Facilitating the identification and management of familial gastrointestinal cancer

  • We are part of the Health NZ National Bowel Screening Programme (NBSP) strategy; providing assessment, diagnosis, clinical management advice and long-term care for those individuals and families who have a familial predisposition to gastrointestinal cancer syndromes.
  • We are a national service with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Each office has a freephone contact number.
  • Our clinical team consists of family history assessors (genetic counsellors and senior nurses), gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons.

Our Clinical Team

Julie Arnold

Service Clinical Director & National Clinical Manager

Susan Parry

Lead Medical Advisor

Ben Griffiths

Medical Advisor

Chris Wakeman

Medical Advisor

Jamish Gandhi

Medical Advisor

Nathan Atkinson

Medical Advisor

Rachael Bergman

Medical Advisor

Teresa Chalmers-Watson

Medical Advisor

Alison Moore

Family History Assessor

Anita Barnett

Family History Assessor

Erin Schalles

Family History Assessor

Olivia Tan

Family History Assessor

Varnika Vijay

Family History Assessor

Ashley Singh

Clinical Pathway Coordinator

Belinda Creighton

Family History Assessor

Jakeob West

Family History Assessor

Melanie Stevenson

Clinical Surveillance Programme Manager

Laura Pietras

Nurse Specialist

Graeme Dickson

Medical Advisor

Arend Merrie

Medical Advisor