Dr Dan Exeter

Dan is a Sport and Exercise Physician and returned to Axis in 2014 after a two-year stint in Australia. He worked at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne and as a team physician at Hawthorn Football Club, which culminated in an AFL (Australian Rules) Premiership in 2013. He is now Medical Director for Athletics New Zealand (High Performance) and has attended the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018 and two Athletics World Championships.

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Dan has previously worked with Counties Manukau and Chiefs rugby and as a tournament physician at the ASB Classic and Heineken Open. He has been an event physician for the World Rowing Championships, and ITU triathlon events both in NZ and overseas. He was a FIFA Venue Medical Co-ordinator at the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

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Dan has active research interests in the areas of injury prevention and cardiac screening of athletes. His master's degree investigated ECG screening of athletes. He is also interested in point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and performs ultrasound-guided procedures at our Wairau Valley clinic. He is President-Elect of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP).

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Outside of work, Dan enjoys tennis and snowboarding and while very much a New Zealander he does miss the roar of a full MCG on a Friday night.