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Dr Rinki Murphy
Specialist
Qualifications
MB ChB 1999 Auckland; FRACP 2005
Profile
Rinki is a diabetologist and physician working at Auckland DHB and Counties Manukau Health and in private practice at the Mercy Specialist Centre. She is also a senior lecturer in medicine at the University of Auckland where she has an active role in both teaching and clinical research in diabetes and obesity (>50 published papers in peer-reviewed journals). Rinki has been medical advisor for Diabetes Auckland since 2009.
Rinki has set up the New Zealand national guidelines and database for monogenic diabetes (www.nzssd.org.nz).
Interests
Rinki’s special clinical interests and expertise includes the management of adults and adolescents 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: Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) or maternally inherited diabetes and deafness (due to a mitochondrial genetic disorder)
- metabolic syndrome
- severe insulin resistance
- lipodystrophy
- polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hirsutism.
Title or Designation
Diabetes Specialist
Post-Fellowship Training
PhD in genetics and epigenetics of Diabetes (UK)
Full NZ Registration Date
24 December 1999
Vocational Scope
Internal Medicine
Contact Details
Dr Rinki Murphy is available at the following services:
Diabetes Centre | Auckland | Te Toka Tumai | Te Whatu Ora
This service is available at the following location:
Greenlane Clinical Centre
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
(09) 630 9980 (Diabetes Reception)
Email
Website
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Public Services
Diabetes | Counties Manukau | Te Whatu Ora
This service is available at the following locations:
Māngere Health Centre, 6 Waddon Place, Māngere, Auckland
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Phone
(09) 255 0610
Website
Ōtara Hub, 112 Bairds Road, Ōtara, Auckland
Endocrinology | Counties Manukau | Te Whatu Ora
This service is available at the following locations:
Middlemore Hospital
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Phone
(09) 277 1660
Website
Manukau SuperClinic™
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Phone
(09) 277 1660
Website
Botany SuperClinic™
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Phone
(09) 277 1660
Website