Dr Arlo Upton went to medical school in Dunedin and Wellington before moving to Auckland for her house surgeon and registrar years. She completed her training with a two-year research fellowship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, USA. She holds joint fellowships in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Infectious Diseases) and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Clinical Microbiology).

Dr Upton currently works 0.8 tenths at Labtests and 0.2 tenths at Middlemore hospital where she has a viral hepatitis clinic. In addition to viral hepatitis, she is interested in the epidemiology of antibiotic resistance and medical education.

Dr Dragana Drinkovic
Microbiologist

Email: dragana.drinkovic@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7229
Mobile: 021 0215 7069

Dr Dragana Drinkovic joins Labtests as a Clinical Microbiologist. After graduating from Belgrade University School of Medicine in Serbia she was a General Practitioner in Croatia before completing her pathology training at the Military Medical Academy, Institute of Microbiology in Belgrade.

Dr Drinkovic then practiced in Serbia as a Clinical Microbiologist before moving to New Zealand in 1994. After obtaining her FRCPA in 2003 she worked in the Microbiology Laboratory in Auckland Hospital before moving to North Shore Hospital, where she is part of the microbiology team.

Dr Drinkovic is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, Australian Society for Antimicrobials and Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases.