Norma Restieaux
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16 July 1934
Dame Norma Restieaux | |
|---|---|
 Restieaux in 1981 | |
| Born | Norma Jean Restieaux 16 July 1934 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Cardiology |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
Dame Norma Jean Restieaux DBE (born 16 July 1934) is a New Zealand physician, medical researcher, cardiologist and author.
Career
Restieaux studied medicine at the University of Otago,[2] graduating Bachelor of Medical Science in 1958, and MB ChB in 1960.[5] She then undertook specialist cardiology training in London and Boston, before returning to Dunedin in 1970.[6] Restieaux was mentored by John Hunter, professor of medicine at Otago in the early stages of her career,[7] and rose to become head of the Cardiology Department at Dunedin Hospital, consultant cardiologist for the Otago Health Board and associate professor at the University of Otago.[2]
In 1999, Restieaux became the first female president of the New Zealand Medical Association.[8] The following year, she became the first woman from New Zealand to be president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.[9]
Selected publications
She authored or co-authored the following:
- Tang, E. W. (2006). "Clinical outcome of older patients with acute coronary syndrome over the last three decades". Age Ageing. 35: 280–285. doi:10.1093/ageing/afj079.
- Tang, E; Wong, CK; Wilkins, G; Herbison, P; Williams, M; Kay, P; Restieaux, N (2005). "Use of evidence-based management for acute coronary syndrome". N Z Med J. 118: U1678. PMID 16224502..
- Fearnley, D; McLean, J; Wilkins, G; Restieaux, N; Nixon, G (2002). "Audit of a collaborative care model suggests patients with acute myocardial infarction are not disadvantaged by treatment in a rural hospital". N Z Med J. 115: U239. PMID 12552285..
- Stewart, RA; Robertson, MC; Low, CJ; Wilkins, GT; Restieaux, NJ (1997). "Differences in easily recognised coronary risk factors by age at first myocardial infarction". N Z Med J. 110: 339–40. PMID 9323375..
- Sutherland, WH; Restieaux, NJ; Nye, ER; Williams, MJ; de Jong, SA; Robertson, MC; Walker, HL (1998). "IDL composition and angiographically determined progression of atherosclerotic lesions during simvastatin therapy". Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 18: 577–83. doi:10.1161/01.atv.18.4.577. PMID 9555863..