Walter Gordon Chisholm PATERSON MB ChB (NZ), MRCP (Lond), MD (NZ), FRACP
Born Dunedin 4/1/1903 Died Kenepuru Hospital 24/3/1999 Educated at Otago Boys' High School MB ChB (NZ) 1927, MRCP (Lond) 1929, MD (NZ) 1931, FRACP 1938 "Scholar and linguist, competent in French, some familiarity with Japanese, and happy to read Latin and Greek texts" (J L Adams) HS / HP, Dunedin Hospital 1927 Postgraduate training in England 1928 - 1929 HP, Queen Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Brighton 1928 Attended courses in Medicine at the Maudsley Hospital for Psychological Diseases and at the London Hospital under Dr Donald Hunter HP, the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich 1929 HP, The City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, Victoria Park 1929 Resident Physician, Hawera Hospital (under Dr John Cairney) 1930 He returned to England in 1931, and was appointed Registrar, St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin Also studied dermatology in Paris and Vienna Honorary Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1932 - 1940 Honorary Physician, Home of Compassion Hospital and Karitane Hospital Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1940 - 30/9/1953 Visiting Medical Officer, VD Clinic 1932 - 1945 Resident Physician, Dargaville Hospital 1957 - 1964 Retired from all practice in 1967 Click the image to view detail in a larger version.
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Walter Gordon Chisholm PATERSON
MB ChB (NZ), MRCP (Lond), MD (NZ), FRACP

Born Dunedin 4/1/1903 Died Kenepuru Hospital 24/3/1999

Educated at Otago Boys' High School

MB ChB (NZ) 1927, MRCP (Lond) 1929, MD (NZ) 1931, FRACP 1938

"Scholar and linguist, competent in French, some familiarity with Japanese, and happy to read Latin and Greek texts" (J L Adams)

HS / HP, Dunedin Hospital 1927
Postgraduate training in England 1928 - 1929
HP, Queen Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children, Brighton 1928
Attended courses in Medicine at the Maudsley Hospital for Psychological Diseases and at the London Hospital under Dr Donald Hunter
HP, the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich 1929
HP, The City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, Victoria Park 1929

Resident Physician, Hawera Hospital (under Dr John Cairney) 1930
He returned to England in 1931, and was appointed Registrar, St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
Also studied dermatology in Paris and Vienna

Honorary Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1932 - 1940
Honorary Physician, Home of Compassion Hospital and Karitane Hospital
Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1940 - 30/9/1953
Visiting Medical Officer, VD Clinic 1932 - 1945
Resident Physician, Dargaville Hospital 1957 - 1964
Retired from all practice in 1967

Click the image to view detail in a larger version.

Photograph courtesy
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians