Genetics

Born Christchurch 7 Aug 1943

Educated at Palmerston North Boys High School, Mana College and at Christchurch Boys High School

FRCP (Lond) 1997

HS / HP, Wairarapa and Palmerston North Hospitals 1971

MRC Training Fellow, 1972 - 1975

Paediatric Registrar, Auckland Hospital 1976 - 1977

MRC Fellowship 1978 - 1979

Clinical Geneticist, Wellington Hospital 1980 - 1989

Locum Consultant, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, England 1990

Senior Lecturer, Auckland University 1991 - 1993

Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England 1993 - 2003

Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Clinical Director, Genetics and Laboratories, Birmingham Women's Hospital 2003 - 2014

Emeritus Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Oxford University Hospitals, 2014 - present

President, Human Genetics Society of Australasia 1986 - 1988

President, Wellington branch NZMA 1987

President, Wellington branch Crippled Children Society 1986 - 1988

Having undertaken his first programming course in Fortran II in 1963, Cyril has a major interest in medical computer programming.

He developed the original widely sold pedigree software for geneticists (Cryllic). Subsequently authored ClinicalPedigree, and he remains involved with that.

photograph courtesy Cyril Chapman