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Arthur Thomas Paterson: the life and times of a New Zealand ophthalmologist
Author(s) -
Hart Richard H,
McGhee Charles NJ
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2004.00762.x
Subject(s) - medicine , excellence , bequest , optometry , scholarship , vignette , ophthalmology , newcastle upon tyne , law , economic history , history , political science , psychology , social psychology
Arthur Thomas Paterson was a pre‐eminent New Zealand ophthalmologist who settled in the United Kingdom after the First World War and became a leading figure in the development of ophthalmic services in the north‐east of England. This vignette explores his contributions to clinical education and the establishment of comprehensive ophthalmic services in Newcastle upon Tyne. It also highlights the Arthur Thomas Paterson scholarship bequest to enable New Zealand ophthalmologists to acquire additional specialist training in international centres of excellence.