Clinical Virologist Dr Gary McAuliffe
Immunology/Allergy Dr Rohan Ameratunga
Immunology/Autoimmunity Dr Richard Steele
Immunochemistry/Proteins Dr Cam Kyle
Scientist Unit Manager Mary Bilkey
Quality Officer Heather Deehan
Full services 08.00 to 17.00 weekdays
On call service for limited tests outside these hours.
Out of hours (17.00-08.00 weekdays,weekends and public holidays) tests must now be requested by the Consultant of the requesting team who must personally ring the appropriate Virology/Immunology pathologist.
Requests from staff other than the clinical consultant will not be accepted.
For Virology tests , contact Dr Gary McAuliffe
For Immunology tests (including vasculitis tests), contact Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga 021 792 079; Dr Richard Steele or the LabPLUS Immunology Team .
Note:
1. Public Health Practitioners and General Practioners must likewise contact the appropriate Virology/Immunology pathologist.
Since it may take many hours for even urgent requests to reach LabPLUS from Community laboratories, non-hospital practioners cannot assume a test taken early in the day will reach LabPLUS within normal working hours. We suggest non-hospital practioners should contact the appropriste Virology/Immunology pathologist for any test considered urgent.
2. Weekends and public holidays, 08.00 to 17.00, the on-call laboratory scientist should be contacted directly as before.
On-call phone number 021 946 179.
Available on call tests;
VZV Immune Status
Vasculitis testing - ANCA, MPO, PR3
Hepatitis and HIV serology is available any time through the Biochemistry Rapid Response team.
For clinical enquiries please contact the clinical team.
Technical Enquiries please contact the scientists in the appropriate section.
Phone enquiries are most easily made through Lablink.
Anti - Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial and Autoantibody assays
Section Leader Paul Austin
Technical Specialist Helena Thompson
Viral and some Bacterial DNA/RNA testing including Viral Loads and Drug Resistance
Section Leader Saed Miri Nargesi
Technical Specialist Dhanya Jayaraj
Specific Protein and Allergy testing.
Section Leader Shaleen Shah
Allergy Technical Specialist Roy The