Thompson, Richard H

Born 26 Feb 1943

Educated at Hemsworth Grammar School, Yorkshire

HS / HP, Scarborough Hospital 1969 - 1970

Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh 1970 - 1971

SHO in Medicine and Paediatrics, General Infirmary, Leeds 1971 - 1972

Fellow in Cardiology, University of Michigan 1972 - 1973

Medical Registrar, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex 1973 - 1974

Cardiology Registrar, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex 1974 - 1978

Consultant Cardiologist, Wellington Hospital 1979 - 1992

Clinical Lecturer, Wellington Clinical School of Medicine 1979 - 1982

Consultant Cardiologist, Wakefield Heart Centre, Wellington 1987 - 1997

Consultant Cardiologist, Parirenvatwa Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe 1997 - 1999

Consultant Cardiologist, Wakefield Heart Centre, Wellington 1999 - 2001

photograph courtesy Wellington Hospital photographic archive

Physician in Charge, Delta Medical Centre, Maun, Botswana 2001 - 2003

On returning to NZ he did a series of locum posts in Palmerston North and also at the Pendlebury Clinic in NSW , Australia.

However, for probably a third of his time he was researching and writing "Nature's Design", published by Random House/Struik [Cape Town] in 2008. He has completed a second book "Living on the Edge : Survival and extinction in extreme environments", due for release early 2013. Richard is currently about half way through another manuscript - "The Long Road to Shakespeare: the origin and nature of communication".

Richard returned to Wellington Hospital in 2012, to conduct two OP cardiology clinics each week.