WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY
Macdonald, William J
William James MacDONALDMA Hons Classics (St Andrews) 1910, MB ChB (St Andrews) 1915, FRCS (Edin) 1926, DLO (Lond) 1927
Born Dundee, Scotland 1890 Died Wellington 1953
W J MacDonald
HS, Dundee Royal Infirmary 1916 (6 months)
Resigned to join the RAMC, serving in France until early 1919
Later in 1919 he came to NZ
HS, Auckland Hospital 1920/21, including ENT
In 1921 he joined his brother-in-law Dr Robert Bryson & his sister, Dr Elizabeth Bryson in practice, a combination of general practice and surgery
Postgraduate training in London & Edinburgh 1925
Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital 1927
Returned to NZ to practice in Wellington as an ENT specialist
Honorary Visiting ENT Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1927 – 1939
Visiting ENT Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1940 – 1951
Honorary Visiting ENT Surgeon Wellington Hospital 1927 –
Obituary: NZMJ 1953 52:295
photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection