Dr Christopher Veal

• Since obtaining his MD in 2021, as of 2025, he has approximately 4 years of clinical experience post-graduation.

• Serves as a Family Medicine Physician at Howard Brown Health in Chicago, Illinois.

• Previously identified as a Family Medicine Resident at Carle Foundation Hospital / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

• Also featured in a New Zealand clinic announcement (The Terrace Medical Centre, Wellington) indicating he is expected to join them in early 2026 as a GP/locum

• Author of several publications, including:

  • We Burn Out, We Break, We Die: Medical Schools Must Change Their Culture to Preserve Medical Student Mental Health (Academic Medicine, May 1 2021) 

  • Follow-up replies related to medical student mental health also appear under “C.T. Veal” in Peer commentary

• On Doximity, publications include titles such as:

  • In Reply to Kandola and Minhas. Christopher Thomas Veal (Academic Medicine, March 2022)

  • 19 citations — We Burn Out, We Break, We Die... (Academic Medicine, May 2021)

  • At the Intersection of Fear, Grief, and Love. (Annals of Internal Medicine, Nov 2020)

• President’s Award, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians — 2023

• The John Benson Professionalism Award, The American Board of Internal Medicine — 2022

Christopher joins us from Chicago, Illinois, USA where he worked in a primary care clinic with a strong focus on LGBTQ+ medicine. He is especially passionate about gender affirming care, trauma-informed practice, mental health, and office-based procedures. Christopher brings a warm, inclusive, and patient-centred approach to his work, and is excited to continue that here in Wellington.

Outside of clinic, Christopher is learning to DJ with his husband, Jordan. They’ve recently made the move to Aotearoa with their spirited Portuguese Water Dog, Dorothy, and their mischievous cat, Render—who prefers staying indoors and getting into trouble with Dorothy. As a family, they’re thrilled to be starting a new chapter in Wellington and can’t wait to explore the city’s vibrant café scene and New Zealand’s many vineyards.