Burns, Sir Charles

Born Blenheim 27 May 1898                              Died Auckland 8 Feb 1985

Educated at Marlborough High School, Nelson College and Otago University

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