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The NZRL Medical Council was established in 2008,
and has a role in considering matters of relevance to the
sport of Rugby League in New Zealand, based on sports and general
medicine, science and overall wellbeing of participants of our
great game.
The medical council will address relevant issues and where
required look to make recommendations on policy, procedure or
guidelines to the NZRL Board to consider.
| The Medical Council consists
of: |
| Ms Berni Carter |
ACC Injury Prevention Specialist |
| Mr. Glen Gallagher |
Sports Physiotherapy - Managing Director of Physio, Sports
& Rehab |
| Dr Gerhard Sundborn |
Public and Pacific Island Health Specialist: Co Director /
Senior Research Fellow AUT University. |
| Dr. Meia Schmidt-Uili |
General Paediatrician Clinical Leader,Waitemata District Health
Board |
| Dr Simon Mayhew |
Sports Medicine New Zealand, NZ Kiwis Medical Doctor |
| Dr John Mayhew |
Sports Medicine New Zealand, NZ Warriors Medical Doctor |
| Dr. Monique Faleafa |
Clinical Psychology, National Manager Le Va, Deputy Chairperson
New Zealand Psychologists Board |
| Keir Hansen |
Sports Science, AUT |
| Dr Stuart Thompson |
Sports and General Medicine- Naenae Medical Centre
Wellington |
| Professor Patria Hume |
Professor Human Performance, Sport Performance Research
Institute New Zealand School of Sport and Recreation AUT
University |
| Mr. Doug King |
Injury Prevention and Research, AUT |
| Mr. Stewart Walsh |
Orthopaedic Consultant MBChB, FRACS Founding partner Adidas
Sports Medicine, Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedics, University
of Auckland. |
NZRL staff sitting on the Medical Council: |
| Dain Guttenbeil (Chair) |
Community Programmes Manager |
| Ray Haffenden |
Vice Chairman - NZRL Board |
L to R: Dain Guttenbeil (Chairman), Community Programmes
Manager, NZRL ; Dr. Gerhard Sunborne, Public Health
Research, AUT; Dr. Meia Schmidt-Uili, Paediatric
Medicine, Waitemata District Health; Dr. Stewart Walsh,
Orthopaedic Medicine, Sports Med; Ms Berni Carter, Injury
Prevention Consultant, ACC; Dr. Simon Mayhew,
Sports Medicine, Millennium & NZ Warriors & NZ Kiwis; Ray
Haffenden, NZRL Board; Dr. Doug King, Injury Prevention and
Research/ Trauma Nurse, AUT; Keir Hansen, Sports Science, High
Performance Sport NZ; Dr Matt Brughelli, Sport Sciences,
AUT.
Absent: Dr. Monique Faleafa, Clinical Psychology, Leva; Dr. John
Mayhew, Sports Medicine, Millennium Institute; Mr. Glenn Gallagher,
Physiotherapy, Physio Sport and Rehab; Prof. Patria Hume, Sport
Sciences, AUT.