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Three consultant interventional radiologists who trained in South Korea, the Netherlands and Germany, and also work at Christchurch Hospital. You see the specialist who performs your procedure.

Consultations are at Barrington Health in Spreydon, and procedures at St George’s Hospital.

Dr Hyukjoon (Howard) Lee

MD, MPH, PhD

Managing Interventional Radiologist

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Dr Lee is a consultant interventional radiologist at Christchurch Hospital, where he first joined in 2019. He trained in South Korea and has also worked in the United States.

Procedures

Training and experience

Dr Lee completed his radiology residency and a fellowship in interventional radiology at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea. He then worked as a consultant and assistant professor at Seoul National University Hospital.

He joined Christchurch Hospital as a consultant interventional radiologist in 2019. He later worked as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in the United States, before returning to Christchurch in 2024. He continues to work in the interventional radiology department at Christchurch Hospital.

Professional memberships
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Educational Affiliate
  • Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA)
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
  • Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
  • Korean Society of Interventional Radiology (KSIR)

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Dr Joost Lameijer

MD, PhD, EBIR

Managing Interventional Radiologist

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Dr Lameijer is a consultant interventional radiologist at Christchurch Hospital, where he has worked since 2022. He trained in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Procedures

Dr Lameijer’s work includes:

Training and experience

Dr Lameijer completed his radiology residency and a fellowship in general radiology, with a focus on interventional radiology, at Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He then completed an interventional oncology fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

He joined Christchurch Hospital in 2022 for a fellowship in vascular and non-vascular interventional radiology, and then became a consultant interventional radiologist there. He gained the European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR) qualification in October 2023.

At Christchurch Hospital he chairs multidisciplinary meetings, and he works with the Christchurch Vascular Group at St George’s Hospital.

Professional memberships
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Educational Affiliate
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
  • Radiological Society of the Netherlands (NVvR)
  • Dutch Society of Interventional Radiology (NVIR)

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Dr Martin Krauss

FRANZCR

Senior Interventional Radiologist

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Dr Krauss is the Clinical Lead for Interventional Radiology at Christchurch Hospital. He trained and worked as a consultant in Germany before moving to Christchurch in 2012.

Procedures

Training and experience

Dr Krauss qualified in medicine in Erlangen, Germany, in 1990, and as a specialist radiologist in Munich in 1999. He trained in radiology in Nuremberg, then held consultant posts in interventional radiology in Nuremberg and Bremen.

He moved to Christchurch in 2012. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR) and the Clinical Lead for Interventional Radiology at Christchurch Hospital.

Professional memberships
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Fellow
  • Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA)
  • Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
  • German Society for Interventional Radiology (DeGIR)

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