Our people

Areas of Practice

• Musculoskeletal Radiology

Current Appointments

• Auckland District Health Board – Musculoskeletal Radiologist

Radiologist Dr Neal Stewart also works as a musculoskeletal radiologist for the Auckland District Health Board, where he has been making important contributions to the study of radiology for more than 30 years.

A graduate from Otago Medical School, Neal completed his radiology training in Christchurch. He gained American Board of Radiology certification after completing a fellowship at the Mallinckrodt Institute in St. Louis, Missouri.

Orthopaedic, rheumatology, musculoskeletal tumour and sports medicine imaging are Neal’s areas of expertise.

Areas of Practice

• Body Oncology
• Paediatric Imaging
• General Radiology

Current Appointments

• Te Whatu Ora - Waitemata

Dr Amy Stringer has been with Auckland Radiology Group since 2018. After graduating from The University of Auckland Medical School in 2008 she went on to complete a PGDip in Paediatrics. Following the completion of her Radiology training in Auckland in 2016, Amy undertook a year long Fellowship in Body Oncology Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York before returning to Auckland. She has completed fixed term roles at Starship Hospital and currently works as a General Radiologist at Waitemata DHB alongside her work at ARG. Amy’s particular interests are in Body Oncology Imaging and Paediatrics, and she is also involved in the Waitemata Colorectal MDM.

Areas of Practice

• Musculoskeletal and Spinal Imaging
• General Radiology

Current Appointments

• Auckland City Hospital – Musculoskeletal & Generalist Radiologist

Dr Lara Sweetman is a musculoskeletal and general radiologist at both Auckland Radiology Group and Auckland City Hospital.

Lara graduated from the School of Medicine in Trinity College Dublin in 1996, and after gaining postgraduate experience in Ireland and Queensland, completed her radiology training in Auckland. Lara subsequently undertook subspecialty training in musculoskeletal radiology through a combined Auckland Radiology Group/Auckland City Hospital fellowship.

Areas of expertise include sports and orthopaedic imaging, and Lara has a particular interest in musculoskeletal and spinal imaging and intervention.

Areas of Practice

• Gynaecology Radiology
• Obstetric Radiology
• Oncology Radiology
• Abdominal Radiology
• General Radiology

Current Appointments

• General Radiologist at Waitemata DHB

Dr Penny Symes returned to Auckland Radiology Group in 2016, having previously worked here from 2003 to 2005, and also works as a general radiologist for Waitemata DHB.

Penny graduated from the University of Otago in 1992 then came to Auckland for her specialist radiology training. She completed a mini-MRI Fellowship at Auckland Radiology Group in 2003. Her experience includes Head of Ultrasound at North Shore Hospital (NSH) and Director of Training, involved in registrar supervision and training, also at NSH.

Penny’s special interests include obstetrics and gynaecology radiology as well as general abdominal and oncology radiology. She performs HSGs in the investigation of infertility and is involved in the gynaecology oncology MDM as well as heading up the North Shore pelvic floor MDM for the investigation of defecatory disorders.

Areas of Practice

• Paediatric Imaging
• Obstetric Imaging

Current Appointments

• Paediatric radiologist, Starship Children’s Hospital

Dr Glen Thomson is a fellowship trained paediatric radiologist with subspecialty expertise in all areas of paediatric imaging, but with particular interest in paediatric head and neck imaging, paediatric neuroradiology and imaging of neonates. He gained his medical degree from Auckland University Medical School, trained in general radiology in Auckland, and was admitted as a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR) in 2000. He spent a year gaining fellowship training in paediatric radiology in 2000-2001 at British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Upon returning to Auckland in 2001, Glen completed 6 months fellowship training in MRI at Auckland Radiology Group. In 2002 he started at Middlemore Hospital in charge of paediatric imaging, alongside his role at Auckland Radiology Group. In 2009 he moved from Middlemore to Starship Hospital, where he has further developed his subspecialty interests. He is a current member of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Radiology (ANZSPR). Glen was a BreastScreen radiologist at CMDHB 2005-2007, and continues to have an interest in breast imaging.

Areas of Practice

• Musculoskeletal and Spinal Imaging
• Musculoskeletal and Spinal Procedures
• Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Imaging and Intervention
• General radiology

Current Appointments

• Director of MSK Fellowships at Auckland City Hospital
• Member of the North Island Sarcoma Team

Dr Jack (Yun-Jung) Tsai graduated from the University of Otago Medical School in 2007 and completed his radiology specialty training in Auckland in 2019. Jack has undertaken two musculoskeletal imaging fellowships, the first at Auckland City Hospital and the second at Fowler Simmons Radiology in Adelaide, Australia. In 2021 Jack returned home to New Zealand, taking up a position as a consultant radiologist at Auckland City Hospital where he is Director of the MSK Imaging Fellowship programme alongside his role at Auckland Radiology Group. He has a special interest in orthopaedic and sports imaging, and all musculoskeletal procedures and is a member of the North Island sarcoma team.

Areas of Practice

• Body Imaging
• Breast Imaging
• General radiology
• Percutaneous Procedures

Current Appointments

• Auckland City Hospital – Body Radiologist
• Breastscreen Aotearoa – Screening and Assessing Radiologist

Dr Stephen Wood has a career spanning more than 15 years delivering first class patient care as a general radiologist, 13 of these with Auckland Radiology alongside positions as a Body Radiologist at Auckland City Hospital and Screening and Assessing Radiologist at BreastScreen Aotearoa. Steve did his radiology training in Auckland after gaining his medical degree from the University of Auckland.

Steve’s particular interests are breast imaging, body imaging and non-vascular interventional procedures, especially biopsies. He is on the committee of the NZ Branch of the Australia and New Zealand College of Radiologists.

Areas of Practice

• Musculoskeletal and Spinal Imaging
• Musculoskeletal Procedures
• General Radiology

Dr Rebecca Woodward first worked with Auckland Radiology Group in 2001 when she completed an MSK MRI Fellowship with us.

After graduating from the University of Auckland Medical School Rebecca completed her radiology specialty training in Auckland, as well as gaining additional experience overseas which included a further year in Melbourne at Austin and Repatriation Hospitals and another six months in London at St Bartholomew’s and Royal London Hospitals.

Rebecca has a special interest in hip imaging and research. She has been published in peer reviewed journals with leaders in the field and is involved in ongoing international collaborations. She also supervises research students, and is an FANZCR examiner.