about your obstetricians
About Your obstetricians
Wellington Obstetrics has a fantastic team of Obstetricians who will create a bespoke care plan that is flexible and tailored to your individual needs. Their holistic approach will address your individual concerns in a sensitive and compassionate manner whilst providing the highest standard of obstetric care.
They have a vast range of experience enabling them to care for women with previous pregnancy loss, preterm birth multiple pregnancies or underlying medical conditions. They are experts in all models of childbirth including operative vaginal deliveries, vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) and caesarean sections
You will be allocated a lead Obstetrician and have the opportunity to meet the others over the course of your pregnancy. Here is a bit more about information about each practitioner:
DR JAYNAYA (JAY) MARLOW
Director Obstetrician and MFM Subspecialist
BMedSci (hons), MBChB, PGDipOMG, FRANZCOG, DDU, CMFM
Dr Jaynaya (Jay) Marlow is an Obstetrician and is a sub-specialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine and Ultrasound.
She trained as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in New Zealand. Jaynaya completed her Maternal and Fetal Medicine (CMFM) and Ultrasound (DDU O&G) training in Brisbane, Australia. Jay is the National Clinical Director of Wāhi Rua NZ Maternal Fetal Medicine Network and she is a Maternal and Fetal Medicine (MFM) sub-specialist at Wellington Hospital
Jaynaya holds Specialist positions in both the public and private sectors.
DR SARAH WRIGHT
Director Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
BSc, MBBS (hons), FRANZCOG
Dr Sarah Wright is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, completing the majority of her specialist training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney.
Sarah has worked in large busy tertiary hospitals and in rural and regional communities in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. She is now a Director Obstetrician of Wellington Obstetrics, a Senior Medical Officer at Wellington Hospital in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a Gynaecologist at Wakefield Specialist Centre.
Sarah holds Specialist positions in both the public and private sectors.
DR IMOGEN HEALY
Director Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
MBChB, PGDipOMG, FRANZCOG
Dr Imogen Healy is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. She completed her training in New Zealand and holds Specialist positions in both the private and public sectors.
Imogen achieved an honorary Science then Medical degree from the University of Otago, a post graduate diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
DR SALLY GUNDERSEN
Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and MFM Subspecialist
BioMedSci, MbChB, PGDipOMG, FRANZCOG, DDU, PGDipHealth Science (Måori Health)
Dr Sally Gundersen is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and is a sub-specialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine and Ultrasound.
Sally completed her medical degree at the University of Otago and trained as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in the lower part of the North Island of New Zealand. She completed her diploma in Ultrasound (DDU O&G) in Wellington and then travelled to Melbourne for a Maternal and Fetal Medicine fellowship.
Sally holds specialist positions in both the public and private sectors.
DR NICOLE EGAN
Associate Obstetrician
Dr Nicole Egan is a doctor with a vast amount of experience in Obstetrics. She trained in Ireland and New Zealand. We are very lucky Nicole and her family have settled down in Wellington.
You will find Nicole working at Hutt and Wellington Hospitals and Fertility Associates.