In 2003 Dr De Silva completed Post-Graduate training in General Pathology at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, obtaining her Diploma in General Pathology.

She worked at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital and the National Cancer Institute of Sri Lanka. She completed her MD (Haematology) in 2006 through the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka.

Dr De Silva had further advanced training in Haematology at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, where she obtained her FRCPA in 2010.

Dr Russell O’Neil
Haematologist

Email: russell.o'neil@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7309
Mobile: 027 286 5091

Dr Russell O’Neil joins Labtests from Christchurch, where he is a Consultant Pathologist with Healthscope's Southern Community Laboratories.

He graduated from the University of Otago School of Medicine and completed post-graduate training in General Pathology and Clinical and Laboratory Haematology in Christchurch and the United Kingdom.

Dr O’Neil obtained his FRCPA in Haematology in 1988 and is a member of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ).

Dr Lochie Teague
Haematologist

Email: lochie.teague@labtests.co.nz
Mobile: 027 286 5091

Dr Lochie Teague graduated from Otago University in 1981and completed post graduate training in Paediatrics and Haematology, obtaining his FRACP and FRCPA in 1991.

He has been Paediatric Haematologist since 1992 and since 1998 been Clinical Director of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Unit at Starship Hospital. He is a member of Australia and New Zealand Children’s Oncology Study Group (ANZCHOG), and Principal Investigator for Children’s Oncology Group. Special interests include Paediatric Haematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Haemophilia.

Dr Nigel Patton
Haematologist

Email: nigel.patton@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7286

Dr Patton joins Labtests from Auckland Hospital where he has been a Consultant Haematologist since 2008

Nigel Patton was born in Ireland and graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He undertook Haematology training in the West Midlands in the UK working as Research Fellow and University Lecturer in the Departments of Immunology and Haematology at the university of Birmingham and was subsequently appointed consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

He moved to Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand in 1994, where responsibilities included Directorship of a Bone Marrow Transplant Programme. He moved to the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide in 2008 before returning to New Zealand.