Born Pahiatua 3 May 1941 Died Wellington 2 Jul 2011 
Educated at Nelson College HS/HP Wellington Hospital 1966-1967 Registrar in Paediatrics and General Medicine, Wellington Hospital 1968 Registrar in Cardiology and Neurology, Wellington Hospital 1969 Neurology Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1970 Honorary Assistant HP, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London 1971, comprising the dual roles of Honorary Clinical Assistant in Dr R W Russell and Dr W I McDonald's Neurological Clinic at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and Academic Registrar, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Queen Square. Locum Registrar, National Hospital, Queen Square and Maida Vale 1971 Neurology and Psychiatry Registrar, St Thomas Hospital, London, 1971- Jan 1972 Neurology Registrar, National Hospital, Queen Square and Maida Vale Feb 1972 - Feb 1974, including an attachment to the Department of Applied Electrophysiology. Locum Senior Registrar in Paediatric Neurology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester 1974. Fellow in Clinical Electrophysiology, McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1974 (4 months) Neurologist, Wellington Hospital Dec 1974-2011 Head of Neurology Department 1988-1997 Clinical Leader, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology 1997-2000 Clinical Leader, Neurology Department 2001-2009 Clinical Lecturer, Wellington Clinical School 1978-2009 Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neuroscience, Walton Hospital, Liverpool and Mersey Regional Health Authority, UK Oct-Dec 1987 Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Neurological Science, University of Liverpool Oct 1987-Jan 1988 Founded the nerve conduction, electromyography and evoked potential laboratory at Wellington Hospital. Introduced long term EEG monitoring, and also Botulinum toxin treatment for a variety of involuntary movement disorders Chairman, Wellington Hospital Senior Medical Staff 1987-1989 Chairman, Wellington Hospital Combined Medical Staff (Wellington and Hutt Hospitals) 1989-1991 Secretary, New Zealand Committee, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1992-1998 President, New Zealand Neurological Association 1993-1995 Author of many scientific papers, including the unique Neurological Stamps series, comprising 146 papers published over 15 years in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry |
photograph courtesy Lindsay Haas |
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