WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY
Cook, V Bruce
Vernon Bruce COOKMB ChB (NZ) 1949, DA RCPS (Eng) 1954, FFA RCPS (Eng) 1954, FFARACS 1961
Born Helpaby, Yorkshire 23 Jun 1923. Died Blenheim 13 Jan 2018
Bruce Cook
Educated at Wanganui Collegiate
HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1949 – 1950
Anaesthetic Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1951
Postgraduate anaesthetic training in Cleveland, Ohio (Professor Hingson) 1952 – 1953,
then at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford (Professor Macintosh) 1953 – 1954.
Full-time Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1955 – 1961
Visiting Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1962 – 1987
President NZ Society of Anaesthetists 1972 – 1973
photograph courtesy Bruce Cook