Dr Phil Shoemack
Medical Officer of Health, Public Health Head of Service and Medical Leader for Regional Community Services
Dr Phil Shoemack is a public health physician, Medical Officer of Health and Public Health Head of Service for Toi Te Ora Public Health, and also the Medical Leader for the Bay of Plenty District Health Board Regional Community Services.
He undertook all of his under-graduate and post-graduate medical training in New Zealand, and has been working in public health in the Bay of Plenty since 1986.
His interests include reducing inequalities, how to get the whole community more physically active and the prevention of health issues at a population level through healthy public policy. “I’m passionate about helping to build environments which are supportive of good population health outcomes,” says Dr Shoemack.
Qualifications and professional memberships:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Otago
- Diploma in Community Health, University of Otago
- Diploma in Occupational Medicine, University of Auckland
- Fellow of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine
Updated 22 Apr, 2021