Dr Jim Kirker
Anatomical Pathologist

Email: jim.kirker@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7285
Mobile: 021 0215 7172

Dr Kirker joined Labtests after eight years at Diagnostic Medlab. He was a pathologist at Greenlane and National Womens Hospitals and previously at Southland Hospital and Cook Hospital, Gisborne.

Dr Kirker is a graduate of the University of Otago and completed his FRCPA in Auckland, with a further two years as a senior registrar at St Mary's Hospital, London.

Dr Heng Teoh
Anatomical Pathologist

Email: heng.teoh@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7208
Mobile: 021 407 367

Dr Teoh joined Labtests from his role as a Consultant Histopathologist at LabPLUS in Auckland, where he worked for over eight years.

Prior to taking up his role at LabPLUS, Dr Teoh was Head of Anatomic Pathology at Wellington Hospital for five years. He was a Consultant Pathologist at Wellington Hospital and Clinical Lecturer in Pathology at the University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine from 1980 to 1993. He also served as a Consultant Pathologist at Singapore General Hospital from 1993 to 1996.

He is a graduate of the University of Singapore and completed his FRCPA in Anatomic Pathology in Christchurch.

Dr Vladimir Osipov
Anatomical Pathologist

Email: vladimir.osipov@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7312
Mobile: 021 401 943

Dr Osipov joined Labtests from the faculty of the Medical College of Wisconsin, USA where he has been an Assistant Professor of Pathology since 2004. He also has a part time position as an anatomical pathologist at LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital.

Dr Osipov completed his medicine studies at the Pavlov Medical University, St Petersburg, Russia. This was followed by a pathology residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a surgical pathology Fellowship with special emphasis in bone and soft tissue pathology and gastrointestinal pathology at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA.

Dr Osipov is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists and received his FRCPA in 2010.

Dr Ravneet Grewal
Anatomical Pathologist

Email: ravneet.grewal@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7274
Mobile: 021 0213 7229

Dr Ravneet Grewal comes to us from Diagnostic Medlab where she has worked as an Anatomical Pathologist for 5 years. She completed her specialty training in Auckland at LabPlus and Middlemore Hospital. She is a graduate of Punjab University, Chandigarh, in India where she also spent some time working as a Senior Lecturer.

Dr Grewal is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.