Head of Department
Professor Rebecca Grainger
Professor of Medicine
Tel +64 4 832 3078
Email hod.medicine@otago.ac.nz
Deputy Head of Department
Professor Tristram Ingham
Tel +64 4 832 3082
Email tristram.ingham@otago.ac.nz
Academic and clinical staff
Professors
Professor Anna Ranta
Professor of Neurology
Tel +64 4 832 3076
Email anna.ranta@otago.ac.nz
Professor Jeremy Krebs
Professor of Medicine
Tel +64 4 832 3077
Email jeremy.krebs@otago.ac.nz
Professor Jean Hay-Smith
Professor of Medicine
Tel +64 21 0296 3623
Email jean.hay-smith@otago.ac.nz
Professor Deborah Snell
Email debbie.snell@otago.ac.nz
Professor Mark Weatherall
Geriatrician and Biostatistician
Tel +64 4 832 3074
Email mark.weatherall@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professors
Associate Professor Andrew Harrison
Email andrew.harrison@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Angela Campbell
Email angela.campbell@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Cindy Towns
Email cindy.towns@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor James Fingleton
Email James.Fingleton@ccdhb.org.nz
Associate Professor Stephen Inns
Email stephen.inns@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Rob Griffiths
Email rob.griffiths@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Fi Graham
Email fi.graham@otago.ac.nz
Clinical Associate Professor Darren Hooks
Email darren.hooks@ccdhb.org.nz
Senior Lecturers
Dr Hemakumar Devan
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 4 832 3256
Email hemakumar.devan@otago.ac.nz
Dr Carolyn Clark
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 4 832 3486
Email carolyn.clark@otago.ac.nz
Dr Rosemary Hall
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 4 918 4629
Email rosemary.hall@otago.ac.nz
Peter Fortes
Senior Lecturer
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
Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 4 918 4629
Email julie.myers@otago.ac.nz
Dr Florence de Roo
Senior Lecturer
Email florence.deroo@otago.ac.nz
Dr Anu Perera
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Tel +64 27 645 8379
Email anu.perera@otago.ac.nz
Dr David Fitzgerald
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email david.fitzgerald@otago.ac.nz
Lecturers
Dr Effy Li
Email effy.li@otago.ac.nz
Dr Darran Lowes
Clinical Lecturer
Email darren.lowes@otago.ac.nz
Dr Brian Corley
Clinical Lecturer
Email brian.corley@otago.ac.nz
Research staff
Research Associate Professor
Kirsten Coppell
Research Associate Professor
Tel +64 3 244 1039
Email kirsten.coppell@otago.ac.nz
Bernadette Jones
Research Associate Professor
Tel +64 4 832 3083
Email bernadette.jones@otago.ac.nz
Senior Research Fellows
Christine Barthow
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3085
Email christine.barthow@otago.ac.nz
Dr Caroline Halley
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3084
Email caroline.halley@otago.ac.nz
Dr Amber Parry Strong
Senior Research Fellow
Email amber.parry-strong@ccdhb.org.nz
Research Fellows
Jasjot Maggo
Research Fellow
Tel +64 3 244 1257
Email jasjot.maggo@otago.ac.nz
Janice Kang
Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3087
Email janice.kang@otago.ac.nz
Dr Paddy Whitfield
Endocrinology
Melanie Scott
Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3300
Email melanie.scott@otago.ac.nz
Parimala Kanagasabai
Research Fellow
Tel +64 4 832 3695
Email parimala.kangasbai@otago.ac.nz
Research Assistants
Huia Monro
Assistant Research Fellow
Email huia.monro@otago.ac.nz
Lena Sutherland
Research Assistant
Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit
Email lena.sutherland@otago.ac.nz
Quinn Straker
Research Assistant
Email quinn.straker@otago.ac.nz
Maraea te Waitoatoa Panorea Golias
Research Assistant
Email golma257@student.otago.ac.nz
Assistant Research Fellows
Maureen Crawford
Assistant Research Fellow
Email maureen.crawford@otago.ac.nz
Livia Fernandes
Assistant Research Fellow
Email livia.fernandes@otago.ac.nz
Monique Williams
Assistant Research Fellow
Email monique.williams@otago.ac.nz
Naomi Waldron
Assistant Research Fellow
Email naomi.waldron@otago.ac.nz
Huia Monro
Assistant Research Fellow
Email huia.monro@otago.ac.nz
Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor Carl Burgess
Emeritus Professor Julian Crane
Adjunct and honorary academic staff
Adjunct Professor
Richard Beasley
Respiratory Medicine
Tel +64 4 805 0230
Email richard.beasley@mrinz.ac.nz
Honorary academic staff
Dr Sarah Dean
Honorary Professor
Dr Michael Haney
Honorary Professor
Occupational and Aviation Medicine
Dr William Taylor
Honorary Associate Professor
Tel +64 4 832 3081
Email will.taylor@otago.ac.nz
Dr 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
Teaching and programme leadership
MB ChB Programme leadership
Year 4
Dr Martin Punter
ALM4/Year 4 Medicine Convenor
Senior Lecturer
Email martin.punter@ccdhb.org.nz
Professor Rebecca Grainger
Rheumatology Sub-Convener
Email rebecca.grainger@otago.ac.nz
Professor Mark Weatherall
Older Person's Health Module Convener
Email mark.weatherall@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Rosemary Hall
Endocrinology Sub-Convener
Senior Lecturer
Email rosemary.hall@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Stephen Inns
Gastroenterology Sub-Convener
Tel +64 4 832 3071
Email stephen.inns@otago.ac.nz
Trang Tang
Administrator
ALM4 and Older Person's Health 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
Associate Professor James Fingleton
Respiratory and Sleep Sub-Convener
Tel +64 4 832 3067
Email james.fingleton@otago.ac.nz
Dr Kyle Perrin
General Medicine Sub-Convener
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email kyle.perrin@ccdhb.org.nz
Dr Florence de Roo
Oncology Sub-Convener
Senior Lecturer
Email florence.deroo@otago.ac.nz
Dr Chris Cameron
Clinical Pharmacology Sub-Convener
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email chris.cameron@ccdhb.org.nz
Siti Rahayu
Administrator
ALM5 Teaching Co‑ordinator
Tel +64 4 832 3435
Email med5.uow@otago.ac.nz
Year 6 / Trainee Interns
Dr Chris Cameron
Module Convener
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Email chris.cameron@ccdhb.org.nz
Siti Rahayu
Administrator
Trainee Interns Teaching Co‑ordinator
Tel +64 3 556 5366
Email med6.uow@otago.ac.nz
Other teaching leadership
Professor Sinéad Donnelly
Palliative Care Convener
Email sinead.donnelly@otago.ac.nz
Teaching Research Fellow
Dr Effy Li
Email effy.li@otago.ac.nz
Postgraduate Research Convener
Associate Professor Stephen Inns
Postgraduate Research Programme Convener
Tel +64 4 832 307
Email stephen.inns@otago.ac.nz
Research centres and groups
Contact information for Research Centres and Groups within the Department of Medicine.
Professional staff
Sophie Petelaud
Operations Lead
Tel +64 4 832 3015
Email opslead.med.uow@otago.ac.nz
Susan Baikie
Postgraduate and Higher Degrees Medicine Administrator
RTRU and OAMU Teaching Units
Tel +64 4 832 3041
Email susan.baikie@otago.ac.nz
Email rtru.uow@otago.ac.nz
Email oamu@otago.ac.nz
Siti Rahayu
Administrator
ALM5 and ALM6
Tel +64 4 832 3435
Email siti.rahayu@otago.ac.nz
Email med5.uow@otago.ac.nz
Email med6.uow@otago.ac.nz
Trang Tang
Administrator
HOD Support and ALM4 and Older Person's Health Co-ordinator
Tel +64 3 556 5366
Email trang.tang@otago.ac.nz
Email med4.uow@otago.ac.nz
Cris Alip
Finance Associate
Email cris.alip@otago.ac.nz
PhD students
- David Lewis
- Dorothy Lombe
- Megan Sigouin
- Donna Bennett
- Sophie Hall
- Niamh Jennings
- Hong Ching Kho
- Shashi Chandra
- Hongmei Liu
- Livia Gaspar Fernandes
- Urijah Liligeto
- TutangiAmataiti
- Emma Thomsen
- Emily Bain
- Thembelihle Ndebele
- Emma Le Lievre
- Roger Sumner
- Timothy Salmond
Clinical Senior Lecturers
- Dr Jonathan Adler, Palliative Care
- Dr Brendon Ah, Chan Respiratory
- Dr Andrew Aitken, Cardiology
- Dr Christopher Andersen, General Medicine
- Dr Russell Anscombe, Cardiology
- Dr Catherine Barrow, Oncology
- Dr Sarah Barton, Oncology
- Dr George Bax, General Medicine
- Ed Bebb, Aviation Medicine
- Dr David Bourke, Neurology
- Andreas Breitbarth, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Nikki Burnand, Oncology
- Dr Andrew Burns, General Medicine
- Dr Christina Cameron, Clinical Pharmacology
- Dr Richard Carroll, Endocrine
- Dr Chris Cederwall, Gastroenterology
- Dr John Chalkley, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Raymond Chan, Renal
- Dr Andrew Chatfield, Cardiology
- Dr Amanda Chen, Gastroenterology
- Mr Russell Clarke, Aviation Medicine
- Amanda Connors, Aviation Medicine
- Dr James Entwisle, Radiologist
- Dr Jamie Evans, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Sarah Fairley, Cardiology
- Dr James Fingleton, Respiratory
- David Fitzgerald, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Anupkumar George, Oncology
- Dr Timothy Gilmore, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Catherine Gray, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Rob Hackett, Gastroenterology
- Dr Scott Harding, Cardiology
- Dr Paul Healy, General Medicine
- Dr Eric Heimlicher, General Medicine
- Dr Luatupu Ioane-Cleverley, General Medicine
- Dr Douglas Iupati, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Eric Ji, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Carol Johnson, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Evan Jolliffe, Neurology
- Dr Matthew Kelly, General Medicine
- Dr Hanah Kim, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Jonathan Kok, General Medicine
- Dr Ilamaram Kumarasamy, General Medicine
- Dr Marie Liang Lung, Chong Geriatrics
- Dr Andrew Linton, General Medicine
- Dr Courtney MacDonald, Oncology
- Dr Gordon Maxwell, General Medicine
- Niall McMahon, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Emma Kubrycht McMenamin, Palliative Care
- Dr Maas Mollenhauer, Neurology and Rehab
- Dr Alanna Morton, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Thomas Mules, Gastroenterology
- Dr Nichola Naidoo, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Shahistha Naidoo, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Anna Nicholson, Radiation Oncology
- Dr Anne O'Donnell, Oncology
- Dr David Okonji, Oncology
- Dr Andrea Peat, General Medicine
- David Peat, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Anuradha Perera Pathirage, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Natasha Perinpanayagam, Renal
- Dr Kyle Perrin, General Medicine
- Dr Susan Plunkett, Cardiology
- Dr Anna Porter, Renal
- Mr Gareth Richards, Aviation Medicine
- Mr David Robinoy-Rogers, Respiratory
- Dr Ian Rosemergy, Neurology
- Dr Ruth Semprini, General Medicine
- Tom Sheddan, Aviation Medicine
- Dr Rupali Sharma, Gynecologist
- Dr Mark Simmonds, Cardiology
- Dr Nicola Smith, Respiratory
- Dr Duncan Smyth, Neurology
- Dr Jennifer Taylor, Neurology
- Dr Jennifer Thompson, General Medicine
- Dr Tom Thomson, General Medicine
- Dr Katie Thorne, Geriatrics
- Dr Matthew Webber, Cardiology
- Dr Jhana Wendling, General Medicine
- Dr Patricia Whitfield, Endocrine
- Dr John Wilson, Endocrine
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