Department of Paediatrics
Our Paediatrics department is one of three paediatric departments within the University of Otago, the other two being in Dunedin and Wellington. The Christchurch Department of Paediatrics, which was established in 1972, has played a leading role the development of teaching, research and professional training in New Zealand.
Our teaching programme has been developed to provide undergraduate (Med V and VI) and postgraduate (Diploma of Child Health) education in Neonatology, Paediatric Medicine, Paediatric Surgery (section of paediatric surgery), Community Paediatrics and Child Health, and subspecialty areas of Neurology, Genetics and Child Cancer.
Recent welcome additions to our programme are the inclusion of adolescent health, and postgraduate nursing. Opportunities for postgraduate study include the BMedSci, MMedSci, MD and PhD degrees.
Our academic staff have very active research programmes. The department has had a long established interests in paediatric urology especially reflux, community child health, SIDS, and neonatal research.
More recently we have developed major research interests in free radicals, respiratory medicine and cancer genetics. Our department works closely with University basic science research groups and departments, particularly the Free Radical Research Group and the Cancer Genetics Research Group.
Christchurch Hospital and Christchurch Women's Hospital provides secondary and tertiary referral services for neonatal intensive care, renal and endocrine medicine, developmental disorders, respiratory medicine and cystic fibrosis.
In addition Christchurch provides tertiary services for the South Island in Paediatric Neurology, Paediatric Surgery, and Paediatric Haematology and Oncology. Our academic staff are integral members of these specialist services.
For further information
Nicky Drake
Departmental Administrator
Department of Paediatrics
University of Otago, Christchurch
Christchurch Hospital
Tel 64 3 364 0747
Fax 64 3 378 6355
Email nicola.drake@otago.ac.nz
Email paediatrics.uoc@otago.ac.nz