Dr David Galler
Intensive Care Specialist at Counties Manukau DHB, Auckland, NZ
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David Galler is the son of Polish Jewish refugees who ate pork and made yoghurt from sour milk.
After attaining his first degree at Victoria University, he worked as a bus driver in Wellington. One day he was let go so became a doctor, working and training in Auckland and London all the while accumulating more and more post graduate qualifications in his wake. He trained in London and NZ and has been a specialist in the Intensive Care Unit at Middlemore Hospital for 30 years. During that time he has survivied a number of leadership positions within his own organisation and in the wider world. |
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They include stints as Executive member, VP and President of the Association of Salaried Specialists; Principal Medical Advisor to Directors General and Ministers of Health; Foundation Board Member of the Health Quality Safety Commission; Founding member of the Counties Manukau Environmental Sustainability Board; and for a year worked as a volunteer in samoa establishing a successful to service to improve the outcomes of infants, chidren and young people suffering from acute reversible disease.
He is a Board member of THE NZMA; the Charity Take My Hands and the Health Coalition Aotearoa, an organisation dedicated to reduce preventable harm from unhealthy food, alcohol and tobacco.
He is a frequent contributor to a number of online magazines and has written a best selling memoir Things that Matter.
He is now in the late afternoon of his career and looking forward to spending more time away from rosters to explore the world and other opportunities.
He is a Board member of THE NZMA; the Charity Take My Hands and the Health Coalition Aotearoa, an organisation dedicated to reduce preventable harm from unhealthy food, alcohol and tobacco.
He is a frequent contributor to a number of online magazines and has written a best selling memoir Things that Matter.
He is now in the late afternoon of his career and looking forward to spending more time away from rosters to explore the world and other opportunities.