Dr Renee Verkuijl

Biography and Clinical interests

Dr Renee Verkuijl is a Townsville based Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG).

Dr Renee has been working in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for more than 20 years. Completing Medical School in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1998. Already during her Medical training she had a great interest in Women’s Health and performed research in the Obstetrics department from 1993 to 2000. Dr Renee then specialised in Tropical Medicine before working in Kenya for three years as the Medical Officer in Charge of a small rural hospital with an interest in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Being faced with the injustices for women there made her even more determined to choose a career in Women’s Health.

Dr Renee moved to Adelaide in 2005 and started the Obstetrics and Gynaecology training in Queensland in 2007. During her specialist training she worked in several maternity hospitals, including four years in different tertiary units with exposure to high-risk obstetrics.

During her final years in specialist training Dr Renee finished a Masters of Reproductive Medicine through the University of New South Wales. At the same time she developed an interest in laparoscopic surgery and infertility and has been working in Mater Private Hospital Townsville Townsville. She enjoys working in general Obstetrics and Gynaecology.