Dr Ross has been at Pukekohe Family Health Care since 1981 and lives with his wife and three adult children and their horses on a kiwifruit orchard in Pukekohe East. His interests include rugby, skiing , golf and yachting. He has an extensive medical practice knowledge, which reflects his interest in a wide range of child and adult medical problems.

Dr Green has been with the practice since 1985. Married with three children she has a dual role combining general practice sessions and management duties. She enjoys water skiing, boating and fishing (if the fish will leap in to the boat!), music reading and scrap booking and sport.

Dr. Rutten trained in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dr Rutten is an experienced GP with specialist skills. He worked the first 4 years of his career in Orthopaedic surgery, then trained and worked as an Emergency Physician for another 4 years. He continued his training as a GP in Amsterdam almost now 15 years ago.

Dr Wynne-Jones was born and raised in Hamilton. He graduated from the University of Otago in 1986. He worked in the UK for 3 years, and then returned to New Zealand to complete the General Practice Training Programme in 1992. He then spent 7 years working as a General Practitioner for the University of Auckland, Department of General Practice in Manurewa.

Dr Parkes’ special interests include paediatrics, women’s health and family planning. However, she enjoys all aspects of family health care from minor surgery to the care of ongoing illness. She particularly values getting to know people over time as she believes this is the key to effectively helping people with their health.

Dr Patel was working as a principal in practice in Middlesex, UK before immigrating to New Zealand with her family in September 2005 to join PFHC as a part-time GP. She graduated from Aberdeen University in 1990 and went into General Practice becoming a Member of the college of General Practitioners in 1994.