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.

Professor Michael Schultz

Professor Michael Schultz

Michael studied in Erlangen-Nuremberg and trained in Manchester, London and Regensburg, Germany. He went to Chapel Hill, NC at the University of North Carolina for his postdoctoral fellowship. Michael joined the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago in 2005, taking up a joint clinical position as a Senior Lecturer and Gastroenterologist with Te Whatu Ora–Southern. He was Head of the Department of Medicine from 2016 to 2021. He was promoted to Professor in 2018.   Michael’s research expertise is focused on clinical and basic scientific aspects of inflammatory bowel diseases, with an emphasis on host-microbe interactions. He has several years of experience working with animal models of experimental colitis, and with the administration of clinical trials in patients with IBD. Michael is Director of the Gut Health Network which was established in 2011, and was elected as the President of the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology in November 2016. .. read more »

Christine Ho

Christine Ho

Christine is a nurse practitioner in Gastroenterology at Dunedin Hospital, Te Whatu Ora–Southern. Her role includes the diagnosis and management of patients with IBD and is a nurse endoscopist within the department. Christine completed her Master of Nursing at the University of Auckland in 2020 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science in preparation for the scope of practice change to a nurse practitioner in 2022. Christine has a varied nursing background including experience in surgical nursing, stomal therapy, bowel cancer screening in the UK, endoscopy nursing and developed the role of the IBD CNS and IBD service at Te Whatu Ora-Southern... read more »

Dr Srikantaiah Manjunatha (Manju)

Dr Srikantaiah Manjunatha (Manju)

Dr Srikantaiah Manjunatha (Manju) is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Te Whatu Ora–Southern, Dunedin and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago.  After completing his MBBS from the University of Mysore in India and MD (Medicine) from the prestigious PGIMER (Post graduate institute of Medical Education & Research), Chandigarh, India, he moved to the UK in 1988.  He completed advanced training in medicine and gastroenterology in the UK after obtaining his MRCP (UK) in 1989.  He worked as a registrar, senior registrar and consultant in medicine and gastroenterology for 25 years in the NHS, UK.  He also held honorary faculty positions in the universities of Wolverhampton and Birmingham.  He was elected FRCP (London) in 2009 and served as a national assessor for the JAG (Joint advisory group) for GI endoscopy quality for four years before retiring from the NHS in September 2014 and moving to New Zealand. He was elected FRACP in January 2016. .. read more »