is the website manager and chief editor of the successful web site, DermNetNZ.org. She is an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Dermatological Society, the Indian Society of Teledermatology, and MelNet New Zealand. She has numerous publications in the medical literature and is frequently invited to lecture in New Zealand and overseas. Research interests include all aspects of virtual health and early diagnosis of melanoma. In 2018 Amanda was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2018 and became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners... read more »