Doctor Daniel Pettigrew – MBChB, DCH, MRNZCGP

Daniel (Dan) is a born and bred South Islander, originally hailing from Christchurch but spending most of his subsequent years Dunedin. In 1996 he decided to follow his father into the medical profession. After six years at medical school, he was excited by the variety and challenge that was opening to him through the spectrum of medical training. After s further 4 years of experiencing various specialities throughout the hospital, particularly paediatrics and emergency medicine, he was certain that the only speciality that was going to enable him to practice a truly broad range of medicine, and include ample patient contact time and continuity, was general practice. Dan loves the general practice environment, particularly the privilege of looking after the medical care of people over many years, and often several generations. Dan obtained his full GP fellowship in 2015, operating in an advanced training scope up until that time.

He has broadened his interests even further since training in general practice and has completed courses in skin cancer medicine/minor surgery as well as taking an interest in sports medicine including some higher study, completing his Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine with distinction. This last course of study was prompted by him taking on the care of the Otago provincial rugby team for 3 years from 2009, but it is especially in the area of “exercise as medicine” where Dan’s interests lie.

Dan is a member of the Clinical Quality Committee group for WellSouth Primary Health Organisation and a trustee of Servants Health Centre, a not-for-profit medical centre.

When not at work he spends time with his family, with whom he enjoys cooking, music, gardening, travelling, photography and the great outdoors. The latter has recently become a bit of an obsession for him through trail running where he can frequently be found out on the trails of the Otago Peninsula where he lives, or perhaps in the hills around Naseby where he often holidays.
He is a member of the Leith Valley Presbyterian church.