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Dr Chris Paltridge
General Practitioner
Qualifications
MB ChB 1996 Auckland
Profile
Dr Chris Paltridge was born in New Zealand and has lived in Auckland his whole life. He qualified at Auckland Medical School in 1995 with a post-graduate diploma in Occupational Medicine and has worked in hospitals across Auckland within many medical and surgical disciplines. He also worked with surgical outpatients in a Thai hospital and in Northern Australia for the flying doctor service.
Chris served for 3 years in the New Zealand Army in 1NZSAS as a medical officer. During this time he gained valuable experience and training.
Since 2000 Chris began to specialise in Men's Health as well as work in the Emergency Department of the North Shore Hospital. He also enjoyed a year of volunteer work for North Shore hospice. Chris has undergone ongoing training for first aid and resuscitation methods and worked as a GP on the North Shore and in West Auckland. He has a lot of experience with Sports Medicine and has been a team doctor for his local rugby club (as well as boxing).
Recently Chris has been managing a number of specialist clinics and decided to combine all these services within the Parnell Health Centre. The Parnell Health Centre also has practitioners with a special interest in and management of menopause treatment and care.
Gender
Male / Tāne
Registration Date
22 November 1996
Vocationally Registered
A "Vocationally Registered" doctor has qualifications and experience that allow them to be registered as a specialist in a particular scope of practice e.g. General Practice, Urgent Care. These doctors can work independently in New Zealand.
To learn more about different scopes of practice and types of registration visit the Medical Council of New Zealand website.
Contact Details
Dr Chris Paltridge is available at the following service:
Torbay Community Doctors
This service is available at the following location:
987 Beach Road, Torbay, Auckland
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
(09) 473 9594
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Mobile
02102236775
Healthlink EDI
pahunter
Email
Appointment booking, Video or Phone Consultations can be booked through the portal or via reception. Access to the Portal is at Dr Hunter - portal at Manage My Health. (You can sign up to this service for free at reception - also check your own results etc)
We need to know if you or anyone in your group have symptoms of cough, fever, runny nose, shortness of breath at the time of booking. The surgery has been reconfigured to separate different areas of care and to better protect our staff and patients. Respiratory patients should wear a mask and will be moved to a separate area.
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Enter the Virtual Waiting Room - Click Virtual Waiting (https://doxy.me/drphunter) - enter and wait just prior to your appointment time
Phone Consultation- The Doctor will call you at your appointment time.
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