John Lewis ADAMS   
MB ChB (NZ), FRACP, MD (NZ), FRCP (Lond)
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Born Pahiatua 17/10/1917    

Educated At Wellington College, Victoria and Otago Universities

MB ChB (NZ) 1940, MRACP 1947, MRCP (Lond) 1948, FRACP 1957, MD (NZ) 1959, FRCP (Lond) 1965

Relieving HS, Palmerston North Hospital 1/1940 - 3/1940
HS, Wellington Hospital 4/1940 - 1942

WW2 service 1942 - 1945, in the western Pacific and in Italy

Medical Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1946
Postgraduate studies in London 1947 - 1948, attending the National Heart Hospital, the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases Queen Square, the London Hospital and the Central Middlesex Hospital

General practice in Miramar 1948 - 1952
In August 1952, moved to specialist medical practice at Kelvin Chambers, taking over the practice of Dr J Roberts Boyd who had retired
Senior Physician, Silverstream Hospital 12/1954 - 1960

Senior Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1/10/1960 - 30/9/1962
Assistant Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1/10/1962 - 28/2/1966
Senior Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1/3/1966 - 31/12/1982
Retired from all private practice 31/3/1991

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John Adams

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John Adams