Born Putararu 8 Aug 1955 
Educated at Te Awamutu College 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 photograph courtesy Robyn Toomath | 