Dr Nigel Patton
Haematologist

Email: nigel.patton@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7286

Dr Patton joins Labtests from Auckland Hospital where he has been a Consultant Haematologist since 2008.

Nigel Patton was born in Ireland and graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He undertook Haematology training in the West Midlands in the UK working as Research Fellow and University Lecturer in the Departments of Immunology and Haematology at the University of Birmingham and was subsequently appointed consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

He moved to Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand in 1994, where responsibilities included directorship of a bone marrow transplant programme. He moved to the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide in 2008 before returning to New Zealand.

Dr Russell O’Neil
Haematologist

Email: russell.o'neil@labtests.co.nz
Direct Dial: 09 574 7309
Mobile: 027 286 5091

Dr Russell O’Neil joins Labtests from Christchurch, where he is a Consultant Pathologist with Healthscope's Southern Community Laboratories.

He graduated from the University of Otago School of Medicine and completed post-graduate training in General Pathology and Clinical and Laboratory Haematology in Christchurch and the United Kingdom.

Dr O’Neil obtained his FRCPA in Haematology in 1988 and is a member of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ).