The NZ senior doctors’ union has a new team at the helm. Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS), says a new National Executive takes office for a three-year term from 1 April. Canterbury DHB gastroenterologist and clinical pharmacologist Professor Murray Barclay will take over as National President from Tairawhiti DHB paediatrician Dr Hein Stander. The confirmed list of office holders and regional representatives on the National Executive is: • National President Murray Barclay (gastroenterologist and clinical pharmacologist, Canterbury) • Vice-President Julian Fuller (anaesthetist, Waitemata) • Immediate Past-President Hein Stander (paediatrician, Tairawhiti) • Region 1 – Julian Vyas (paediatrics, Auckland) and Andrew Ewens (emergency medicine, Waitemata) • Region 2 – Paul Wilson (anaesthetist, Bay of Plenty) and Annette van Zeist-Jongman (psychiatry, Waikato) • Region 3 – Tim Frendin (geriatric medicine, Hawke’s Bay) and Angela Freschini (anaesthesia, Tairawhiti) • Region 4 – Katie Ben (anaesthetist, Nelson Marlborough) and Seton Henderson (intensivist, Canterbury).
