Meet our expert radiologists.

Dr Richard Annand has more than 25 years' healthcare experience. He has a special interest in Health IT and is passionate about delivering exceptional patient care through Diagnostic Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology services.  

Richard combines his role at Pacific Radiology with an additional position at Canterbury Breastcare.

Sub-Specialisations

• Breast imaging
• CT Colonography
• Ear, Nose & Throat Imaging (ENT)
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Vascular Imaging

Education and Training

• Graduated from Otago University
• Completed radiology training in Christchurch

Prior to joining our team, Dr Sam Bae was a full-time consultant radiologist at Taranaki Base Hospital.

Sub-Specialisations

• Emergency
• Musculoskeletal Imaging
• Neuroradiology
• Oncology
• Vascular Imaging

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Aachen, Germany
• Completed radiology training in Duisburg, Germany

Dr Wayne Bailey has over 20 years' experience delivering first class patient care. He is an expert in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with a special interest in Diagnostic Oncology Imaging for cancer patients. 

In addition to his work at Pacific Radiology, Wayne also enjoys working with the next generation of radiologists as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Radiology at the Christchurch campus of the University of Otago.

Sub-Specialisations

• Abdominal Imaging
• CT Colonography
• PET (Positron emission tomography)
• Oncology
  
  

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Christchurch and Melbourne

Dr Adrian Balasingam has more than 20 years’ experience delivering exceptional care to patients. As Chief Medical Officer and Chairperson of our Clinical Advisory Board, he is deeply committed to ensuring we provide exceptional value to our people, patients, communities and partners through collaboration, research, innovation, and education.

Sub-Specialisations

• Abdominal Imaging
• CT Colonography
• Musculoskeletal Imaging
• Oncology
• PET (Positron emission tomography)

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Christchurch
• Further training completed in the United Kingdom

Based in Canterbury, Dr Nick Begg graduated from Otago University and completed his radiology training and fellowship in Christchurch and with Pacific Radiology Group. Nick has an interest in molecular imaging and theranostics, and is the clinical lead of Pacific Radiology Canterbury's PET/CT service. 

Nick is also passionate about training the next generation of radiologists and has extensive experience lecturing radiology registrars and students.

Sub-Specialisations

• Abdominal Imaging
• Oncology
• PET (Positron emission tomography)
• CT Colonography

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Otago
• Completed radiology training and a fellowship in Christchurch

Dr David Bell is originally from the UK. In addition to his medical degree, he also holds a physiology degree from the University of Edinburgh (2009).

David also enjoys teaching, he was involved with training radiology registrars in the UK.

Sub-Specialisations

• Breast Imaging
• Oncology
• Non-vascular Interventions

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Warwick (2013)

Dr Latham Berry has more than 20 years’ experience as a radiologist. His passion lies in Cardiac Imaging, a subspecialty of Diagnostic Radiology. During his career, Latham has been heavily involved in pioneering new medical technology.

Sub-Specialisations

• Breast Imaging
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Christchurch
• Fellowships: Cardiac Imaging in Cambridge, UK

Dr Ian Best has more than 20 years’ experience looking after a range of patients from weekend warriors to serious sports people. He has a strong focus on keeping people healthy and moving so they can keep doing what they love.

Sub-Specialisations

• Musculoskeletal imaging
• Musculoskeletal MRI
• CT spine intervention
• PET/CT (Positron emission tomography)
• CT Colonography

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Wellington
• Fellowships: Musculoskeletal MRI with the Christchurch Radiology Group

Sub-specialisations

• Diagnostic Neuroradiology
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• ENT

Education and Training

• Graduated from University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Christchurch
• Fellowships: Fellowship training completed with Pacific Radiology Group

Dr Jonathan Bong graduated from the University of Auckland and completed his radiology training in Wellington.

Education and Training

• Graduated from University of Auckland (2016)
• Completed radiology training in Wellington
• Commencing Abdominal & Body Radiology Fellowship in 2025

Sub-Specialisations

• Breast imaging
• Oncology

Education and Training

• Graduated from University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Dunedin

Dr Doug Braithwaite has over 30 years' radiology experience. He is passionate about using his extensive knowledge to provide patients with first class healthcare.

Doug has a special interest in Neuroradiology, MRI and Vascular Imaging.

Sub-Specialisations

• Neuroradiology
• MRI
• Vascular Imaging
• Nuclear medicine
• PET/CT (Positron emission tomography)

Education and Training

• Graduated from University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Auckland

Dr. Marcel Brew is committed to delivering exceptional breast imaging services to the Canterbury community.

Alongside his passion for Breast Imaging, Marcel is active in radiology management.

Sub-Specialisations

• Breast Imaging
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Interventional Procedures
• Vascular Imaging

Nelson-based radiologist Dr Thomas Bryant completed his radiology training in London at Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals. He then worked as a consultant radiologist in the National Health Service in Glasgow, Scotland for 5 years before returning to New Zealand.

Thomas has more than 15 years’ experience in radiology and a special interest in body and breast Imaging.

Sub-Specialisations

• Abdominal Imaging
• Oncology
• CT Colonography
• Breast Imaging
• MRI

Education and Training

• Completed radiology training in London

Dr. Samantha Castillo is a Diagnostic radiologist with interests in musculoskeletal and breast imaging and procedures. She is enjoying living and working in New Zealand after completing her radiology training in the USA.

Sub-Specialtisations

• Musculoskeletal Imaging and Procedures
• Breast Imaging and Procedures
• General Diagnostic Imaging and Procedures

Education and Training

• Graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2015)
• Completed radiology training at Southwestern Medical School (2021)
• Fellowships: Musculoskeletal fellowship at Southwestern Medical School (2021)

Dr Fiona Chambers has been working in the field of radiology for more than 15 years. She is passionate about Women’s Health and is an expert in Breast Imaging, Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Sub-Specialisations

• Breast imaging
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Current Appointments

• Clinical Director of BreastScreen South
• Member of the RHCNZ AI Committee
• National Radiologist Subspecialty Lead - Breast

Education and Training

• Graduated from the University of Otago
• Completed radiology training in Auckland
• Fellowships: Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Breast Imaging fellowships in Christchurch

Dr Kevin Chen is passionate about team work. As well as teaching registrars and students, he  works closely with his Pacific Radiology clinical colleagues to provide top patient care.

Sub-Specialisations

• Abdominal imaging
• CT colonography
• Oncology PET (Positron emission tomography)

Education and Training

• Graduated from University of Otago
• Fellowships: Abdominal and Oncological PET Imaging in Christchurch (2022)