WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Cochrane, William H

William H Cochrane

MB BCh BAO (Q U Belf) 1949, DA (Lond) 1955, FFARCS (Eng) 1956, FRCP (C) 1963, FFARACS 1976

Born Coleraine, Northern Ireland 15/4/1927 Died 2015
Bill Cochrane
Educated at Coleraine Academical Institute
HS / HP, Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone, England 1950
Surgeon Lieutenant Royal Navy 1950 – 1954
Anaesthetic Registrar, and postgraduate course in anaesthesia, University of Liverpool and United Liverpool Hospitals 1954 – 1955 (Professor T C Gray)
Registrar in Anaesthesia, United Liverpool Hospitals 1955
Senior Registrar in Anaesthesia, Cardiothoracic Unit, Broadgreen Hospital and Children’s Hospital 1956 – 1957
Associate Professor in Anaesthesia, University of Rochester, New York State
1957 – 1958
Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Alexander Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta Canada 1958 – 1966
Consultant Anaesthetist and Lecturer in Anaesthesia, University of Calgary and Foothills Hospital 1966 – 1973
Consultant Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1974 – 1975
Director of Anaesthesia, Wellington Hospital 1975 – 1985
Visiting Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1985 – 1990
photograph courtesy Bill Cochrane