Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 21 178 2662
- garry.nixon@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- 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.