David Gilmour McLACHLAN QSO

MB ChB (NZ) 1934, MD (NZ) 1940, DPM (Lond) 1951, MRANZCP 1963, FRANZCP 1986

Born Dunedin 7 Mar 1911                                Died Taupo 1990

Gilmour McLachlan

Educated at Otago Boys' High School

HS / HP, Dunedin Hospital 1935

Medical Officer, Mental Hospitals Division, Department of Health 1936 - 1941

Rockefeller grant in 1938 enabled overseas study of insulin hypoglcaemic shock therapy for schizophrenia.

Acting Superintendent, Chateau and Raventhorpe Psychiatric Hospital 1942 - 1946

Deputy Superintendent, Seacliff Hospital, Otago 1946 - 1950

Postgraduate study at the Maudsley Hospital, London and in Europe 1950 - 1952

Deputy Superintendent, Porirua Hospital 1953 - 1955

Private Consultant Psychiatrist, Wellington 1955 - 1967

Director of Psychiatric Services, Wellington Hospital Board 1967 - 1976

He oversaw the development of the new Psychiatric Block at Wellington Hospital which incorporated a Day Care Unit

photograph courtesy NZMJ

Obituary: NZMJ 1991 104:297

Last updated 3 November 2016.