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Professor Rinki Murphy

Specialist

Qualifications

MB ChB 1999 Auckland; FRACP 2005

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
  • 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, 2007)

Gender

Female / Wāhine

Full NZ Registration Date

24 December 1999

Vocational Scope

Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

English

Contact Details

Professor Rinki Murphy is available at the following services:

This service is available at the following location:

Greenlane Clinical Centre

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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Public Services

Diabetes | Counties Manukau

This service is available at the following locations:

Māngere Health Centre, 6 Waddon Place, Māngere, Auckland

Ōtara Hub, 112 Bairds Road, Ōtara, Auckland

Endocrinology | Counties Manukau

This service is available at the following locations:

Middlemore Hospital

Manukau SuperClinic™

Botany SuperClinic™