Richard William HORNABROOK

MB ChB (NZ) 1949, MRACP 1954, MD (NZ) 1955, FRACP 1963

Born Wellington 1 Dec 1925                               Died Wellington 21 Jun 2012

Dick Hornabrook

Educated at Wellesley School (the Terrace), Wanganui Collegiate, and at Knox Grammar School, Sydney

HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1949 - 1951

Anatomy Demonstrator, Otago Medical School 1952

Registrar to Dr Jock Caughey, Dunedin Hospital, and Research Associate to Drs Purves and Griesbach, Otago Medical School 1953 - 1954

HP / RMO, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London 1955 - 1959

Associate Professor of Neurology, Cornell University, and Assistant Director of Neurosurgical and Neurological Services, Bellvue Hospital, New York 1959 - 1960

Visiting Neurologist, Wellington Hospital 1961 - 1963

Neurologist-in-charge, Kuru Research Centre, New Guinea 1964 - 1965

Visiting Neurologist, Wellington Hospital 1966 - 1968

Director, Institute of Medical Research, New Guinea 1968 - 1975

Visiting Neurologist, Wellington Hospital 1976 - 1990

Clinical Reader, Wellington School of Medicine 1982

photograph courtesy Charles Hornabrook
Last updated 3 November 2016.