About

It was a common belief in the need for equitable health care – and improved accessibility for all – that led to three healthcare professionals joining forces to provide primary-based diagnostic services to GPs, specialists and concerned patients themselves.

CardioScan Aotearoa offers a range of cardiorespiratory diagnostic tests aimed at early and fast diagnosis of heart, lung and sleep-related complaints. Working closely with a range of health professionals and operating out of their premises at 20 Robe Street New Plymouth 4310 Michael Maxim, Jez Morris, and Alan Thomson want to encourage more people who have issues with breathing, dizziness, palpitations or sleep to get themselves checked out.

Alan Thomson – Operations Manager

A UK trained operating department practitioner (Liverpool John Moores University), Alan moved to Taranaki in 1998 taking a role with the Taranaki District Health Board as an anaesthetic technician, also later as Resuscitation Co-ordinator.

Alan has also previously held positions in anaesthetic support services management for public and private hospitals within New Zealand and has experience in diagnostic clinics through helping organise and staff sleep clinics investigating SDB (sleep-disordered breathing) for a major international health provider.

Jeremy Morris – Respiratory/Sleep Physiologist & Business Development Manager

Jeremy (Jez) Morris has 22 years healthcare experience working in the fields of clinical physiology, anaesthetics, ambulance care, resuscitation, primary care and teaching at both a practitioner and managerial level.

Jez pioneered the development of Primary Sleep Services within New Zealand which has improved access to diagnosis and management of primary sleep disorders.

Martin Stiles – Medical Director

Dr Martin Stiles is a Cardiologist at Waikato Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland. He trained at Otago University, Waikato Hospital and the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He completed a PhD in Atrial Fibrillation at the University of Adelaide in 2008. He is Chair-elect of the NZ Region of the Cardiac Society of Australia and NZ.

A/Prof Stiles has led International Expert Consensus Statements and chairs the Scientific Committee of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. He is on the Executive Board of the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society.