David Barry | |
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Born | David Barry 1939 Auckland, New Zealand |
Occupation | Paediatrician |
David Barry (born 1939) is a paediatrician in practising in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. He has been called the "Father of Hawkes Bay paediatrics". [1]
Barry was born in Auckland and educated at St Peter's College from 1950 to 1956. He studied medicine at Otago University. Barry joined Hawke's Bay Hospital in 1972 as the hospital's first paediatrician. [2]
He is a member of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand and was a member of the Medical Advisory Panel from 1985. He is also a member of the Hawke's Bay Asthma Society, including time as president. [3]
Barry was involved in developing the Child Asthma Plan for the Respiratory Foundation and worked on epidemiological studies such as the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). He is a member of the Respiratory Committee of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand and made contributions to the Paediatric Asthma Guidelines Group and his research interests include exercise-induced asthma in children. [3]
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