Sexual Health Specialists - Remuera, Auckland
About Us
Dr Min Karen Lo
MBChB 1994 (Auckland), FAChSHM (RACP) 2004
Min is a Specialist Sexual Health Physician at Auckland Regional Sexual Health Service, based at the Greenlane Clinical Centre. She works with sexually transmitted infections and genital skin conditions in both men and women.
Min graduated from Auckland University in 1993 and completed specialist qualifications as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FAChSHM) in 2004.
She is a colposcopist (investigation and treatment of abnormal cervical smears and cervical cancer) at Counties Manukau Super Clinic.
She is also a forensic physician and is a medical examiner for the NZ Police in the area of sexual assault. She has a Masters in Forensic Medicine from Monash University in Melbourne.
Dr Nicky Perkins
MBChB 1987 (Otago) Dip Obst 1992, FAChSHM (RACP) 2000.
Nicky is a Specialist Sexual Health Physician at the Auckland Regional Sexual Health Service since 2001 and the Clinical Director for this service.
She graduated from Otago Medical School in 1987 and trained as a Sexual Health Physician in Auckland and London, becoming a fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2000.
She is actively involved in teaching and research and her areas of interest include general sexual health medicine, vulval disease including genital pain and genital dermatology.
Dr Jackie Hilton
BM 1984 (UK), FRNZCGP 2001, FAChSHM (RACP) 2009
Jackie is a specialist sexual health physician at Auckland Regional Sexual Health Service.
Jackie graduated from Southampton Medical School in the UK in 1984. After completing General Practioner training, she spent time working in a remote aboriginal community in NW Australia. She returned to England and job shared a general practice with her husband while her family was growing up.
On immigrating to New Zealand in 1998 Jackie became a Fellow of the New Zealand College of General Practitioners but a passion for sexual health medicine encouraged her to specialise in this area. In 2009 she completed her training with the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine and was awarded the Fellowship. Her interests include general sexual health and HIV medicine, vulval dermatology and pain.
About Sexual Health Physicians
Sexual Health Medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of infections and diseases of the genital area. It is an established and specialised area of medical practice. It is a vocationally registered specialty, and (in Australia and New Zealand) a Sexual Health Physician is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians..
Sexual Health Specialists are medical specialists with a minimum of 5 years post graduate training in the diagnosis and management of sexually transmissible infections such as HIV/AIDS, genital dermatology, general sexual and reproductive health, and sexual assault medicine.
We work in close affiliation with Gynaecologists, Dermatologists and Infectious Diseases Specialists in relation to conditions that affect the genital area.
There are only about 15 practicing Sexual Health Physicians in New Zealand, involved mostly in Public Health and specialist public hospital clinics.
General Sexual Health
Sexual Health Specialists will:
- Provide routine sexual health checks and advice on STIs
- Manage genital warts and HPV
- Vaccinate for HPV
- Manage genital herpes. Genital herpes carries a far greater psychological emphasis than the condition itself. It is important to receive accurate information and understand your options in the management of this condition.
Vulval Dermatology and Vulvovaginal Diseases
Sexual Health Specialists specialise in the care and management of:
- Skin problems in the vulval area, including lichen sclerosis, lichen planus, eczema and dermatitis
- Chronic and recurrent thrush
- Chronic vaginal discharge problems
- Chronic vulval and vaginal pain
Male Genital Problems
- Assessment and management of all skin problems affecting the penis, foreskin and genital area
- Chronic urethral symptoms and discharge
- Chronic genital pain
We Do Not Offer
- On-line consultation service
- Treatment to children under 14 years of age