I'm a UK-trained consultant head and neck radiologist with over three decades of clinical experience, and a somewhat unconventional career path to go with it.
I've always believed that the most important advances in medicine don't come from waiting for the system to move. They come from people deep inside it who are prepared to push boundaries, envision what's next, and then do the hard work of making it real.
That conviction has shaped a career which has included introducing innovative health services across healthcare sectors, teaching myself to code in my mid-forties, building diagnostic imaging AI, and launching a platform that's rethinking how radiologists learn and share knowledge.
But I've also learned, often the hard way, that brilliant technology is simply not enough on its own. Changing healthcare requires an equally deep understanding of the culture, the incentives, and the very human reasons why clinicians embrace some innovations and quietly resist others. That insight is hard to teach and impossible to fake.
I'm always interested in meaningful conversations with founders, investors, and organisations working at the frontier of healthcare technology, particularly those looking for deep clinical insight to complement a genuine desire to improve how healthcare is delivered.
Dr Hament Pandya
FRANZCR · Auckland
The Journey
Three decades, one route
Medical Training1996–2005
Cross-Specialty Training
Follwing my intern year, I completed three years of broad surgical training including endocrine, vascular, orthopaedic, urology, breast surgery and emergency medicine. Earned the MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of London on the first sitting and subsequently pivoted into radiology, completing a further five years of specialty training and achieving the FRCR, again at the first attempt.
Medical Training1996–2005
Cross-Specialty Training
Follwing my intern year, I completed three years of broad surgical training including endocrine, vascular, orthopaedic, urology, breast surgery and emergency medicine. Earned the MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of London on the first sitting and subsequently pivoted into radiology, completing a further five years of specialty training and achieving the FRCR, again at the first attempt.
Clinical Practice2006–2008
Tertiary Level Experience
Appointed Consultant Radiologist at a major teaching hospital in Birmingham, UK, subspecialising in head and neck radiology. Tertiary referral centre work, where the complex, the atypical, and the diagnostically demanding are the daily baseline.
Clinical Practice2006–2008
Tertiary Level Experience
Appointed Consultant Radiologist at a major teaching hospital in Birmingham, UK, subspecialising in head and neck radiology. Tertiary referral centre work, where the complex, the atypical, and the diagnostically demanding are the daily baseline.
Clinical Innovation2008–2015
Shaping Clinical Practice
Following emigration to New Zealand in 2008, played a pivotal role in helping to establish the first dedicated PET-CT facility. Helped define PET-CT reporting by radiologists as standard practice nationally. Designed a reporting framework to ensure quality and accountability, and embedded a train-the-trainer model that propagated rapidly across the country.
Clinical Innovation2008–2015
Shaping Clinical Practice
Following emigration to New Zealand in 2008, played a pivotal role in helping to establish the first dedicated PET-CT facility. Helped define PET-CT reporting by radiologists as standard practice nationally. Designed a reporting framework to ensure quality and accountability, and embedded a train-the-trainer model that propagated rapidly across the country.
Business Partner2009–2014
Building a Cancer Imaging Service
As Partner and Board Director at Hamilton Radiology, independently established a PET-CT service for the Midland Cancer Region, serving a catchment of approximately one million people. Built from the ground up within a co-owned private radiology business.
Business Partner2009–2014
Building a Cancer Imaging Service
As Partner and Board Director at Hamilton Radiology, independently established a PET-CT service for the Midland Cancer Region, serving a catchment of approximately one million people. Built from the ground up within a co-owned private radiology business.
Founder2013–2015
Sole Founder, Personal Capital, Successful Exit
Founded Accuron Radiology, a nuclear imaging (SPECT-CT) practice, funded entirely through a personal bank loan with no institutional backing. The practice came close to bankruptcy when market demand lagged behind capability. Persistence and learning carried it through. By drawing on a deep understanding of clinical practice to grow the market, the business was turned around and successfully acquired two years and three months after opening
Accuron Radiology. Acquired 2015
Founder2013–2015
Sole Founder, Personal Capital, Successful Exit
Founded Accuron Radiology, a nuclear imaging (SPECT-CT) practice, funded entirely through a personal bank loan with no institutional backing. The practice came close to bankruptcy when market demand lagged behind capability. Persistence and learning carried it through. By drawing on a deep understanding of clinical practice to grow the market, the business was turned around and successfully acquired two years and three months after opening
Accuron Radiology. Acquired 2015
Software Developer2016–present
A Second Discipline
Fascinated by the potential of artificial intelligence, expanded into software development and digital technology, learning Python and JavaScript without formal training. A practical decision that permanently changed the scope of what was possible to build independently.
Software Developer2016–present
A Second Discipline
Fascinated by the potential of artificial intelligence, expanded into software development and digital technology, learning Python and JavaScript without formal training. A practical decision that permanently changed the scope of what was possible to build independently.
Clinical Leadership2018–2020
Running a Radiology Department
Appointed Clinical Director of Radiology at Waitematā District Health Board, one of New Zealand's largest public health organisations, for a two-year tenure. Responsible for departmental operations, clinical governance, and quality standards across a high-volume imaging service.
Waitematā District Health Board
Clinical Leadership2018–2020
Running a Radiology Department
Appointed Clinical Director of Radiology at Waitematā District Health Board, one of New Zealand's largest public health organisations, for a two-year tenure. Responsible for departmental operations, clinical governance, and quality standards across a high-volume imaging service.
Waitematā District Health Board
Medical AI2018–2023
Building Diagnostic AI
Designed and built a convolutional neural network to characterise thyroid nodules on ultrasound, paired with a system for secure anonymisation and cloud transmission of radiology images. The deeper outcome was first-hand insight into why clinicians resist adopting diagnostic AI in practice — an understanding that directly shaped what came next.
Medical AI2018–2023
Building Diagnostic AI
Designed and built a convolutional neural network to characterise thyroid nodules on ultrasound, paired with a system for secure anonymisation and cloud transmission of radiology images. The deeper outcome was first-hand insight into why clinicians resist adopting diagnostic AI in practice — an understanding that directly shaped what came next.
EdTech Founder2026–present
Radiology Education at Scale
Founded Resectaur, an online community platform enabling radiologists to create channels, attract subscribers, and teach interactively using live, anonymised imaging cases without specialist hardware or software. Built on over two decades of radiology practice, entrepreneurial experience, and self-taught technical capability. Live at resectaur.org.
EdTech Founder2026–present
Radiology Education at Scale
Founded Resectaur, an online community platform enabling radiologists to create channels, attract subscribers, and teach interactively using live, anonymised imaging cases without specialist hardware or software. Built on over two decades of radiology practice, entrepreneurial experience, and self-taught technical capability. Live at resectaur.org.
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