Our Team

Dr James Wong, MBChB, FRNZCGP, FRACP, Diploma Child health and Palliative Medicine

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I am a Malaysian Chinese. I migrated to New Zealand and completed my medical degree at the University of Otago in 2000. I have paramount passion and enthusiasm in medicine. I obtained the fellowship in both RACP and FRNZCGP and have broad experiences in all aspects of internal medicine and general practice. I have a special interest in child health and palliative care. I am also specialised in adult internal medicine with a subspecialty in older person health. My career goal is to provide high-quality care to patients in the community. I enjoy playing guitar with my family when I have the spare time.

Helena Lau, Practice Manager

I grew up in Malaysia and moved to Christchurch in 2001 when I got married to James. Before working here, I was a tax consultant in Singapore and Malaysia international accounting firms. We are blessed with an intelligent daughter and a talented son. They like to do things together with us as a team. I play the piano and keyboard, Esther plays electric and acoustic guitars, and Joseph plays the drums.

Dr Jamie Ang

I moved to New Zealand in 2007 and completed my medical degree at the University of Otago in 2012. After gaining broad hospital experience across various specialties, I decided to join General Practice in 2016. I enjoy the variety in General Practice, building relationships with my patients and empowering them to improve their overall health. I am multilingual and speak fluent English, Chinese(mainly Mandarin, some Cantonese) and Malay.
Outside of work, I am kept busy with my young family. I enjoy maintaining my indoor plant collection and doing crafts (cross-stitch, miniature models) when I get some downtime.

Dr Dennis Forsythe

I was born and raised in Malaysia and come from a mixed heritage consisting of Scottish-Portuguese-Sri Lankan-Malay-Chinese backgrounds. I completed my Medical Degree at the National University of Ireland, Galway. After several years of work in Singapore, I moved to New Zealand in 2018. I have been practicing hospital-based medicine up until early 2023. I thoroughly enjoy the relationship-building that being a GP entails, and I hope to continue doing my best for my patients.

Ailing Li , Nurse

My name is Ailing, I moved to New Zealand in 2006, originally worked in a rest home till 2013, then I worked at Princess Margaret Hospital as a rehabilitation nurse, the ward eventually moved to Burwood hospital in 2016. I have always been interested in primary nursing and the dream came true recently. I am very glad I have joined this wonderful team. Working along side with our lovely GPs, I am able to provide service to community, aiming to enhance patients’ health and wellbeing.

Faith Lin, Practice Nurse

I moved from China to New Zealand in 2008 and settled in Christchurch since then. I have been a registered nurse for a few years before I moved to New Zealand mainly working in medical and surgical units in hospitals. I have been working as a registered nurse in New Zealand for more than 12 years now mainly working in surgical wards and community nursing sector. I joined Waimairi Road Medical Centre’s team in 2020. In my spare time, I enjoy swimming and tramping.

Esther Hu, Receptionist and Administrator

I am Esther，was born in China and moved to Christchurch in 2002. I joined the practice in 2018 as one of the receptionists. I enjoy working with the team to serve people.

Michelle Lau, Receptionist and Healthcare assistant

I am originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and came to New Zealand as a student in 2007 but took up permanent residency when my parents and sister migrated here. I completed a B SC in Psychology from the University of Canterbury. Apart from English I am fluent in Malay and Mandarin. In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family. I am married with three adorable young children.

Yoyo Chen, Health Coach

I am a Health Coach under Te Tumu Waiora. I came to NZ in 2009 and have completed a degree in Human Nutrition. I am interested in supporting people to meet their health goals and assisting people in improving overall health and wellbeing. Apart from work I enjoy swimming, baking and do fun things with my young family.

Natasha Janevska, Health improvement Practitioner (HIP)

I moved to New Zealand in 2008 and completed my studies in Mental Health and Addiction in 2013. I was privileged to have the opportunity to start my career as a clinician for AOD residential services in Auckland and Christchurch. After 7 years practising as a clinician, I have decided to join Pegasus health and embark on a new journey as HIP for General practice.

HIP role is Generalist. I have been seeing people with range of health and well being concerns. My aim is to help people to overcome challenges and achieve their full life potential.

I believe in human connection being a powerful tool for self-healing and wellbeing.