Dr John Collins
About Dr John Collins
Honorary Associate Professor John Collins is a Renal physician (kidney specialist, nephrologist) in private practice at the Mercy Specialist Centre.
He is a graduate of Otago Medical school (1974) and underwent his post-graduate training in Medicine and Nephrology in Wellington before taking up a Clinical Research Fellowship at the University of Southern California and Los Angeles County Hospital from 1981-1984. On return to New Zealand he took up an appointment as a Renal Physician at Auckland Hospital in Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation .
Johns special clinical interests and expertise include assessment and management of adults with acute and chronic kidney disease, metabolic assessment and prevention of renal stones, and renal metabolic disorders. He has published widely with more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Disability Access
Services
Areas of Specialisation
- Nephrology (Renal Medicine) including Prevention of Kidney Stones
- Haematuria
- Proteinuria
- Renovascular Disease
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
Credentials
Qualifications
MBChB (Otago) 1974, FRACP 1982,
Honorary Associate Professor, University of Auckland,
Royal Aust College of Physicians,
Aus & NZ Society of Nephrology