A Northland Specialist Physician since 1991. He is New Zealand trained, qualified as MBChB (Otago), and attained the FRACP in 1987. He is also a member of the Ascot Cardiology Group. He has a broad range of interests including ischaemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, cardiac rhythm disturbances, syncope, cardiomyopathy and heart failure, difficult hypertension, dyslipidaemia, gastro-oesophageal reflux, peptic ulcer disease and coeliac disease.