Our Authors
Dr Katlein França
Dr Katlein França is a world-recognized expert in Psychodermatology. She is the President of the Association for Psychoneurocutaneous Medicine of North America.
Dr Ratchathorn Panchaprateep
Dr Ratchathorn Panchaprateep is a clinical instructor in Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr Antonella Tosti
Dr Antonella Tosti is a Professor of Clinical Dermatology at the University of Miami Health System. Dr Tosti is recognised world-wide as an expert in hair and nail disorders and contact dermatitis.
Dr Steven G. Chrysant
Dr Steven G. Chrysant, M.D., Ph.D., is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Director of the Oklahoma Cardiovascular and Hypertension Center; both in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Dr Jan Basile
Dr Jan Basile, M.D., F.A.C.P., is Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine/ Geriatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Former Chief of Primary Care Service Line at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, both in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dr Domenic Sica
Dr Domenic Sica, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Virginia Commonwealth University Health Center in Richmond, Virginia where he is an Eminent Scholar in the Department of Medicine and is currently President of the American Society of Hypertension
Dr Abhay N. Rai
Dr Abhay N. Rai, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P. (Glasgow), F.I.C.P., F.I.C.C., is a Consultant Physician & Cardiologist at Gaya, India. He is a Former Professor of Medicine & Principal at the A.N. Medical College at Gaya, Bihar.
Professor. Peter van de Kerkhof
Professor. Peter van de Kerkhof is head of the department of Dermatology at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands.
Dr Alan Menter
Dr Alan Menter completed a medical degree at the Medical School of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. He subsequently undertook further postgraduate training and research at Guy’s Hospital and St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin in London, England.
Chris Wakeman
Chris Wakeman graduated from Otago University Medical School in 1996 and completed general surgical training in Christchurch, gaining his Fellowship at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2007.
Tim Eglinton
Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at Christchurch Hospital and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Otago, Christchurch.
Andrew Ing
Andrew Ing, MBChB, is a general surgical registrar, currently training in Christchurch, New Zealand. He completed his undergraduate degree in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Jennifer Roberts, Jacquelyn Hutchings, Beth Dunstan
RN, Stomal Therapists, Nurse Maude, Christchurch, New Zealand
We are New Zealand Registered Nurses who have gone on to complete Certificates in Stomal Therapy. We work at Nurse Maude in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Professor Frank A. Frizelle MBChB, MMedSci, FRACS, FACS, FASCRS, FNZMA.
Head of University Department of Surgery, University of Otago; Christchurch, New Zealand. Editor in Chief, The New Zealand Medical Journal.
Jennie Burch MSc, BSc, RN.
Jennie Burch MSc, BSc, RN.
Enhanced recovery nurse facilitator, St Mark’s Hospital, London.
Stephen Wright
Stephen is involved with current research, guideline and protocol development. His work has been published in a variety of nursing journals and has contributed to several book chapters. He also contributes to pre and post graduate nurse and medical education, both nationally and internationally.
Emile Tan, BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCS
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Mr Tan is a colorectal surgeon with a specialist interest in pelvic floor disease and laparoscopic colorectal surgery. He is a clinical academic and holds a Senior Lectureship with Imperial College London.
Kim MacFarlane
Colorectal Nurse Specialist, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
After working as a colorectal ward nurse she went onto to do her clinical masters in relation to communication. She then worked as a colorectal nurse specialist for nine years coordinating the pre and post-operative care for patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Ian Jenkins
Consultant Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon, St Mark’s Hospital, London
Ian Jenkins qualified from the University of Glasgow in 1997 and trained in Coloproctology and Surgical Oncology in the West of Scotland with specialist training in St. Mark’s Hospital, London. He was appointed as Consultant Surgeon to St. Mark’s and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Imperial College, London in 2008 and since then has treated patients in BMI The Clementine Churchill Hospital.
Paris Tekkis BMed.Sci., BM BS, MD, FRCS
Professor of Colorectal Surgery, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Professor Paris Tekkis qualified from Nottingham University Medical School in 1994. His postgraduate training was at St Mark’s Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital in London and at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA and he was first appointed as Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital and Imperial College in 2004.