Auckland Medical Historical Society 

Thursday June 5th 2008.

Ernest & Marion Davis Library

Drinks are served in the Dining Room at 6.00pm

Dinner at 6.30pm.

Presentations in the downstairs Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm.

Library Corner 6.00pm

I/we wish to attend the June Dinner Evening.  
Dinner cost: Members $26, guests $30, students $15	  
Name(s) for labels:           .....................................................  
Please return booking slip to Eileen Bambury,  
Dept of Endocrinology, Level 1, Building 4, Greenlane Clinical Centre,  
PO Box 92189, Greenlane, phone 307 4949, extension 26851 
or email me on EileenB@adhb.govt.nz                  
Please ensure you have booked by sending a cheque and phone Eileen by Wednesday 4th June before 10am.  
Please do not phone on Tuesday as I do not work on this day.              
Please remember that if you've booked and are unable to attend,  
you must let me know by 11am on that Thursday, otherwise you will be charged.               
Cheques should be made out to the Auckland Medical History Society.
               
              
Last month there were some people who turned up for dinner, without having booked.   
Please always book as having extra numbers makes it hard for the caterer to provide extra food.

Found: A lady's striped brown scarf was left in the Lecture Hall after the May meeting.  
Please claim from our Secretary, Pat Clarkson.

7.30pm

Vignette: Medical Aid Abroad,
Graeme Woodfield

Dr Woodfield will describe the workings of this interesting organisation.

Vignette Henry Plummer & the Mayo Clinic,
Pat Clarkson

Dr Clarkson will tell us of a famous physician and his influence at the Mayo Clinic.

Paper Sir William Osler, 1849-1919 and his Legacy,
Graeme Campbell

Dr Campbell will discuss the life and work of this outstanding medical icon.

Graeme Woodfield

- was born 1935 and educated at the Timaru Boys' High School. - graduated Otago Medical School 1960. - after postgraduate experience in Edinburgh, Libya and Papua New Guinea, he became Medical Director of the Auckland Regional Blood Services 1976-98 and is now Hon. Clinical Associate Professor Molecular Medicine and Pathology. His special interests abroad, include the blood transfusion services in Asia and India where he visits regularly. His literary contributions include over 200 scientific articles and he has written a book, "Jack Lovelock", launched at the October 2007 meeting of the Society. He is now working on a biography of Lord Arthur Porritt which is due to be released in October 2008.

Pat Clarkson MBChB (Otago, 1957). Dip American Boards Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology FRACP

- after graduation, there were house surgeon and registrar appointments at Napier Hospital, followed by fellowships in paediatric and paediatric cardiology, at the Mayo Clinic, USA. On return to New Zealand, practice was largely confined to Paediatric Cardiology and Newborn Medicine with paediatric appointments at Green Lane and National Women's Hospitals. Research interests included the natural history of congenital heart disease and the late outcomes of surgical treatment.

Graeme Campbell

- was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Otago University graduating in medicine in 1946. After house jobs at Auckland and Green Lane Hospitals he gained postgraduate experience at Hammersmith, National Heart, and Royal Northern Hospitals in London, gaining his MRCP in 1953. He returned as junior medical specialist Green Lane Hospital, passed his MRACP and became a part-time specialist physician at Greenlane Hospital, and Auckland Hospital Hypertension Clinic. With the advent of the easily portable ECG machines in the 1960's he offered a visiting service to General Practitioners to minimise the need for hospitalisation for suspected heart attacks. - in 1979, the Sisters of Mercy opened St Josephs, the first hospice in Auckland. Appointed Physician in Charge and with a Cancer Society Travelling Fellowship, he returned to London to study Cicely Saunder's ground-breaking methods at St. Christopher's Hospice. - on his return in 1992, with generous support from the Donny Charitable Trust he initiated Registrar Training in Hospice Care at St Josephs. His experience and teaching resulted in a substantial improvement in symptom control, and he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Chapter of Palliative Medicine RACP in 2001.