Who we are

Iain is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Medicine Physician working in private practice in Christchurch, and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago.

He is clinical lead in MSK Ultrasound at The Australian Institute of Ultrasound, Australia, where he tutors Doctors and allied Health Professionals from around the world in Point-of-Care MSK ultrasound.

He has presented at National and International conferences and seminars on MSK POCUS.

Clinical interests include interventional pain management, point of care ultrasound, and acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems in adults, particularly spinal pain.

Julie is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physician working in Private Practice in Nelson. She is a tutor in MSK Ultrasound at The Australian Institute of Ultrasound.

Special interests include Point-of-Care MSK ultrasound and its clinical utility in diagnosis and treatment of MSK conditions.

Julie is responsible for training development, course administration, and is your point of contact for academic related enquiries.

I completed my Bachelor of Business Studies with a major in Sport Business Management and a minor in Exercise and Sport Science at Massey University. After this I went on to complete a Master of Sport Management. With a life filled with sport it was only natural for me to study it, as I knew that no matter the stage of life I was in, sport would play some role.

I have known many aspects of sports, being involved in community sport, high performance sport as well as coaching, spectating, and managing teams, athletes and event management. I excelled in Athletics, running the 400m at a national and international level and Competitive Cheerleading where I attended the World Cheerleading Championships in 2019. In my coaching I am passionate about teaching correct technique and ensuring perfection before progression – thus helping minimise injury and optimise performance potential.

Along the way, I have had the privilege to organise and execute a wide range of wonderful events through my education and career, and I love it!

I have a wonderful husband, the cutest son, and an energetic four-legged fur baby. We enjoy being outside exploring or being in our garden and spending time with our family.

Jacinta Charlesworth is a sonographer at Reform Radiology in Christchurch.

Her previous experience includes training and working at Te Whatu Ora Christchurch for 10 years.

Jacinta is passionate about all aspects of ultrasound. Working at a Tertiary hospital has enabled her to obtain skills in fetal medicine, pediatrics, neonatal, basic MSK, general vascular and emergency ultrasound.

The move to private practice has greatly advancer her musculoskeletal skill set and has taken a new passion focus.

Amongst being a Mum to two preschoolers and working Jacinta enjoys tutoring at ARA and providing POCUS ultrasound training support.

Rex de Ryke has been the Charge Sonographer within the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) radiology service since 2003.

He is past Chair of NZASUM and was an ASUM director from 2016 – 2019.

He received an honorary ASUM fellowship and humanitarian award in 2012, and was the Australasian Sonographer of the year in 2017

Rex is passionate about all aspect of clinical ultrasound, with special interests in fetal medicine, fetal echocardiography and emergency medicine ultrasound.

As well as extensive clinical roles Rex is involved in ongoing Sonographer and Clinician education.

He is an examiner for ASUM, teaches locally and nationally, and is an accredited provider for several ASUM CCPU modules

He has presented at numerous national conferences and meetings, and also at international meetings including ISUOG and ASUM.

A current focus is co-ordinating and supporting PoCUS service provision within the CDHB and the greater New Zealand community , with an emphasis on quality, review and audit.