Vicky Eastwood
Nurse Practitioner
Vicky is from Yorkshire in England. She has worked in General Practice for twenty years and she enjoys building relationships and offering continuing care throughout the lifespan. Friends and colleagues would likely describe her as a proficient all-rounder. She particularly enjoys women’s health and has undertaken extra training in contraception and sexual health, pipelle sampling, pessary insertion, and IUS insertion. She also has an interest in end-of-life care and likes to combine her nursing / medical knowledge with an individualized and personal approach to ensure spiritual needs are met for patients and their families.
Rebecca Grant
Nurse Practitioner
Rebecca became a Nurse Practitioner in 2017. She has a special interest in Chronic Disease, Older Persons Health, and Palliative Care, with a focus on client-centred collaborative care.She also works in a Rural Practice that specialises in Acute and Emergency Care, and works for the Nursing Council in assessing new Nurse Practitioners prior to registration.
Angela Pamula (Santha)
GP
Angela, also called Santha, is making Lincoln and Christchurch her home. She worked in Singapore for several years and is passionate about Women’s health care though she worked in several areas of general practice like infectious diseases, Paediatrics, and chronic care. Other areas of interest are cooking and travelling.
Dr. Denis Dumaine
Doctor
Denis completed his medical degree in Paris and enjoys all aspects of medicine, especially skin cancer detection through full skin checks and dermoscopy (30-minute appointment), skin surgeries for skin cancers, cosmetic procedures (facial telangiectasia, sun spots, etc.), and intra-articular joint injections (shoulders, knees, wrists, and hips). He has a special interest in all aspects of men’s health and the detection and prevention of prostate cancer. Denis is one of our Clinical Directors at Lincoln Medical and is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago.
Dr. Sau Kai Lee
Doctor
Paula Munro
Nurse Practitioner
We are pleased to introduce Paula, our new Nurse Practitioner Intern. She holds a Master’s Degree, has extensive experience working in the military and has a special clinical interest in women’s health. Paula is dedicated to providing excellent care to elderly individuals, Veteran Affairs, and emergency situations, often working long hours to ensure the best possible outcomes. In addition to her professionalism, Paula has a warm and caring personality that our elderlies and children particularly enjoy. She is calm, thoughtful, and quiet, making her an asset to our team.
Dr Graeme Bishop
Doctor
For the last 10 years, Graeme has been doing skin cancer checks: 9 years in a specialist skin cancer clinic and the last year working out of a Cosmetic clinic. The skin examination consists of checking moles with a handheld dermoscope. Suspicious lesions are excised, precancerous lesions (actinic keratoses) and often Seborrhoeic Keratoses are treated with liquid nitrogen. Graeme has also experience with Sports Medicine.
Call our Reception to book with Graeme. No online booking with Graeme (not doing GP consultation but specialist Skin Cancer/Surgery/and musculoskeletal medicine only).
Dr. David Finlay
GP
MBChB FRNZCGP Dip Obst DIH DCH – Not currently enrolling new patients.
Local lad who discovered the “Good Life” tending his acres, wife, and four children.%% Other interests include motorcycle restoration, playing guitar, and astronomy.
Family doctor with a special interest in industrial health and diabetes. David is one of our Clinical Directors at Lincoln Medical.
Dr. Zita Descalzo
GP
MD, DCH, FRNZCGP
With over ten years of experience working as a GP in Christchurch, Zita has worked at the Christchurch Public Hospital in General Medicine, General surgery, Paediatrics, Orthpaedics, and Plastic Surgery.
(Available Thursdays and Fridays)
Li Chin
GP
Li has lived in many places – she was born in the United Kingdom, briefly resided in Singapore, and grew up in Malaysia. She relocated to Melbourne and stayed there for ten years while completing medical school and her general surgery residency. She made the decision to travel after that and spent several years working in plastics in Waikato. Then she got involved in psychiatry, medical law and public health before meeting her partner who convinced her to settle down with him in Lincoln. Her free time is spent researching new ways of making art and adding to the ever growing collection of unfinished projects in her workshop.
