Tim is a General Practitioner working in Tairāwhiti, having completed both his junior doctor and Fellowship years in Gisborne. Tim retrained as a doctor after more than a decade working as a physiotherapist, including several years at the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health in Auckland. He has both Bachelors (University of Otago) and Masters (University of Queensland) qualifications in physiotherapy. He completed his medical degree (MbCHb; University of Auckland) with Distinction. He is currently undertaking his PhD (University of Otago) in association with Mātai, while continuing part time clinical work and co-managing City Medical Gisborne.

Tim’s research interests focus on prevention and early lifestyle intervention in cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome and ischaemic heart disease. His PhD aims to determine whether continuous glucose monitors (CGM) can promote behavioural change in people with prediabetes and early type-2 diabetes and whether this translates into measurable improvements in blood sugar control, fitness, and body composition. He is working with colleagues at Mātai to set up an exercise physiology laboratory that will enable rigorous assessment of fitness and metabolic health across a broad spectrum of health, from people with advanced diabetes through to elite athletes.