Who are Auckland Bone Density
Meet the team
Dr. Brandon Orr-Walker
Brandon is an endocrinologist based at Counties Manukau DHB. Brandon has a research background at the University of Auckland (Professor Ian Reid's group) and since moving to Middlemore Hospital in 2001 has headed their Endocrinology and Diabetes service. He provides clinical leadership at Counties Manukau DHB, and is involved in national quality and guideline programs in diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Associate Professor Andrew Grey
Andrew trained in endocrinology in Auckland, and bone research at
Auckland University and Yale University. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland and an Endocrinologist at Auckland District Health Board, where he maintains a particular interest in the clinical aspects of bone diseases.
Professor Warwick Bagg
Professor Warwick Bagg is an endocrinologist who has worked with ABD since (2004). He is a clinician at ADHB.
Dr. Steven Miller
Dr Steven Miller is an Endocrinologist with Waitemata DHB and is based at North Shore Hospital. He qualified in Medicine from the University of Glasgow, and trained as an Endocrinologist in Scotland. After completing his PhD he spent a year of Postdoctoral Research at the Garvan Institute, Sydney, and moved to New Zealand in 2010.
Professor Ian Holdaway
Dr Ian Holdaway is honorary Professor of Endocrinology at the Auckland University School of Medicine, and an Endocrinologist at Greenlane and Auckland Hospitals. He has 140 scientific papers published in the medical literature and is past President of the NZ Society of Endocrinology. Together with Drs Frengley, Fenton and Grigor he started Auckland Bone Density as the first privately available bone density service in Auckland in 1994.
Dr. Carl Peters
Dr Carl Peters works as a Consultant at Waitemata District Health Board, Honorary Senior Lecturer for the University of Auckland, Educational Supervisor for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, reports bone densitometry for Auckland Bone Density, and in private practice at the Mercy Specialist Centre.
Dr. Zaven Panossian
Dr Zaven Panossian is a Specialist Physician, Diabetologist and Endocrinologist with wide experience in the management of diabetes and various medical and endocrine disorders. Dr Panossian also holds a full time Specialist Physician and Endocrinologist role at Middlemore Hospital and is an Associate Physician at Auckland Bone Density.