Dr Gowland is the visionary behind the Mobile Health Solutions project. A Christchurch urologist and sometime member of the New Zealand Board of Surgery and Australasian Board of Urology, Dr Gowland was awarded the Queen's Service Order in the New Year's Honours list of 2001 for services to medical standards and rural health. He specialises in combining video communications with surgical care for rural patients and is pioneering telepresence in New Zealand. His objective is to access the best medical care available for patients here through the global collaboration of clinicians via telepresence.