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Haematology

HAEMATOLOGY

Consulting Staff

Dr Mark Smith: Haematologist/Clinical Director   
MB, ChB, FRACP, FRCPA 

Areas of clinical interest include:

• Haemophilia and inhibitor management
  
• Clinical and laboratory responsibility for patient management in general and malignant haematology
  
• Genetic diagnosis and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
  
• Anticoagulant strategies including thrombophilia during pregnancy and thrombophilia-related recurrent pregnancy loss

 

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Dr Peter Ganly: Haematologist
BMBCh (Oxford) MA (Cambridge) PhD (Cambridge)
FRCPA, FRACP

Areas of clinical interest include:                                           

• Diagnosis and treatment of Haematological malignancies
  
• Stem cell transplantation
  
• Medical education
  
• Senior Lecturer in Clinical Haematology for the University of Otago                              

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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Dr Ruth Spearing: Haematologist                       
MB,ChB,FRACP,FRCPA                                                                                

Areas of clinical interest include: 

• Bone marrow transplantation
  
• Malignant and non-malignant haematology
  
• Chairman of the National Ceredase Committee
  
• Adolescent Haematology
  
• Chair of the Information Technology Subcommittee
  of the New Zealand Cancer Treatment Working Party
  
• A member of the associated High Cost Drugs 
  and Procedure of the New Zealand subcommittee  

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Dr Steve Gibbons: Haematologist
MB ChB (Otago) M.Med (Melb) FRACP, FRCPA

Areas of clinical interest include:

• Medical Director of Haematology Laboratory         
  
• Chairperson of Transfusion
  Committee
  
• Blood transfusion
  
• Coagulation
  
• Platelet serology and tissue typing
  
                                                                              
  

 

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Dr Andrew Butler: Haematologist  
MBChB, MRCP, MRCPath            

Areas of clinical interest include:

• General and malignant Haematology

• Chairman of the Transplant committee

• Umbilical cord blood stem cells

• Anti-coagulant related complications

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                      

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  Dr Liam Fernyhough - Haematologist
  BM BS BMediSci FRACP FRCPA

• Benign and malignant Haematology

• Medical student education

• Teaching theory

• Research within the University of Otago, Christchurch        

• Soluble marker of immune activation   

 

 

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