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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

Makes even dry topics interesting.

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About Peter

Dr Peter Bethwaite, MB ChB, PhD, FRCPA, FFSc(RCPA), is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Otago, Wellington. He trained in anatomic pathology in Wellington, New Zealand, followed by postgraduate training in Oxford, United Kingdom. Throughout his career, he has served as one of the principal pathologists at Medical Laboratory Wellington and Aotea Pathology, and as a cytopathologist for Capital and Coast Health. Dr Bethwaite holds academic positions with the University of Otago and has contributed extensively to pathology education and practice in New Zealand. His research interests encompass cytopathology, urologic pathology, endocrine pathology, and gynaecological pathology. He was a Girdlers' Health Research Council of New Zealand Fellow from 1993 to 1994 and received a Meritorious Service Award for Services to Pathology and the New Zealand Society of Pathologists in 2019.