Amanda Oakley
Photo: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons13

Amanda Oakley

New Zealand dermatologist

Amanda Margaret Meredith Oakley is a New Zealand-based dermatologist, specialising in melanoma research and teledermatology. She is a founder and former editor-in-chief of DermNet.2

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Bristol3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Bristol Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery3 4

Career

Occupation: dermatologist.9

  • Since 2017Adjunct associate professor, University of Auckland5 7
  • Since 1987Worked at Waikato District Health Board5 6
  • Date not recordedFounded DermNet NZ8

Oakley graduated from the University of Bristol in 1979, and completed postgraduate studies in Auckland, London and Durham before emigrating to New Zealand. She has been a practicing dermatologist at Waikato Hospital since 1987.

In 1995, Oakley and a group of New Zealand dermatologists created DermNet, a medical resource site focused on dermatology. Oakley learned how to code and programme to create the website, which was made to be a source of information for dermatologists and patients. DermNet was registered as a charitable trust in 2013.

Oakley has been the Clinical Director of the Department of Dermatology of the Waikato District Health Board, and currently teaches as an Honorary and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Auckland's Waikato Clinical Campus. Oakley was the president of both the New Zealand Dermatological Society and the Australian and New Zealand Vulvovaginal Society from 2011 to 2013.

From Wikipedia’s article on Amanda Oakley (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awards

  • 2018Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit10 11