Tony Walls is a graduate of the University of Otago, having trained in Paediatrics at both Christchurch and Dunedin Hospitals.
He trained as a Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at the Royal London Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. At this time he completed an M.D. through the University of London, focusing on adenovirus infection in children following bone marrow transplantation.
He has an ongoing clinical interest in the management of infection in immunocompromised children. Before returning to Christchurch he worked as a Consultant at Sydney Children’s Hospital, and was lead clinician for the Paediatric HIV Service.
Tony has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Teaching and is currently the convener of the Trainee Intern programme in Paediatrics. Along with Paediatric teaching he teaches about immunisation, primary immune deficiency and Paediatric Infectious Diseases as part of the Pathology teaching programme.
His ongoing research interests include the infectious aetiology of otitis media, the epidemiology of multi-resistant organisms in NICU in New Zealand and Australia, molecular diagnosis of encephalitis and meningitis in children, and the epidemiology of varicella.
| Changes to the NZ Immunisation Schedule
Concurrent Workshop Repeated |
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| Saturday, 16 August 2014 | Start 8:30am | Duration: 55mins | Room 9 |
| Start 9:35am | Duration: 55mins | Room 9 | |
| Update on Childhood Vaccinations
Nurse Programme |
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| Saturday, 16 August 2014 | Start 4:00pm | Duration: 30mins | Westpac |