Meet your team at AOC

Astrid graduated from medical school in Göttingen, Germany and completed her specialist training in New Zealand and Australia before joining the AOC team in 2012. Astrid is also a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist at Auckland City Hospital. She has a special interest in diabetes in pregnancy and ultrasound. Astrid is also an instructor for an obstetric emergency training course (MOET). She is married with two teenage children.

Ashley holds an undergraduate medical degree from the University of Otago, a post-graduate diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (graduating first in class) and is a Fellow of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Ashley completed her specialist training in Auckland, working at Middlemore, Auckland City and North Shore Hospitals. Prior to joining AOC, Ashley completed two years of advanced training in gynaecology and laparoscopy at North Shore Hospital and was a Honorary Lecturer at Auckland University. Alongside her role at AOC, Ashley is a specialist (SMO) at Auckland City Hospital and is involved in training and mentoring of Registrars. She has two young children who were both born through AOC. Ashley is dedicated to the delivery of high-quality care to women and their families.

Kerrie graduated from the University of Glasgow and completed her RCOG training in Edinburgh with a special interest in High-Risk Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine. She moved to Auckland in 2019 with her husband and two young children, where she worked as a full time Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Middlemore Hospital for 3 years. She was part of the multidisciplinary obstetric emergency training team and responsible for establishing maternal morbidity meetings and quality improvement initiatives. She moved to work in Auckland City Hospital in the role of Labour Ward Lead and a member of the Diabetes in Pregnancy team in July 2022, later joining the AOC team. Kerrie balances work with outdoor adventures with her family as well as mountain biking and playing squash interclub.

Katherine graduated from Auckland University and trained in obstetrics and gynaecology in New Zealand and the UK. She joined AOC in 2015 and also works as an obstetrician and general gynaecologist at Auckland City Hospital, where she has also been part of the faculty running the hospital’s obstetric emergency training programme. Katherine is married with two adult children.

Kirstie trained at London University (Royal London Hospital) and completed her post graduate training in and around Oxford. She came to New Zealand in 2000 and worked as a part time specialist at Middlemore Hospital with an interest in fetal medicine. She was also part of the multi-disciplinary team running Middlemore’s obstetric emergencies training programme. Kirstie joined AOC in 2013 and works between AOC and the Women’s Health Scanning Department at Auckland Hospital. Kirstie lives on a lifestyle block and is married with two teenage children.

Jason graduated and trained in London. He spent two years of his training at National Women’s from 1993-1994 and was a consultant in the UK for the past 17 years. As well as working in the NHS as a consultant and clinical director, he has also had a successful academic career at Leicester and then Newcastle University and has an international reputation for his research into high risk pregnancy. Jason has recently been able to fulfil his lifelong ambition to return to New Zealand with his family and is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. Jason is married with 3 children; two boys at university and a daughter at school in Auckland.

Aimee graduated from the University of Oxford in 2010. She originally planned to spend a year in New Zealand, but loved it so much that she never left! Becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 2021, she started working as a consultant at Middlemore Hospital. Aimee has always been interested in high risk obstetrics and decided to further sub-specialise in Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM). She has now completed her training and works as a MFM consultant at Auckland City Hospital. Aimee balances her work life with a busy home life. She has a husband and three young children. Her twins were delivered under the care of AOC.

Martin graduated from the University of Birmingham and then trained in Bristol before coming to New Zealand in 1995 to spend three years undertaking research for an MD thesis at National Women’s Hospital. He returned permanently to Auckland as a specialist in 2001 and joined AOC in 2002. He is a part-time specialist at Auckland City Hospital and at Fertility Plus. Martin also co-ordinates the hospital’s obstetric emergencies training programme for midwives and medical staff. Martin is married with two daughters at medical school, the youngest delivered under the care of AOC.

Peter graduated from the University of Auckland in 1977. He trained in paediatrics in Auckland and then at McMaster University, Ontario, before returning to National Women’s as a specialist in paediatrics and neonatology in 1988. Peter worked as a paediatrician and neonatologist at National Women’s until entering full time private practice in 2004. Peter’s particular interest is in newborns and children up to 24 months of age. As well as clinics every week at AOC he is also able to attend deliveries and see newborn babies post-natally at National Women’s and Birthcare. Peter has two grown up children.

Nicky has developed her career within the medical industry, primarily within the specialisations of obstetrics and orthopaedics. To enhance her practice management skills, she also undertook a law degree, admitted to the bar in 2016. Nicky is available to answer your questions about how AOC works, or if you need more information to help you decide on a lead maternity carer.