SHAPE MY HEALTH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- General Practitioner, Occupational & Lifestyle Medical Practitioner
Catherine comes to Shape My Health after working in Hastings as a General Practitioner for twenty years. She is passionate about preventative medicine and improving health outcomes for patients through environmental and lifestyle choices.
Job Titles:
- Kidney Doctor and General Specialist
Dr Colin Hutchison has extensive experience in caring for patients with early and severe kidney diseases. Having spent many years caring for patients with preventable kidney disease, he is passionate that "prevention is always better than a cure".
Colin is therefore dedicated to empowering individuals to understand and improve their health by timely health assessments and holistic care.
Colin has a Medical degree from Leicester University, UK; a PhD in kidney disease and Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Colin lives in rural Hawkes Bay with his wife and family and is a leader at Village Baptist Church.
Job Titles:
- General Practitioner
- Registered Nurse
- Member of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine
Wendy qualified as a doctor and worked in hospitals in South Africa and then England before emigrating to New Zealand. For the past 30 years she has worked in Hawkes Bay in general practice and student health. In recent years Wendy has become increasingly passionate about the interrelatedness of the biological, psychological and social factors that affect both physical and mental health. She enjoys helping people harness their body's capacity to heal and thrive, despite challenges.
Wendy is a member of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, and is able to provide comprehensive holistic health assessments and recommendations to help you attain optimal health.
Wendy is married with 3 adult children and enjoys horse-riding, tennis and travel.
Wendy is a Registered Nurse with many years of primary health care experience in Hastings.
Heather has many years of administration and reception experience in the health industry. She has worked locally in Hastings for seven years and prior to this in her native United Kingdom and also Hong Kong.
Heather and her husband have made New Zealand home and are enjoying the Hawkes Bay food and wine culture. They have four grown children and four grandchildren and also love to travel having seen some parts of NZ but hope to see much more of this stunning country.