Burns, Sir Charles

Born Blenheim 27 May 1898 Died Auckland 8 Feb 1985
Educated at Marlborough High School, Nelson College and Otago University
Charles Burns
Assistant Pathologist, Dunedin Hospital 1922
HS / HP, Dunedin Hospital
1923 Postgraduate study in England 1924 – 1925
Medical Registrar, Dunedin Hospital 1925 –
Resident Physician, New Plymouth Hospital
Visiting Assistant Physician, OPD Dunedin Hospital 1930 – 1937

Further postgraduate experience at the National Heart Hospital, London, 1932
Postgraduate study in London and Boston 1937 – 1938
Director, Division of Medicine, Auckland Hospital 1938 – 1939
Physician in charge of Cardiology Department, Wellington Hospital 1939 – 1944, and 1947 – 1958
Visiting Physician, Wellington Hospital 1948 – 1958
photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection
Senior Physician, Home of Compassion 1940 – 1966
WW2 service in Italy (1945-46) and in Japan (1946-47)
Consultant to the Southland Hospital Board 1966
Medical Officer, Hanmer Springs Hospital 1969 – 1970
Director of Clinical Services, National Society on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence 1970 – 1975

Obituary: NZMJ 1985 98:405

photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection