MB ChB 1999 Auckland; FRACP 2005
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Professor Rinki Murphy
Service
Endocrinology | Counties Manukau
Middlemore Hospital
(09) 277 1660
Manukau SuperClinic™
(09) 277 1660
Botany SuperClinic™
(09) 277 1660
Qualifications
Profile
Rinki is an endocrinologist and internal medicine physician working at Te Mana Ki Tua Specialist Weight Management Service Counties Manukau Health and Auckland Diabetes Centre. She is also a professor in medicine at the University of Auckland where she has an active role in both teaching and clinical research in diabetes and obesity.
Rinki has set up the New Zealand national testing guidelines for monogenic diabetes (www.nzssd.org.nz).
Interests
Rinki’s special clinical interests and expertise includes the management of adults with:
- obesity and disorders associated with obesity
- including medical supervision of very low calorie diet programme
- diabetes – all aspects of diagnosis and management including insulin pumps
- investigation for genetic etiology of familial atypical diabetes
- management of monogenic diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- severe insulin resistance
- lipodystrophy
- polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hirsutism.
Title or Designation
Endocrinologist, Diabetes Specialist
Post-Fellowship Training
PhD in genetics and epigenetics of Diabetes (UK, 2007)
Gender
Female / Wāhine
Full NZ Registration Date
24 December 1999
Vocational Scope
Internal Medicine
Languages Spoken
English
Other Services
Diabetes | Counties Manukau
Māngere Health Centre, 6 Waddon Place, Māngere, Auckland
(09) 255 0610
Ōtara Hub, 112 Bairds Road, Ōtara, Auckland
Diabetes Centre | Auckland | Te Toka Tumai
Greenlane Clinical Centre
(09) 630 9980 (Diabetes Reception)
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