Dr. Montserrat Figols is from Barcelona (Spain). She obtained her medical degree from Rovira i Virgili University in 2011 and then spent four years training as a family and community doctor in her native country. During her training she cooperated with a local organization from Kolkata (India) providing medical assistance to the communities in the rural areas of West Bengal in 2012. She also worked with Guarani communities in Misiones Province (Argentina) providing on-site medical services in 2016. 

Dr Figols came to New Zealand with her family in 2017 to join The Doctors New Lynn. 

Dr. Figols has special interest in pediatric medicine, women's health, nutrition and lifestyle, preventive medicine, mental health and aged care. She speaks three languages which include English, Spanish and Catalan.

Doctor Satya studied medicine in India and then migrated to England to pursue Surgery. He trained with the Royal College of Surgeons of England and worked in General and Vascular Surgery. He moved to New Zealand in 2007 to have a better family life here rather in the UK. He variously trained in General Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery and later gravitated towards Cardiothoracic Surgery after his PhD in 2013. During his PhD, he secured more than 2 million dollars towards his research grant and his research was highlighted in TED talks. He gained honorary lectureship for teaching final year medical students and also as one of the examiners. During his Cardiothoracic training he won many prestigious awards from College of Cardiac Surgeons at Tongariro meetings in 2014, 2015 and 2017. He was also invited as a guest speaker to talk on cardiac surgery at Royal College of Surgeons meeting in Adelaide in 2017.

During his career Dr Satya has performed many bowel resections, laparoscopic gall bladder and appendicectomies, major leg amputations, vascular grafts, heart and lung operations and also plastic surgeries. Dr Satya is a WDHB approved GP Surgeon for providing skin lesion services at present. Currently Dr Satya is performing and offering operations on lumps and bumps including the breast, haemorrhoid (piles) banding (including sigmoidoscopy), circumcisions, vasectomies (no scalpel and minimally invasive), frenulemectomies and multitude of plastic surgical procedures (simple and complex flaps, skin grafts).  

Apart from surgery, Satya is a very keen biker and exercise freak. His hobbies include medical illustration and he writes and draws for prestigious medical journals. To book an appointment with Dr Satya please phone reception.

Therése is born in Sweden and graduated with her medical degree from Lund University in 2005. She has completed 5 years of specialty training in General Practice and passed the voluntary GP exam with the Swedish General Practice Fellowship. In addition to 12 years of experience within General Practice, Therése has extensive experience in elderly care, managing rounds at several rest homes and working with a house call team for urgent elderly care. She has also worked in a children health and well-being centre on a regular basis for several years.

In 2011 Therése had a one year OE experience and came with her family to Auckland to work for The Doctors, New Lynn. After a few years back in Sweden, she and her family decided to move back to New Zealand and Therése returned to The Doctors, New Lynn in early 2018. Therése enjoys the diversity of general practice and emphasizes a patient focused health care. Her special interests includes general medicine, paediatrics, women's health, mental illness and elderly care and she enjoys meeting patients of all age groups.

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Dr Joanne Gao graduated from the University of Auckland in 2013. She has spent many years working around the hospitals in New Zealand in various specialities, including one year training in Internal Medicine. She is currently a member of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care. Her main interest is managing urgent medicine and accidents. Dr Gao can speak two languages, English and Cantonese.  

Dr Blanks was born in Tonga and raised on the outer island of Vavau. She speaks Tongan and has a good understanding of pacific island cultures.  She obtained her medical degree from the University of Auckland in 2007, then spent five years working in NZ hospitals in a wide range of specialties. Her passion has always been to work in general practice with a patient focused model of health care. Dr Blanks became a member of the College of General Practice in 2012. She has a wide range of interests with particular focus on women's and children's health, aged care, chronic care management and preventative medicine. Dr Blanks lives locally in Green Bay. Her husband is a physiotherapist working at the doctors New Lynn and Golf Rd. During her free time she is a busy mother to two young children.  

Dr Salman graduated from the University of Baghdad, Iraq in 1986 and granted The Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics and Medical Gynaecology from Auckland University in 2003. She brings 20 years of medical experience, and has a special interest in women’s health and child health. Before joining The Doctors, she worked for two years in National Women’s Hospital, and two years in Starship Hospital. She has also worked as a GP / A&M doctor at White Cross, New Lynn and K Road. Sanaa speaks Arabic and English, and is married with four children.

Dr Ali worked as a Plastic Surgery Specialist Medical Officer at Middlemore Hospital  following few years of holding a Plastic Surgery Registrar post there. He currently operates on referrals of skin lesions from North Shore, Waitakere and Middlemore Hospitals as well as GP referrals to The Doctors, New Lynn and Manukau City A&M.  Adnan worked in both General Practice and Plastic Surgery in Iraq before coming to New Zealand. He has completed the RNZCGP Seminar Programme, and is fluent in both Arabic and English. He is a father of four and as a keen artist, has participated in art exhibitions in NZ, and also had an exhibition at the Iraqi Museum for Modern art.

 

Dr Kathirgamu Sinnathamby studied medicine in Colomba, Sri Lanka and was trained as an oncologist in Sri Lanka. He moved to New Zealand in 1996. After completing the New Zealand qualifying examination for foreign doctors, he started working as a GP at a rural practice. He then joined The Doctors New Lynn in 2003.

 

Dr Bing-Cheng Wang graduated from the West China medical university, in 1988.  Bing-Cheng came to New Zealand in 1995 with his family. Before joining The Doctors New Lynn, he worked in different hospitals in New Zealand. Minor Surgery is just one of his interests.

 

Dr Wu graduated from the University of Otago in 2003. He completed his GP registrar training in Hamilton/Te Awamutu and passed primary membership exam for the Royal NZ College of GPs in 2006.

Before starting his general practice career, he worked for a year in both Dunedin Public Hospital and Royal Price Alfred Hospital in Sydney as a resident doctor and emergency department doctor. Dr Gary Wu has special interests in minor surgery, pediatric health, chronic conditions and health/wellbeing promotion. He moved to New Zealand with his family when he was 15. He speaks four languages which include English, Mandarin, and two other dialects.

Dr Wu is actively involved in our supporting our community by volunteering to provide health education sessions - presenting on topics such as cardio-vascular disease.