David McHaffie
David, who first attended WMHS meetings in the late 1990's, shares the group's enthusiasm for the refreshment of our activities during 2013 / 2014 - revision of the Society Rules, obtaining funding support, planning for next year's program and the preparation of future presentations.
His association with the Medical School and Wellington Hospital began as a 6th year student in 1969 and has included a focus on clinical coaching. Retirement this year from clinical Cardiology should allow more time to research historical topics.
Talks given to WMHS previously have included:
| 2004 | Fatal Heresy and the Discovery of the Pulmonary Circulation |
| 2005 | Flexner - the Ranked outsider in Medical Education |
| 2006 | Nicholas Culpeper - Herbalist. (Savoury weed or pricking thorn?) |
| 2006 | The Medical World of Benjamin Franklin |
| 2007 | Avicenna and Abulcasis - Islamic Medicine in the Golden Age |
| 2008 | Penicillin - Who did the most to make it work? |
| 2009 | (with Richard Stone) Lewis and the Effort Syndrome |
| 2010 | Floyer's Pulse-watch Revisited |
| 2011 | Erasmus Darwin - Free-thinker in the Age of Reason |
| 2013 | Maurice Pappworth |
| 2014 | Sir Arthur Keith - the evolution of man |
| 2015 | Elliott's Scalpel and Sword |
| 2016 | Letters from Tchaikovsky |