NSOMS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Specialist Prosthodontist

With his surgical colleagues at NSOMS, Dr Payne provides robust prosthodontic input to interactive learning, didactic courses, and hands-on training programs. This includes lecture and live prosthodontic demonstrations to supplement similar comprehensive surgical components. Dr Payne established Northland Prosthodontics Ltd in Whangarei, Northland where he spends weekends enjoying life keeping fit with regular walking and exercising locally and in the nearby world-renowned Bay of Islands. He is always busy with commitments for ongoing clinical research in oral implantology as an independent researcher. He still serves as a reviewer and member of editorial boards for numerous peer-reviewed journals in prosthodontics and implantology. Also working for the Cochrane Collaboration, Manchester, UK, he is an author of several systematic reviews on implantology which require regular updates.

Job Titles:

• Specialist Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Director

Dr Choi grew up on the North Shore before moving down to Dunedin for his training at University of Otago and Dunedin Public Hospital. After spending more than 10 years in Dunedin, he feels privileged to return to North Shore and look after patients from his home town where he lives today with his lovely wife Jae and his two kids. He loves playing tennis and skiing with his family. Dr Choi is also a keen golfer which keeps him physically fit and mentally refreshed. His other interest, when the weather is not cooperating for outdoor activities is digital technologies innovation and its implementation in dental healthcare.

Job Titles:

• Registered Specialist
• Specialist Oral Surgeon, Director

Dr Rajpal is a fully registered Specialist Oral Surgeon. He has completed close to 10 years of training from both the University of Otago, NZ and the University of Sydney, Australia. Outside of work he is an avid long-distance runner and traveller who enjoys voluntary work in all corners of the globe.

Job Titles:

• Specialist Oral Surgeon, Director

Dr Goldsmith is a fully registered, Otago trained Specialist Oral Surgeon. He has been a director and Oral Surgeon at NSOMS since 2015. Prior to practicing on the North Shore he practiced for 5 years in Hawkes Bay as a Specialist Oral Surgeon both in private practice and contracting for Hawkes Bay Hospital. Dr Goldsmith has practiced and tutored students at the Dunedin Public Hospital and the University of Otago. Dr Goldsmith was brought up in Auckland, he is married and a father of two. He enjoys spending his down time with friends and family, fishing and relaxing at the beach.

Job Titles:

• Oral Health Therapist and Dental Hygienist

Lily is a Taiwanese New Zealander and is fluent in both Mandarin as well as English. In her spare time, she enjoys complex jigsaw puzzles, loves to travel and is always down for a good Pilates class.