Our Doctors

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Dr Bert Lombard

Bert was born in South Africa- the youngest of five children of a pastor family. Bert studied medicine at the University of Pretoria, after which he had 2 years compulsory military training service during which he was actively involved in the Bush War as a medical officer.

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Dr Charlotte van Hutten

Charlotte van Hutten studied medicine at the university of Groningen and graduated in 2011. She gained experience in acute medicine and cardiology, before starting her GP training in 2013. She worked as a locum in different family practices in the Netherlands. In 2018 she convinced her husband DR Kars Mud to go on an adventure to New Zealand and both doctors has been working with us since August 2019. Her special interests are cardiovascular disease management and family planning.

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Dr Kars Mud

Kars was born in the Netherlands in 1986. Just like his father (ENT Specialist) and mother (General Practitioner) he started his study medicine and graduated at the University of Groningen in 2012. After two years of gaining experience in acute medicine and child psychiatry he started his General Practitioner training at the Radboud University in Nijmegen.  He graduated in 2017 and worked as a locum GP in several Dutch practices for 2 years. Kars and his wife Charlotte (who is also a GP at Otaki Medical Centre) decided to make a life changing move by coming to New Zealand with their two sons.