Dr Alwyn D’Souza is the programme director of the Transplant and Cellular Therapy (TCT) Unit at Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre, Capital & Coast District, Te Whatu Ora. He graduated from Otago School of Medicine in 1993. He did the majority of his postgraduate training in Wellington, before completing his training in Melbourne at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He has worked at Wellington Hospital as a consultant since 2006. He was the clinical lead in the haematology unit from 2017-2022, before stepping down to focus on FACT accreditation for the TCT unit. He also has an interest in medical education and was previously the chair of the NZ Joint Training Committee in haematology.