Stewart Reid
Stewart Reid is a family physician who has been in practice in Lower Hutt for 36 years. His interest in vaccines began in 1980 when he was appointed to the committee which advises the New Zealand Government on vaccine policy. He has remained on the committee, whatever it has been called, until he resigned in 2010 and for approximately half the time he has been its chair. He has been involved in the writing of all the editions of the New Zealand Immunisation Handbook from 1996 until 2010 he has been a clinical reviewer for the committee which licenses vaccines in New Zealand. He now intends to specialise in Golf.
Important vaccination updates for both old and young New Zealanders MSD Dinner Symposium Friday, 13 June 2014 Start 7:50pm Duration: 60mins Rotorua Convention Centre   We all know the truism that prevention is better than a cure… …and recent news on global antibiotic resistance reinforces the importance of taking every opportunity to protect all of our patients, both young and old, against infectious disease. In this symposium, Dr Stewart Reid will talk about two significant immunisation updates for New Zealand: • RotaTeq (Rotavirus vaccine), the newest paediatric vaccine to be added to the New Zealand vaccination schedule. • ZOSTAVAX (the Shingles vaccine) and how it can help your 50+ patients avoid the devastating consequences of Shingles. Download MSD Symposium Invitation