Clinical considerations panel
For the ‘Clinical considerations panel’ we’ve asked our five experts to present on their specific topic noted below for approximately 10 minutes each, we’ll then have an open floor for 30 minutes of questions and discussion.
- Dr Rona Carroll: Primary care clinic - fertility and conception
- Dr Richard Carroll: GAHT and pregnancy – e.g. transitioning off and back on to GAHT
- Dr Ed Hyde: Reflections from an obstetric clinic
- Associate Professor Sara Filoche: Considerations in obstetric education
- Mx Fleur Kelsey: Infant feeding and lactation support
Dr Rona Carroll
Dr Rona Carroll (she/her) is a General Practitioner and a senior lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice at the University of Otago Wellington.
Rona works as part of a gender affirming healthcare team in a primary care setting. She is a member of the executive committee of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) and lead author of the Aotearoa Primary Care Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Initiation Guidelines.
Rona has previously worked in breastfeeding medicine, perinatal mental health and been on the board of perinatal anxiety & depression Aotearoa (PADA).
Dr Rona Carroll (she/her) is a General Practitioner and a senior lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice at the University of Otago Wellington.
Rona works as part of a gender affirming healthcare team in a primary care setting. She is a member of the executive committee of the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) and lead author of the Aotearoa Primary Care Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy Initiation Guidelines.
Rona has previously worked in breastfeeding medicine, perinatal mental health and been on the board of perinatal anxiety & depression Aotearoa (PADA).
Dr Richard Carroll
Dr Richard Carroll (he / him) is an Endocrinologist at Wellington regional hospital and is the current president of the New Zealand Society of Endocrinology. His clinical interests include endocrine tumours of the pituitary, gastrointestinal tract, and adrenal glands, genetic endocrine disorders, and gender affirming therapy. He regularly sees adults to start gender affirming hormonal therapy and has contributed to several regional and national guidelines on the subject.
Dr Richard Carroll (he / him) is an Endocrinologist at Wellington regional hospital and is the current president of the New Zealand Society of Endocrinology. His clinical interests include endocrine tumours of the pituitary, gastrointestinal tract, and adrenal glands, genetic endocrine disorders, and gender affirming therapy. He regularly sees adults to start gender affirming hormonal therapy and has contributed to several regional and national guidelines on the subject.
Dr Ed Hyde
Dr Ed Hyde (he/him/ia) is a trauma informed O&G specialist at Hutt Hospital | Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai. He has a passion for health equity and justice, especially neurodiversity, rainbow & trans healthcare, as well as incorporating Te Tiriti o Waitangi into clinical care. Ed is British by birth and a Kiwi by choice, and has worked across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dr Ed Hyde (he/him/ia) is a trauma informed O&G specialist at Hutt Hospital | Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai. He has a passion for health equity and justice, especially neurodiversity, rainbow & trans healthcare, as well as incorporating Te Tiriti o Waitangi into clinical care. Ed is British by birth and a Kiwi by choice, and has worked across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Associate Professor Sara Filoche
Sara Filoche (she/her) is a health equity researcher, lecturer and Head of Department at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Sara is involved in a variety of health equity focussed research projects such as: mapping epistemic (in)justices in healthcare; understanding people’s experiences of informed choice for prenatal screening; co-designing a consumer resource about abnormal uterine bleeding; culture centred (re-)design of hospital waiting rooms; community-based colposcopy services; and building trans-inclusive perinatal mental services and medical education.
Sara Filoche (she/her) is a health equity researcher, lecturer and Head of Department at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Sara is involved in a variety of health equity focussed research projects such as: mapping epistemic (in)justices in healthcare; understanding people’s experiences of informed choice for prenatal screening; co-designing a consumer resource about abnormal uterine bleeding; culture centred (re-)design of hospital waiting rooms; community-based colposcopy services; and building trans-inclusive perinatal mental services and medical education.
Fleur Kelsey
Fleur Kelsey (they/them) is a Pākehā, queer, non-binary trans midwife working as a Senior Lecturer and Kaihāpai Kahukura/Rainbow Liaison in the School of Midwifery at Otago Polytechnic. They are passionate about LGBTIQ+ Takatāpui equity in perinatal care, the education of health professionals, reproductive justice, and the transformative potential of research.
Fleur Kelsey (they/them) is a Pākehā, queer, non-binary trans midwife working as a Senior Lecturer and Kaihāpai Kahukura/Rainbow Liaison in the School of Midwifery at Otago Polytechnic. They are passionate about LGBTIQ+ Takatāpui equity in perinatal care, the education of health professionals, reproductive justice, and the transformative potential of research.