Head of Department
Professor Anna Ranta
Professor of Neurology
Tel +64 4 832 3076
Email anna.ranta@otago.ac.nz
Deputy Head of Department
Dr Tristram Ingham
Research Associate Professor
Tel +64 4 832 3082
Email tristram.ingham@otago.ac.nz
Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor Carl Burgess
MB ChB Conveners and Sub-Conveners
Year 4
Professor Mark Weatherall
Module Convener
Email mark.weatherall@otago.ac.nz
Dr Rosemary Hall
Endocrinology Sub-Convener
Senior Lecturer
Email rosemary.hall@otago.ac.nz
Dr Stephen Inns
Gastroenterology Sub-Convener
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 4 832 3071
Email stephen.inns@otago.ac.nz
Gordon Maxwell
Hutt Hospital Convener
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email gordon.maxwell@otago.ac.nz
Dr Martin Punter
Neurology Sub-Convener
Senior Lecturer
Email martin.punter@ccdhb.org.nz
Trang Tang
Administrator
ALM4 and Trainee Interns Teaching Co-ordinator
Tel +64 3 556 5366
Email med4.uow@otago.ac.nz
Year 5
Dr Andrew Aitken
Module Convener
Cardiology Sub-Convener
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email andrew.aitken@ccdhb.org.nz
Dr Carolyn Clark
Renal Sub-Convener
Senior Lecturer
Email carolyn.clark@ccdhb.org.nz
Professor Alister Neill
Respiratory and Sleep Sub-Convener
Tel +64 4 832 3067
Email alister.neill@otago.ac.nz
Dr Kyle Perrin
General Medicine Sub-Convener
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email kyle.perrin@ccdhb.org.nz
Dr Annie Wong
Oncology Sub-Convener
Senior Lecturer
Email annie.wong@otago.ac.nz
Siti Rahayu
Administrator
ALM5 Teaching Co-ordinator
Tel +64 4 832 3435
Email med5.uow@otago.ac.nz
Year 6 / Trainee Interns
Dr Cindy Towns
Module Convener
Senior Lecturer
Email cindy.towns@ccdhb.org.nz
Trang Tang
Administrator
ALM4 and Trainee Interns Teaching Co-ordinator
Tel +64 3 556 5366
Email med6.uow@otago.ac.nz
Other Conveners
Dr Chris Cameron
Clinical Pharmacology Convener
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email chris.cameron@ccdhb.org.nz
Professor Sinéad Donnelly
Palliative Care Convener
Email sinead.donnelly@otago.ac.nz
Postgraduate Research Convener
Dr Stephen Inns
Postgraduate Research Programme Convener
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 4 832 307
Email stephen.inns@otago.ac.nz
Research groups within the Department of Medicine
Contact information for research groups within the Department of Medicine.
Professors
Professor Rebecca Grainger
Professor of Medicine
Tel +64 4 832 3078
Email rebecca.grainger@otago.ac.nz
Professor Jeremy Krebs
Professor of Medicine
Tel +64 4 832 3077
Email jeremy.krebs@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professors
Associate Professor Andrew Harrison
Email andrew.harrison@otago.ac.nz
Dr Darren Hooks
Clinical Associate Professor
Cardiology
Email darren.hooks@ccdhb.org.nz
Associate Professor William Taylor
Tel +64 4 832 3081
Email will.taylor@otago.ac.nz
Adjunct Professor
Richard Beasley
Respiratory Medicine
Tel +64 4 805 0230
Email richard.beasley@mrinz.ac.nz
Senior Lecturers
Peter Fortes
Occupational and Aviation Medicine
Email peter.fortes@otago.ac.nz
Dr Rachelle Martin
Senior Lecturer
Mob +64 21 223 3362
Email rachelle.martin@otago.ac.nz
Dr Julie Myers
Tel +64 4 918 4629
Email julie.myers@otago.ac.nz
Dr Mike Tweed
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 4 918 5456
Email mike.tweed@otago.ac.nz
Lecturer
Dr Hemakumar Devan
Lecturer
Tel +64 4 832 3256
Email hemakumar.devan@otago.ac.nz
Research Associate Professor
Kirsten Coppell
Research Associate Professor
Tel +64 3 244 1039
Email kirsten.coppell@otago.ac.nz
Senior Research Fellows
Christine Barthow
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3085
Email christine.barthow@otago.ac.nz
Bernadette Jones
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3083
Email bernadette.jones@otago.ac.nz
Dr Caroline Halley
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3084
Email caroline.halley@otago.ac.nz
Research Fellows
Phillipa Barnes
Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3075
Email phillipa.barnes@otago.ac.nz
Dr Valerie Milne
Research Fellow
Email valerie.milne@otago.ac.nz
Dr Amber Parry Strong
Research Fellow
Dr Paddy Whitfield
Endocrinology
Email patricia.whitfield@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Assistant Research Fellows
Dr Claire Honeywill
Assistant Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3086
Email claire.honeywill@otago.ac.nz
Janice Kang
Assistant Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3087
Email janice.kang@otago.ac.nz
Research Assistants
Ella Berkahn
Research Assistant
CREBRF Women's Study
Kahukura Dickason
Research Assistant
CREBRF Women's Study
Salote Makasini
Research Assistant
MANA Study
Lena Sutherland
Research Assistant
Rehabilitation Teaching & Research Unit
Emma Walker
Research Assistant
MANA Study
Honorary Academic Staff
Dr Sarah Dean
Honorary Professor
Dr Michael Haney
Honorary Professor
Occupational and Aviation Medicine
Rob Siebers
Honorary Research Associate Professor
Email rob.siebers@otago.ac.nz
Dr Meika Foster
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Dr John Bourke
Honorary Research Fellow
Professional staff
Sophie Petelaud
Lead Administrator
Tel +64 4 832 3015
Mob +64 21 279 0127
Email sophie.petelaud@otago.ac.nz
Siti Rahayu
Administrator
General administration and head of department support
Tel +64 4 832 3435
Email deptmed.uow@otago.ac.nz
Cris Alip
Finance Associate
Email cris.alip@otago.ac.nz
Clinical Senior Lecturers
- Dr Jonathan Adler, Palliative Care
- Dr Christopher Anderson, General Medicine
- Dr Russell Anscombe, Cardiology
- Dr Catherine Barrow, Oncology
- Dr Sarah Barton, Oncology
- Dr George Bax, General Medicine
- Dr David Bourke, Neurology
- Dr Andrew Burns, General Medicine
- Dr Richard Carroll, Endocrinology
- Dr John Chalkley, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Caroline Chembo, Renal
- Dr Amanda Chen, Gastroenterology
- Russell Clarke, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Tupu Cleverley, General Medicine
- Dr Brian Corley, Endocrinology
- Dr Veronica Crawford, General Medicine
- Dr Dorothy Dinesh, General Medicine
- Dr Jamie Evans, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Sarah Fairley, Cardiology
- Dr Marianne Falconer, General Medicine
- Dr James Fingleton, Respiratory
- Peter Fortes, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Anup George, Oncology
- Dr Timothy Gilmore, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Catherine Gray, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Scott Harding, Cardiology
- Dr Paul Healy, General Medicine
- Dr Rowena Howard, General Medicine
- Dr Satish Hulikunte, Internal Medicine
- Dr Douglas Iupati, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Eric Ji, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Carol Johnson, Radiology Oncology
- Dr Evan Jolliffe, Neurology
- Dr Matthew Kelly, General Medicine
- Dr Han Kim, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Ilamaran Kumarasamy, General Medicine
- Dr Katia Liang, Geriatrics
- Dr Andrew Linton, General Medicine
- Dr Maartje Lyons, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Philip Matheson, Renal Medicine
- Dr Philip Matsis, Cardiology
- Dr Emma McMenamin, Palliative Care
- Dr Khadiga Mohammed, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Maas Mollenhauer, Neurology and Rehabilitation
- Dr Thomas Mules, Gastroenterology
- Dr Nichola Naidoo, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Shahistha Naidoo, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Brendan Ng, Clinical Pharmacology
- Dr Anna Nicholson, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Anne O'Donnell, Oncology
- Dr David Okonji, Oncology
- Dr Anu Perera, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Natasha Perinpanayagam, Renal
- Dr Susan Plunkett, Cardiology
- Dr Gareth Richards, Aviation Medicine
- Mr David Robiony-Rogers, Respiratory
- Dr Ian Rosemergy, Neurology
- Dr Mark Simmonds, Cardiology
- Dr Nicola Smith, Respiratory
- Dr Jennifer Taylor, Neurology
- Dr Tom Thompson, Internal Medicine
- Dr Katie Thorne, Geriatrics
- Dr David Tripp, General Medicine
- Dr Matthew Webber, Cardiology
- Dr Jhana Wendling, General Medicine
- Dr Patricia Whitfield, Endocrinology
- Dr John Wyeth, Gastroenterology
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturers
- Dr David Abernethy, Neurology
- Dr Sarah Aldington, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Kaye Basire, Palliative Medicine
- Dr Jonathan Black, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Chris Cedarwall, Gastroenterology
- Dr Catherine Dick, Palliative Care
- Dr Chris Duffy, General Medicine
- Dr Niels Dugan, General Medicine
- Dr Ben Griffiths, Gastroenterology
- Dr Ian Gwynne-Robson, Palliative Medicine
- Dr Martyn Horsfall, Palliative Care
- Dr Estella Jones, Gastroenterology
- Dr Purwa Joshi, Neurology
- Dr James Kay, Palliative Care
- Dr Delamy Keall, Palliative Care
- Dr Marion Leighton, General Medicine
- Dr Gordon Maxwell, General Medicine
- Dr Victoria McGarrigle, Gastroenterology
- Dr Anna Meuli, Palliative Care
- Dr Tom Middlemiss, Palliative medicine
- Dr Mala Naidu, Palliative Care
- Dr Annabel Nickol, Respiratory
- Dr Anne-Marie O'Farrell, Palliative Care
- Dr Phillip Pybass, General Medicine
- Dr Nigel Raymond, General Medicine
- Dr Arjun Sugumaran, Gastroenterology
- Dr Justin Travers, General Medicine
- Dr Wendy Tsai, Palliative Care
- Dr Lynn Twigley, Palliative Care
- Dr Eloise Watson, Palliative Medicine
- Dr Miles Williams, Cardiology