Anatomical Pathologists
Our specialist pathologists are available to provide expert advice to practitioners. Many of our pathologists also have District Health Board appointments. Our team can be contacted to discuss urgent or clinically significant results as required. Practitioners wishing to discuss test results with one of our pathologists can contact us.
Dr Richard Lloydd |
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Dr Lloydd is a graduate of the University of Otago Medical School. Prior to entering pathology he spent three years working as a General Practitioner.
Dr Lloydd did his pathology training at Dunedin and Christchurch hospitals, and worked at Canterbury Health Laboratories prior to working at Diagnostic Medlab for over eight years. He joined Labtests in 2009 as Medical Director.
In addition to his role at Labtests, Dr Lloydd has a part time appointment as a Consultant Pathologist at LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital. Dr Lloydd's speciality interest areas are lymphoma and breast pathology, cytology, and molecular pathology. Dr Lloydd is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
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Dr Jim Kirker |
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Dr Kirker is a graduate of the University of Otago Medical School. He did his pathology training in Auckland and then worked as a Senior Pathology Registrar at St Mary's hospital in London.
After returning to New Zealand, Jim held pathologist positions at Southland Hospital, Cook Hospital in Gisborne, and National Women's Hospital. Prior to joining Labtests, he worked at Diagnostic Medlab for eight years. Dr Kirker has a specialty interest in gynaecological pathology. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologist of Australasia.
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Dr Heng Teoh |
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Dr Teoh is a graduate of the University of Singapore; he then moved to New Zealand and completed his FRCPA in Anatomic Pathology in Christchurch.
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. Dr Teoh's speciality interest is the pathology of brain tumours. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
Contact: Dr Heng Teoh |
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Dr Vladimir Osipov |
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Dr Osipov completed his medical 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.
Vladimir has 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.
Vladimir's speciality interest areas are dermatopathology, gastrointestinal and orthopaedic Pathology. Dr Osipov is a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists and of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
Contact: Dr Vladimir Osipov |
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Dr Ravneet Grewal |
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Dr Grewal is a graduate of Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. She moved to New Zealand in 1996 and completed her specialty training in Auckland at LabPlus and Middlemore Hospital.
Dr Grewal then worked at Diagnostic Medlab for five years. In addition to Anatomical Pathology, Dr Grewal has teaching experience having worked as a Senior Lecturer. Her specialist interest is skin pathology.
Dr Grewal is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
Contact: Dr Ravneet Grewal |
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Dr Fergus Oliver |
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Dr Oliver is a graduate of the University of Auckland Medical School. He completed his Physician and Dermatology Training in Auckland. Following this he undertook a Fellowship in Dermatopathology at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA and then advanced Dermatopathology Training at St Johns Hospital for Diseases of Skin in London, UK.
On return to New Zealand he has been involved in Consultant Dermatology and Dermatopathology Services. He has worked for the Auckland District Health Board and provided Dermatopathology Consultation in the Public Sector. He has previously been employed by Med Lab then Diagnostic Medlab. He has been Consultant to Labtests since 2009 and also provides Dermatopathology Consultation for Biopsy Solutions Ltd.
Dr Oliver is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Australasian Society of Dermatopathology.
Contact: Dr Fergus Oliver |
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