Dr Richard Doocey is a clinical haematologist with a specialist interest in malignant haematology including leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at Otago University and the Christchurch School of Medicine, before completing his internal medicine and postgraduate haematology training in the Auckland region. He became a fellow of the Australasian Colleges of Physicians and Pathologists in 2003 and undertook 2 years of subspecialty training in acute leukaemia and bone marrow transplantation at Vancouver General Hospital and the British Columbia Cancer Agency. Richard returned to Auckland in 2005 as a consultant haematologist and is the clinical lead for the FACT accredited Auckland and Starship Children’s Hospital’s Stem Cell Transplant Program.