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Norma Restieaux

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Dame Norma Jean Restieaux DBE (born 16 July 1934) is a New Zealand physician, medical researcher, cardiologist and author.

Early life

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Restieaux was born in the Dunedin suburb of St Kilda on 16 July 1934, the daughter of Frank Charles Restieaux (1911–1976) and Florence Jean May Restieaux (née Godfrey; 1908–1996).[1][2][3] She was educated at Otago Girls' High School.[4]

Career

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Restieaux studied medicine at the University of Otago,[2] graduating Bachelor of Medical Science in 1958, and MB ChB in 1960.[5] She was mentored by Professor John Hunter, Professor of Medicine at Otago in the early stages of her career.[6] A cardiologist, Resieaux was head of the Cardiology Department at Dunedin Hospital and consultant cardiologist for the Otago Health Board and associate professor at the University of Otago.[2]

In 1999, Restieaux became the first female president of the New Zealand Medical Association.[7]

Selected publications

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She authored or co-authored the following:

  • 'Clinical outcome of older patients with acute coronary syndrome over the last three decades' Age Ageing 2006 35: 280–285; doi:10.1093/ageing/afj079
  • 'Use of evidence-based management for acute coronary syndrome.' N Z Med J. 2005 Oct 7;118(1223):U1678. PMID 16224502.
  • 'Audit of a collaborative care model suggests patients with acute myocardial infarction are not disadvantaged by treatment in a rural hospital.' N Z Med J. 2002 Nov 8;115(1165):U239. PMID 12552285.
  • 'Differences in easily recognised coronary risk factors by age at first myocardial infarction.' N Z Med J. 1997 Sep 12;110(1051):339-40. PMID 9323375.
  • 'IDL Composition and Angiographically Determined Progression of Atherosclerotic Lesions During Simvastatin Therapy.' Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1998 Apr;18(4):577-83. doi: 10.1161/01.atv.18.4.577. PMID 9555863.

Honours

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In the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, Restieaux was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cardiology.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Births". Evening Star. No. 21775. 18 July 1934. p. 8. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Restieaux, Norma Jean (Dame), 1934–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 313. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  5. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Q–R". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  6. ^ Armstrong, John (2014). "Doctors from 'the end of the world': oral history and New Zealand medical migrants, 1945-1975". Oral History. 42 (2): 41–49. ISSN 0143-0955. JSTOR 24343432 – via JSTOR.
  7. ^ "History". New Zealand Medical Association. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  8. ^ "No. 52953". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 13 June 1992. p. 29.
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