Session 9B: Aesthetic Medicine
Tracks
Track 2
Saturday, May 18, 2024 |
10:45 AM - 11:20 AM |
Tāwhirimātea C |
Speaker
Dr Jenni Irvine
General Practitioner
NZSCM
A journey of discovery through Aesthetic medicine
10:45 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Jenni is an active member of the NZSCM executive and the education committee. She is dedicated to maintaining standards of excellence in the field of Aesthetic Medicine and has been involved in teaching and training for the past 18 years. She is committed to professional excellence and counts it a privilege to educate other medical practitioners in the industry to reach their full potential. She currently splits her time between General Practice and her aesthetic medicine clinic.
Jenni is a graduate of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and went on to specialise as a GP in the United Kingdom attaining the MRCGP, DRCOG and diploma in therapeutics. She became a partner in a rural general practice in Northumberland, and it was during this time that she developed an interest in dermatology. She started working one day a week in the local dermatology clinic and went on to get the practical diploma in Dermatology from Cardiff University.
On returning to South Africa in 2003, she had the opportunity to combine her GP, Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine careers by starting her own Aesthetics clinic. She sat the American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine board exams and was a founding member of the Allergan Medical Aesthetics Academy in South Africa
Her Aesthetics career has been balanced over the years by work in palliative care for Hospice and General Practice.
Moderator
Cathy Stephenson
Gp
The 502 Clinic