Ros Vallings
New Zealand doctor
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Rosamund Vallings MNZM is a medical doctor, known as one of the leading authorities on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in New Zealand.
Career
Vallings has run a medical practice in Howick, Auckland, since 1966. With most patients having ME/CFS and related conditions, the practice started specialising in the illness,[1][2] and Vallings became known as an expert.[3][4]
Vallings was involved with managing and diagnosing patients who had been referred by general practitioners and specialists from around New Zealand, but retired at the end of Jan 2022.[5] She runs seminars for both patients and practitioners, and has produced an educational booklet and a number of information sheets to help with the understanding and management of the complex symptoms of ME/CFS. Other doctors at her practice continue to treat the condition.[1]
In 2011, Vallings was one of the authors of the case definition for ME/CFS, entitled "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria".[6]
Vallings has served the ME/CFS and medical communities voluntarily in a number of roles. These have included: assistant medical director of the Auckland Family Planning Association; medical adviser to the Breast Cancer Support Service; board member of the Macleans College; member of the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME, formerly IACFS); editorial board member of the International Journal of CFS; president of the New Zealand Society of Hypnosis; and as past president and ongoing (as of 2012[update]) medical advisor to the Associated New Zealand ME Society (ANZMES).[7]
Awards
- 2008: Membership of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to CFS/ME in the 2008 New Year's Honours[7][8]
- 2016: Nelson Gantz Clinicians Award, received at the IACFS Conference held in Florida, United States, on 30 October 2016[9][10]
Publications
Books
Articles
- August 2011: Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria.[6]
- Sept 2011: AACFS 7th International Conference.[14]
- December 2011: Hypnosis in the Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.[15]
- December 2011: Report on the Second World Congress on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Related Disorders.[16]
- April 2017: Cytokine Inhibition in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Trial.[17]
- June 2017: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer.[18]