Our Pathologists - Clinpath Laboratories

Our Pathologists
Quality is in our DNA
Our Practice
Leading the way in pathology services
Clinpath Laboratories is a highly respected and well-established pathology practice, providing laboratory
services to general practitioners, specialists, private hospitals and aged care facilities in Adelaide and
regional South Australia. We are medically managed by specialist pathologists and a team of highly qualified
scientists and other professionals. Underlying everything we do is our aim to deliver quality, professional and
personalised service to our referring doctors, in order to provide the best possible care for their patients.
Our Laboratories
A commitment to scientific and technical excellence
All our laboratories are of the highest standard and are fully accredited with the National Association of
Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA).
The main laboratory is located at 19 Fullarton Road, Kent Town, and there are more than 70 collection
centres located across Adelaide for patient convenience. Hospital laboratories are also associated with
Calvary North Adelaide, Calvary Wakefield, Calvary Central Districts and St Andrew’s Hospitals, as well as at
the St Andrew’s Oncology Day Unit.
Clinpath provides a round-the-clock pathology service to all centres 24 hours a day, 365 days per year
through our main hospital laboratory situated at Calvary Wakefield, which is also our transfusion hub. Under
the guidance of Dr Lakshmi Nath, Director of Haematology and Hospital Pathology Laboratories, Clinpath
has established itself as having particular expertise in the management of massive transfusion; working
closely with surgical specialists and anaesthetists, Dr Nath has developed a rapid response protocol for
severe surgical blood loss, which is able to provide cover for patients in all private hospitals.
At Clinpath, we pride ourself on being able to adapt our services to the needs of each individual doctor,
whether you are a general practitioner or a specialist. This extends from our courier service to every area of
the laboratory. We encourage pathologist and doctor communication whenever required. A dedicated Client
Liaison team is appointed to look after each medical practitioner, to ensure individualised service.
Sonic Healthcare
Ethical business practice and medical management
Clinpath Laboratories is a local laboratory, established more than 25 years ago. Together with Douglass Hanly Moir
Pathology, it was a founder member of Sonic Healthcare Limited, an Australian success story, growing to become one of
Australia’s largest pathology providers and the third largest in the world. It remains a fully Australian-owned, publicly listed
company and continues to run a medically-led federation of local laboratories, supported by the expertise and resources
of our national and international partners. The Sonic Board, which is composed of 10 directors, includes pathologists and
radiologists, ensuring that decisions made at board level are medically informed.
Through its widespread Australasian presence, strong teamwork and systems, and genuine commitment to patient care
and excellence in service, Sonic is able to benefit from the continual sharing of information between practices to ensure
world class quality and provide the widest range of tests.
Sonic Healthcare’s extensive network of pathology and radiology groups brings with it an unparalleled depth of specialist
medical expertise and commercial experience.
Our Services
Leading the way in pathology services
„„ 24-hour operation, 365 days a year
„„ Experienced pathologists with specialties in all the major sub-disciplines of pathology
„„ A comprehensive menu of routine and emergency pathology testing
„„ Rapid turnaround of results
„„ Innovative and intuitive report formats
„„ Electronic downloading of results
„„ ‘Real-time’ pathology results – anywhere, anytime, including smart phone and tablet applications
„„ An exceptional range of specialised ‘in-house’ testing
„„ Personalised options in reporting and other services
„„ More than 70 collection centres
„„ An extensive courier network operating 24 hours a day
„„ Publications and on-going education for referring practitioners and their staff
„„ Domiciliary visits to incapacitated patients
The Client Liaison team is available to assist practitioners and their staff with the practicalities of
using our services.
Our Pathologists
Working with doctors in clinical practice
Two key attributes make a good pathologist. The first
is a high level of knowledge across a broad range of
sometimes rare and complex human diseases, and the
second is an ability to communicate that knowledge in a
timely and meaningful way.
The specialist pathologists at Clinpath Laboratories
offer an outstanding breadth and depth of knowledge
and expertise.
We are grateful to have many anatomical pathologists who
have developed a particularly high level of expertise in
specific subspecialist areas of histopathology, providing our
practice with a broad range of ability and a comprehensive
diagnostic scope.
For example, Clinpath Laboratories is very fortunate to
be the only South Australian laboratory with a dedicated
oral pathologist, Professor Richard Logan, who
qualified in dental surgery before specialising in oral and
maxillofacial pathology.
Dr Margaret Lim, Dr Geoff Mower and A/Professor Wendy
Raymond, previously from King and Mower Pathologists,
have recently joined Clinpath, bringing an unparalleled
reputation for expertise in breast pathology. At this time,
no fewer than five of our Clinpath pathologists are currently
providing pathology expertise to Breastscreen SA. Dr Lim
also brings expertise in gynaecological pathology, which
compliments one of Dr Suchitra Somers’ special interests.
Our dedicated dermatopathologist, Dr Jan Ibbetson, has
many years of experience, and is well supported by the
histopathology team. Clinpath also provides the popular
Surgical Skin Audit Program, a professional development
tool, approved by both the RACGP and the ACRRM for
the awarding of CPD points. It uses peer comparisons to
provide our participants with statistical information that can
assist them in refining diagnostic and biopsy skills.
Dr Jonathan Allin and Dr Sabine Ernsting have a broad
knowledge, but with a particular interest in gastrointestinal
and urological pathology, respectively.
Associate Professors David Ellis and John Miliauskas are
national leaders in the diagnosis of lymphoproliferative
disorders, each having more than 30 years of experience
in lymphoma diagnosis, as well as co-chairing the
Australasian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management
of lymphoma, and providing expert second opinions
on biopsies from patients throughout Australasia. This
expertise in lymph node pathology is synergistic with
the high level of service developed in haematology
by Dr Lakshmi Nath who, having introduced the only
flow cytometry analyser in private practice in South
Australia, also completes the only fully integrated
diagnostic haematopathology service in private practice
in South Australia. Dr Nath is well supported by clinical
haematologists, A/Professor Nick Wickham, Dr Shriram
Nath and Dr Craig Wallington-Beddoe.
Dr Michael Metz and Dr Clive Beng have many years of
experience in providing clinical advice and consultation,
especially in metabolic aspects of disease and
endocrinology. Together, they provide an in-depth, high
quality chemical pathology service.
Dr Jhumur Roy, our resident full-time infectious diseases
specialist, has a special interest in Helicobacter pylori
infections and oversees the laboratory diagnosis of
bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal diseases, following
many years of experience in public and private pathology in
Queensland, Canberra and South Australia.
Although an independently and medically run organisation,
Clinpath is part of the Sonic Healthcare group. Sonic
Health is an Australian success story. Beginning as a small
pathology practice in New South Wales, it has grown into
a major international pathology and radiology organisation,
still based in, and run from, Sydney. With unrivalled
pathologist expertise internationally, and from the major
laboratories in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and other
capital cities, we have a diverse and impressive range
of expertise to draw on when confronted by a difficult or
rare case.
This is exemplified by the newly introduced Sonic Genetics
service, about which we are very excited. Directed by Dr
Graeme Suthers from Adelaide, this new endeavour will
capitalise on the vast range of testing available across all of
the Sonic laboratories, both nationally and internationally,
in order to offer world-class expertise to all Australian
patients in this highly specialised and rapidly growing area
of medicine.
It goes without saying that our pathologists are experienced
and highly qualified specialists, Fellows of the Royal
College of Pathology of Australasia, involved in professional
and educational activities with clinical colleagues, many
participating actively in national or local committees and
postgraduate education. Several Clinpath pathologists also
hold university positions.
Our pathologists warmly encourage doctors to contact
them if they can be of assistance in any way and all
are available to discuss individual patients and to
provide information or advice on ordering of tests, result
interpretation or any other aspect of pathology.
Our pathologists believe that personal and ongoing
relationships with referring doctors are fundamental
to providing the best quality patient care.
Our pathologists are available 24 hours a day, to give
advice and support when needed.
We encourage you to consult them so that we can
assist you in the management of your patients.
They can be contacted via our Client Services number
8366 2088 or directly by their mobile phone numbers.
Chief Executive Officer
A/Professor David Ellis MBBS, FRCPA
Chief Executive Officer – Clinpath Laboratories
Mobile Phone: 0409 409 585
Special interests: Haematopathology, dermatopathology and general surgical pathology
Associate Professor David Ellis is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and trained as a pathologist
at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. He has been a senior consultant histopathologist at the Royal
Melbourne, St Vincent’s and the Peter MacCallum Hospitals in Melbourne, as well as a full-time consultant
with Melbourne Pathology. In Adelaide since 1994, A/Professor Ellis has been in private practice with
Gramps Skin Pathology, Gribbles Pathology and Clinpath Laboratories, where he was Medical Director until
2000. He has also been a part-time consultant at the Flinders Medical Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital and
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, as well as Associate Professor at Flinders University since 2007.
As a national leader in lymphoma diagnosis, A/Professor Ellis was the pathology convenor for the
Australasian Leukaemia Lymphoma Group from 1992 and has been an invited speaker to national meetings
of medical oncologists, haematologists and pathologists throughout Australasia for many years.
He is Vice President of the Australasian Division of the International Academy of Pathology and a member
of the IAP International Executive Committee. Since co-chairing the Australian Cancer Network Clinical
Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Lymphoma in 2005, A/Professor Ellis has led the
introduction of structured pathology reporting for cancer into Australasia, first as the inaugural chair of the
National Structured Pathology Reporting for Cancer Project under the RCPA, Cancer Australia and Cancer
Institute NSW, and now as President of the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR), which
he also represents on the UICC TNM Staging Committee in Geneva.
Having taken over as CEO of Clinpath in February 2015, A/Professor Ellis will be maintaining an active
interest in haematopathology and dermatopathology, whilst being available for discussion on any aspects of
Clinpath’s operations.
Haematology
Dr Lakshmi Nath MBBS, MD (Int Medicine), DM (Clinical Haematology), FRCPA (Haematology),
AFRACMA (Medical Administrator)
Director of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine Services
Director of Pathology – Hospital Laboratories
Mobile Phone: 0437 849 434
Special interests: Haematology, flow cytometry, transfusion medicine, haemostasis
In 1999, Dr Nath graduated in India and completed her post-doctorate study in clinical haematology in 2005
from Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
of Australasia in 2008, after training at Melbourne Pathology (Sonic Healthcare Limited), Peter MacCallum
Cancer Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (Melbourne). In 2008,
Dr Nath accepted a position as Consultant Haematologist for the Department of Diagnostic Haematology at
the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Her particular interest and experience in transfusion medicine led to her appointment as Specialist
Consultant for Transfusion for Melbourne Health, responsible for Royal Melbourne, Western, Sunshine and
Williamstown Hospitals.
In 2009, she accepted the position as Director of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Clinpath
Laboratories. During her time here, Dr Nath has set up the successful Massive Transfusion protocol and
‘Code green’ in all the major private hospitals in Adelaide. Dr Nath can offer on-site advice and support with
massive transfusion and peri-operative management of blood loss.
She has established the first private flow cytometry laboratory at our Kent Town laboratory. Dr Nath has also
become an associate fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, after completing
her training in 2012.
Her areas of special interest include flow cytometry, haemostasis and transfusion medicine. Dr Nath is
a member of the International Society of Laboratory Haematology, the Haematology Society of Australia
& New Zealand (HSANZ), the Australia & New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT), and the
Australasian Society of Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ASTH).
Dr Nath is available for consultation in all aspects of haematology, including the provision of bone
marrow biopsies.
Dr Craig Wallington-Beddoe BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACP, FRCPA
Mobile Phone: 0408 080 788
Special interests: Malignant haematology, flow cytometry, molecular genetics
Dr Craig Wallington-Beddoe graduated with a medical degree from the University of Sydney in 2001. During
his early medical training, he developed an interest in haematology and undertook postgraduate clinical and
laboratory haematology training at Prince of Wales and Westmead Hospitals, leading to the qualifications
of FRACP and FRCPA in 2010. Dr Wallington-Beddoe completed his PhD studies in acute lymphoblastic
leukaemia (ALL) research at the Westmead Millennium Institute, the University of Sydney, investigating the
function of enzymes called sphingosine kinases in maintaining viable ALL cells, with a view to providing a
novel therapeutic approach. In November 2011, Dr Wallington-Beddoe joined the haematology department
of Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology (a Sonic laboratory) and now works at Clinpath Laboratories while
continuing post-doctoral leukaemia research at the Centre for Cancer Biology (SA Pathology and the
University of South Australia). His interests are in malignant haematology, with a particular focus on
leukaemias and lymphoid neoplasms, and he is familiar with a wide range of laboratory techniques and their
applications to clinical haematology.
Dr Shriram Nath MB BS, Dip Paed, MD (Paed), DM (Oncology), FRCPA (Haematology),
Cert Pub Health (Univ Adelaide)
Mobile Phone: 0409 693 827
Special interests: Malignant haematology, flow cytometry, bone marrow biopsies
Dr Shriram Nath graduated in medicine in India in 2003 and undertook higher specialist training in
haemato-oncology in Gujarat. In Australia, he undertook further clinical and laboratory training at the
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide, and
received his Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2009, followed by the Graduate
Certificate of Public Health from Adelaide University.
He has also worked as consultant haematologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, including the Bone Marrow
Transplant Unit, and now works part-time in private clinical practice at Adelaide Cancer Centre at the
Tennyson Centre on South Road and as a haemato-pathologist based at our main lab in Kent Town.
Bone marrow biopsies are available (by appointment) for both hospitalised patients and outpatients.
Haematology
Histopathology/Cytopathology
A/Professor Nicholas Wickham BDS, MA, MB, BChir, MRCP, FRCPath, FRACP, FRCPA, MAICD
Mobile Phone: 0417 875 472
Consultant Haematologist
Special interests: Haematology, lymphoproliferative disorders, coagulation, administration
Associate Professor Nick Wickham trained in dentistry at the London Hospital, followed by medicine at
Cambridge University. He then undertook advanced training in clinical and laboratory haematology at the
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith, as well as at St George’s and the Royal Marsden
Hospitals. During this time, he also spent two years at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, USA,
as a research fellow working on signal transduction in endothelial cells.
A/Professor Wickham’s previous consultant positions have been as Senior Lecturer in the Department
of Oncology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales Hospital, from 1993 to 1997.
He then came to Australia, where he was Senior Consultant Haematologist at The Queen Elizabeth
Hospital, Adelaide.
A/Professor Wickham moved to Townsville in 2000 to take up the position of Chairman of the North
Queensland Oncology Service, as well as Director of Pathology. He returned to Adelaide in July 2003 to
work in private clinical practice at Adelaide Cancer Centre (ACC) and joined Clinpath, initially as a part-time
haemato-pathologist, in 2004.
A/Professor Wickham has been a strong supporter of the Leukaemia Foundation, serving on the SA State
and National Medical Advisory Committees from 2004 to 2006, and was a founder member and state
representative, from 2007 to 2009, of the Private Cancer Physicians of Australia.
A/Professor Wickham was the Medical Oncology Group of Australia representative and member of the
NHMRC VTE Prevention Guideline Committee from 2008 to 2011.
He is currently deputy Chair of the SA State Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
and also sits on its Overseas Trained Physician Committee. A/Professor Wickham holds an adjunct Clinical
Associate Professor title in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Adelaide Medical School.
Like his colleagues, he is always available for consultation on any aspect of clinical or
laboratory haematology.
Dr Jonathan Allin MBChB, M Med Path, FRCPA
Mobile Phone: 0412 283 637
Special interests: Fine needle aspiration, histopathology, cytopathology
Dr Jonathan Allin graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1979. After internship at Groote Schuur
Hospital and serving as a mine medical officer with Anglo American Corporation in Zimbabwe and South
Africa, he commenced pathology training at the University of Cape Town in 1987 and qualified FRCPA
in 1994.
He started work as a consultant pathologist in New Zealand, at Rotorua Hospital and Medlab Rotorua.
Since 1997, Dr Allin has worked at Sonic Healthcare laboratories in New Zealand and Australia, and joined
Clinpath Laboratories in 2002. During this time, he has maintained a broad interest in general surgical
pathology, cutaneous pathology and cytopathology. Dr Allin has had the privilege of working closely with Dr
Svante Orell, founder of Clinpath Laboratories and doyen of fine needle aspiration cytology in Australia.
He is a member of the International Academy of Pathology, Australasian Division, and the Australasian
Society of Cytology. Dr Allin has presented cases of interest at the annual scientific meeting of the IAP.
Dr Sabine Ernsting BSc, MBChB, FCPath SA, FRCPA
Mobile Phone: 0404 654 176
Special interests: Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary pathology, gynaecological and non-gynaecological
cytopathology
Dr Ernsting is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she completed her pathology
training, specialising in medical microbiology, in 2000. In 2002, she moved to Townsville in Far North
Queensland, where she worked in intensive care and anaesthetics while waiting for assessment of her
qualifications by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA). In 2004, Dr Ernsting moved to
Adelaide and commenced training in anatomical pathology. She developed an interest in gastrointestinal
and hepatobiliary pathology and concentrated on liver transplant pathology. In 2010, Dr Ernsting joined
Clinpath Laboratories, where her primary field of interest remains gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary
pathology. Dr Ernsting also works at BreastScreen SA in the Assessment Clinic, which uses fine needle
biopsy techniques for the evaluation of breast lesions. She is a member of the Australian Society
of Cytology.
Histopathology/Cytopathology
Dr Jan Ibbetson MBChB, FRCPA
Mobile Phone: 0439 033 392
Special interests: Dermatopathology, alopecia, medical education and training
Dr Ibbetson trained initially in New Zealand before coming to work in Adelaide, at Flinders Medical Centre in
1996. She later worked as Consultant Dermatopathologist for Gramps Skin Pathology, Adelaide, from March
1996 until November 1999.
As well as her work at Clinpath, Dr Ibbetson also holds a part-time position as Consultant Anatomical
Pathologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where she is intimately involved in training both undergraduates in
medicine and pathology registrars. She is a member of the Australasian Dermatopathology Society.
Dr Margaret Lim MBBS, FRCPA
Mobile Phone: 0403 205 281
Special interests: Breast, gynaecological, urological and lymphoma pathology, and fine needle
aspiration cytology
Dr Margaret Lim graduated from the University of Adelaide and trained in anatomical pathology at the IMVS,
where she went on to be appointed as Consultant Pathologist. She has been in private practice since 2001,
which has included being a pathologist/partner at Drs King and Mower and then Consultant Pathologist at
Healthscope Laboratories. She has been a Senior Visiting Specialist at Breastscreen SA since 2007 and is
part of the MultiDisciplinary Team at FMC Gynaecology Oncology group.
Dr Lim is a member of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, the International Academy of
Pathologists and the International Academy of Cytology.
Her areas of interest are breast, gynaecological, urological and lymphoma pathology, and fine needle
aspiration cytology.
A/Professor John Miliauskas MBBS, FRCPA, FIAC, FASCP
Mobile Phone: 0439 655 389
Special interests: Surgical pathology, cytopathology and haematopathology
A/Professor Miliauskas has had a long association with Clinpath, from 1994, when he commenced work as
a full-time histopathologist, until 2005, when he left to take up a position in SA Pathology at Flinders Medical
Centre and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He rejoined Clinpath in a part-time position in 2013 and maintains
his academic links with both Flinders and Adelaide University, where he has the title of Associate Professor.
A/Professor Miliauskas graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1976 and trained in anatomical pathology
at the IMVS. He subsequently completed fellowships in haematopathology and oncology at the National
Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA, and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in the USA.
A/Professor Miliauskas has been a panellist for the ANZLG and subsequently ALLG for more than 20
years. He was also a panel member for developing the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and
Management of Lymphoma, as well as being closely involved in the development of a structured lymphoma
pathology reporting protocol. A/Professor Miliauskas has published more than 40 articles and abstracts,
including a book chapter on fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes, and has given presentations on lymphoma
pathology at national and international meetings.
He was a member of the pathology team at BreastScreen SA for more than 10 years. Additionally,
A/Professor Miliauskas has been an examiner for the RCPA for 20 years.
His areas of interest include lymphoma and oncological pathology, as well as fine needle aspiration cytology
of lymph nodes, breast and salivary glands.
Dr Geoff Mower MBBS, FRCPA, MIAC
Mobile Phone: 0447 049 824
Special interests: The surgical pathology of breast, gynaecology and endocrine tissues
Dr Geoff Mower qualified in Adelaide in 1982. He subsequently trained in anatomical pathology at Flinders
Medical Centre and received his Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 1989 when
he was appointed Consultant Pathologist at the IMVS. He developed a particular interest in breast and
endocrine pathology and worked as specialist pathologist at Gribbles Pathology before establishing Drs King
and Mower Histopathology and Cytopathology in 1997. This boutique histopathology laboratory, emphasising
breast, gynaecological and endocrine pathology, became a premier private histopathology laboratory for this
sub-specialty in South Australia, before subsequently merging with Healthscope in 2009. We are therefore
delighted that Dr Mower and his colleagues have made the decision to join Clinpath Laboratories so that we
can continue to support them in their endeavour to deliver the highest quality of diagnosis to our specialist
referrers in the surgical pathology of breast, gynaecology and endocrine tissues.
Histopathology/Cytopathology
Dr Suchitra Somers MBBS, FRCPA, MRCPath (UK)
Mobile Phone: 0434 073 328
Special interests: Gynaecological, breast, gastrointestinal and urological pathology, cytopathology and
fine needle aspiration cytology
Dr Somers is a graduate of the University of Adelaide. She commenced her pathology training in Adelaide,
at Flinders Medical Centre and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, having worked previously in general
practice. Dr Somers completed her pathology training in London, at Kings College Hospital, where she was
appointed as a Clinical Lecturer. She was then appointed as a consultant at St Georges Hospital, London,
reporting breast and gynaecological pathology and cytopathology.
In November 2005, Dr Somers joined Clinpath, where she works as a specialist histopathologist and
cytopathologist. Her main areas of interest are gynaecological, breast, gastrointestinal and urological
pathology, and cytopathology, including fine needle aspiration cytology; however, she enjoys all aspects of
surgical pathology. Dr Somers is a member of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the Royal
College of Pathologists (UK). In addition to her role at Clinpath, Dr Somers works as a visiting specialist at
BreastScreen SA and has recently been appointed our Supervising Pathologist.
Professor Richard Logan BDS, MDS, PhD, FFOP(RCPA), FICD, FPFA
Mobile Phone: 0417 806 499
Special interests: All aspects of oral and maxillofacial pathology, including dental pathology and
mucosal disease
Professor Richard Logan completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training in dentistry and oral
pathology at the University of Adelaide and completed his Fellowship Examination in the Faculty of Oral
and Maxillofacial Pathology of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2007. He is currently
Professor and Head of Oral Diagnostic Sciences at the School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, the
University of Adelaide, where he teaches in the undergraduate dental program, and is course coordinator
for the Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry in oral and maxillofacial pathology. His main research interests
include the oral side-effects and toxicities of oncology treatment, particularly chemotherapy-induced
alimentary tract mucositis, with special reference to the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines on mucositis
pathobiology. Professor Logan is the current Chair of the Faculty of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology of
the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and is actively involved in the college’s Quality Assurance
Program in oral and maxillofacial pathology as a committee member. He is also Chair of the college’s
newly formed subcommittee in Forensic Odontology. In addition to these commitments, he is the Chair
of the South Australian Registration and Notification Committee of the Dental Board of Australia and sits
on various other committees of the Dental Board. He is currently President of the International Society of
Oral Oncology (associated with the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer) and has been
awarded fellowships by the International College of Dentists and Pierre Fauchard Academy, in recognition of
contributions to the dental profession.
A/Professor Wendy Raymond MBBS, MD, FRCPA, FIAC
Mobile Phone: 0439 976 519
Special interests: The surgical pathology of breast, gynaecology and endocrine tissues
A/Professor Wendy Raymond qualified in Medicine at the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1986 and
went on to specialise in anatomical pathology, gaining her research degree (MD) in 1991 and her Fellowship
of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 1992. Her pathology training involved appointments at
the IMVS and The Christie, St Mary’s and Withington Hospitals, Manchester, UK, before returning to South
Australia to become Senior Registrar and then Consultant Histopathologist at Flinders Medical Centre
and Senior Lecturer at Flinders University until 2004. She has a special interest in breast and endocrine
pathology and has also held a Visiting Consultant appointment as cytopathologist at Breast Screen
SA (since 1998), and worked part-time as a specialist pathologist for Drs King and Mower Pathology/
Healthscope Pathology, from 2005 onwards. Since 2010, she has held the academic title of Associate
Professor in the School of Medicine, Flinders University, and has been Senior Pathologist, Head of Unit, at
Breast Screen SA since 2012, the year in which she was awarded Fellowship of the International Academy
of Cytology. She is the immediate past President of the Australasian Society of Breast Disease and is
currently Vice-President of the Australian Society of Cytology. Dr Raymond brings a wealth of experience to
Clinpath Laboratories, and together with her other colleagues from Drs King and Mower/Healthscope who
have joined us recently, will provide unrivalled expertise in the surgical pathology of breast, gynaecological
and endocrine tissues, through Clinpath Laboratories.
Chemical Pathology
Dr Michael Metz BS, MD, FAAP, MAACB, FRCPA
Mobile Phone: 0421 098 430
Special interests: Metabolic aspects of disease, patient management
A graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in the United States, Dr Metz trained at the
Charity Hospital of New Orleans, the University of Minnesota and the Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati. He
undertook training in paediatrics at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, where he achieved the diploma of
the American Board of Paediatrics and followed this with additional training in gastroenterology and nutrition
at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Dr Metz came to Adelaide in 1988 and worked at the Queen Victoria, Adelaide Children’s and Flinders
hospitals. He has nurtured a keen interest in clinical practice, having worked in the West Indies (Haiti and
St Lucia), among the indigenous people of Montana and Alaska, and in Rabaul in PNG. After 20 years of
clinical work, Dr Metz entered clinical chemistry training at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH)
in Adelaide and the IMVS, developing broad interests in laboratory-based clinical chemistry and its role in
solving patients’ problems. He obtained the MAACB and FRCPA as a registrar at the WCH and the IMVS.
Dr Metz is a past Chair of the state branch of the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists. He
assesses laboratories for NATA and is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide. He also
serves as a member of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Task Force on Paediatric
Laboratory Medicine.
Dr Metz joined Clinpath in 2006. His overriding interest is the role of the laboratory in assisting with patient
management and he is always happy to be involved in the care of patients, always remembering that each
of us, whatever age, is someone’s child.
Dr Clive Beng
Consultant Clinical Chemist (External)
Office Phone: 8366 2063
Special interests: Clinical biochemistry, endocrinology, diabetes mellitus
Until his retirement, Dr Clive Beng was Senior Clinical Chemist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, with a
special interest in the treatment of diabetes. He provides occasional cover for Dr Metz and is available, in Dr
Metz’s absence, for consultation on any aspect of clinical chemistry and endocrinology.
Microbiology, Molecular Biology,
Infections Diseases Serology
Dr Jhumur Roy MBBS, FRCPA, MD
Director, Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Mobile Phone: 0423 821 299
Special interests: Antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria, diagnosis and treatment of
Helicobacter pylori
After graduating in medicine at the University of Calcutta, Dr Roy received his MD degree in medical
microbiology from the Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, India.
His interest in tropical medicine led him to work in Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia for more than
10 years. As a Consultant Microbiologist at the Port Moresby General Hospital & Central Public Health
Laboratory, Dr Roy travelled extensively throughout Papua New Guinea, supervising every laboratory in
the country.
In 1999, he moved to Australia and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia,
after undergoing clinical microbiology training at Royal Darwin Hospital and IMVS, Adelaide, followed by
positions at the Royal Brisbane and Princess Alexandra Hospitals, in Brisbane. In 2004, Dr Roy accepted
a position as a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist at the Canberra Hospital. In 2006, he moved to Adelaide
and worked as a Medical Consultant at the Specialist Unit of the Communicable Disease Control Branch,
Department of Health, before joining Clinpath Laboratories in January 2007.
As Director of the Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Clinpath, Dr Roy is responsible for the laboratory
diagnosis of bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal diseases, and serves as consultant on one of the major
private hospital Infection Control Committees. He is also a NATA assessor and an examiner in Microbiology
for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
Dr Roy takes an active role in the clinical sector and encourages consultation from referring doctors,
regarding diagnostic testing for infectious diseases, interpretation of laboratory results and, in particular, is
always available to provide advice on antibiotic use.
Pathology Collections – Autologous
Transfusion, Venesection
Dr Michael Speedy BM BS (Hons)
Mobile Phone: 0410 221 490
Special interests: Management of polycythaemia, haemochromatosis, bone marrow biopsy
Dr Speedy trained in general medicine graduating with Honours from Flinders Medical Centre and then
gained experience in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care in Queensland.
He joined us as Medical Director of Collection Services in 2012 and has special responsibility for our
autologous transfusion service, venesections for patients with polycythaemia or iron overload, and is also
available for bone marrow biopsies by appointment.
Genetics
Professor Graeme Suthers BSc (Med), MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, GAICD
Director – Sonic Genetics Australia
Special interest: Genetic pathology
Sonic Genetics is headed by Professor Graeme Suthers. A clinical geneticist and a genetic pathologist,
Professor Suthers is one of Australia’s most respected experts in the field of genetics. With an outstanding
career and deep experience in genetics, healthcare and research, he is nationally and internationally
recognised for his expertise in genetic disorders, testing and clinical service provision. Professor Suthers
has been closely involved in the development of software solutions for specialty genetic services and in
the evaluation of healthcare interventions to promote genetic services of the highest quality and utility to
patients, families and managing clinicians.
Dr James Harraway MB ChB, FRCPA, DPhil
Special interest: Inherited and somatic (oncology) genetic testing
Dr James Harraway completed his medical training in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2005, Dr Harraway
was awarded a Nuffield Medical Fellowship to undertake a DPhil at Oxford University, examining the
molecular pathogenesis of Cockayne Syndrome. In 2008, he became the first pathologist from New
Zealand to obtain a FRCPA in genetic pathology. Dr Harraway has an interest in both inherited and somatic
(oncology) genetic testing.
Dr Scott Mead FRCPA, PhD
Special interest: Genetic pathology
Dr Scott Mead graduated from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), where he also gained a PhD in
Molecular Medicine, and obtained Fellowship of the RCPA in 2011. His pathology training was undertaken
at Christchurch School of Medicine (University of Otago) and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Dr
Mead has a long-standing interest in cancer genetics and has been involved in cancer research initiatives
in Australia (Garvan Institute of Medical Research) and overseas (Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK). He
is currently a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales.
Dr Mead also supervises inherited and acquired cancer genetic testing at SEALS Pathology (Prince of
Wales Hospital).
Dr Melanie Galea FRCPA (Genetics), MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons)
Special interest: Constitutional and somatic genetics
Dr Melanie Galea graduated from Medicine with Honours at the University of Sydney (Australia), where she
had previously gained an Honours degree in Medical Science, specialising in molecular genetics. Her genetic
pathology training involved exposure to a broad range of molecular and cytogenetic techniques in Australian
diagnostic laboratories, including Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney), Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
(Brisbane) and Westmead Hospital (Sydney). Dr Galea has an interest in both constitutional and somatic
genetics, medical education and quality assurance.
We encourage you to consult with our pathologists so that they can assist
you in the management of your patients. They are available for consultation
on the numbers listed below:
NAME
PHONE
NAME
PHONE
A/Professor David Ellis
0409 409 585
A/Professor John Miliauskas
0439 655 389
Dr Lakshmi Nath
0437 849 434
Dr Geoff Mower
0447 049 824
Dr Craig Wallington-Beddoe
0408 080 788
Dr Suchitra Somers
0434 073 328
Dr Shriram Nath
0409 693 827
Professor Richard Logan
0417 806 499
A/Professor Nicholas Wickham
0417 875 472
A/Professor Wendy Raymond
0439 976 519
Dr Jonathan Allin
0412 283 637
Dr Michael Metz
0421 098 430
Dr Sabine Ernsting
0404 654 176
Dr Clive Beng
08 8366 2063
Dr Jan Ibbetson
0439 033 392
Dr Jhumur Roy
0423 821 299
Dr Margaret Lim
0403 205 281
Dr Michael Speedy
0410 221 490
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Correct at time of printing – June 2015