Usher, Thomas N

Born Gisborne 1882 Died Wellington 12 Sep 1950
Thomas Usher
Educated at Nelson College
Initially trained in dentistry in Wellington, then in Edinburgh

Practised in Nelson and Brunnerton 1912 – 1915
Medical Superintendent, Grey Hospital, Greymouth 1917 – 1920
Moved to Wellington in 1920, setting up what was to become a large general practice in Newtown
Honorary Children’s Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1924 – 1928
Pioneered surgery for cleft palate and hare lip in Wellington
Retired from practice in 1947

Obituary: NZMJ 1950 49:604
photograoh courtesy NZMJ