John CAIRNEY CMG   
MB ChB (NZ) MD (NZ) DSc (NZ) FRACS
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Born Greymouth 8.10.1898    Died Wellington 5.08.1966

MB ChB (NZ) 1922, MD (NZ) 1925, DSc (NZ) 1948, FRACS 1943

Junior Demonstrator in Anatomy, Otago University 1919; Senior Demonstrator 1920
Rockefeller Foundation Fellow 1925-26, working with Professor C J Herrick in Chicago.
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Otago University 1926-July 1927

Medical Superintendent, Hawera Hospital 1927-January 1936
Consulting surgical practice in Lower Hutt January-May 1936

Honorary Assistant Surgeon (Children), Wellington Hospital May-October 1936
Assistant Superintendent (Medical), Wellington Hospital October 1936-December 1940.   This post was soon renamed Director of Clinical Services.
Medical Superintendent, Wellington Hospital December 1940-May 1944
Superintendent-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1944-1949

Sub-Dean, Wellington Branch Faculty, University of Otago Medical School 1937 - 1944

Director General of Health 1949-September 1959

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John Cairney

Obituary: NZMJ 1966 65:623

photograph courtesy
J O Mercer collection