Born Putararu 8/8/1955    

Educated at Te Awamutu College

BSc (Otago) 1976, MB ChB (Otago) 1982, FRACP 1990

HP/HS Wellington and Hutt Hospitals 1982-1983
Medical Registrar, General and Renal Medicine, Wellington Hospital 1984
Medical Registrar, Neurology and Cardiology, Wellington Hospital 1985
Endocrinology Registrar, Wellington Hospital Dec 1985-April 1986

Inaugural AMP DiabetesResearch Fellow 1987
Advanced Trainee, Endocrinology, Wellington Hospital Dec 1987-May 1988, and in 1990

Research Fellow, Sunley Research Institute, Charing Cross, London 1989

Locum visiting Diabetologist, Palmerston North Hospital 1990
Private consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Wakefield Specialist Medical Centre Oct 1990 - 2002
General Physician and Diabetologist, Hutt Hospital Jan 1991 - June 1994
Clinical Lecturer, Wellington School of Medicine 1992-1997
Consultant Endocrinologist, Diabetologist and General Physician, Wellington Hospital 1994 - 2011
Head, Department of Endocrinology, Wellington Hospital 1994 - 2000

Director, Physicians Training, Wellington Hospital 2002 - 2003
Chief Medical Advisor, Capital and Coast Health Board 2002 - 2004

Clinical Director, Clinical Support Services (ED, Radiology, Labs, Pharmacy, Admin. Services), Wellington Hospital 2004 - 2008
Clinical Leader, Internal Medicine and Medical Assessment and Planning Unit, Wellington Hospital 2008-2011

Clinical Director General Medicine, Auckland District Health Board 2011 - current

President NZ Society for the study of Diabetes 2000 - 2003
Co-Founder Fight the Obesity Epidemic Advocacy Group

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