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Contact Details

Phone
+64 21 178 2662
Email
garry.nixon@otago.ac.nz
Position
Head of Rural Health Section, Department of General Practice and Rural Health and Associate Dean Rural Health, Division of Health Sciences
Department
Department of General Practice and Rural Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB FRNZCGP(Dist) FDRHMNZ PGCertCPU PGDipRPHP
Research summary
Rural Health
Teaching
Garry teaches on GENA 728 Cardiorespiratory medicine in rural hospitals. He also supervises PhD and masters’ students.
Memberships
  • MNZM for services to rural health
  • Member, South Island Cardiac Workstream
Clinical
Rural Hospital Generalist, Dunstan Hospital, Central Otago

Research

Garry is leading a project to develop a geographic classification for health that will improve our understanding of urban vs rural differences in health outcomes and access to services in NZ.

His other research interests include workforce development, the management of cardiovascular disease in the rural context and the role of rural hospitals. The focus of his MD was rural diagnostics including point-of-care ultraound and laboratory testing.

Garry is based at Dunstan Hospital in Clyde for both his academic and clinical roles.

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