Ronald Truhbuhovich
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Ronald Truhbuhovich (born 1930) ONZM (1997, for services to medicine) is a medical doctor and pioneer of critical care medicine in Auckland
, New Zealand
.
parentage, spent his childhood in Auckland. He was educated at St Peter's College
of which he was Dux
in 1946 and 1947.
in 1961 and the Gregg Essay Priz in Psychiatry
in 1962. He gained a Nuffield Scholarship
in 1964.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Background
Trubuhovich, who is of CroatianCroats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
parentage, spent his childhood in Auckland. He was educated at St Peter's College
St Peter's College, Auckland
St Peter's College is a Catholic college for year 7 to 13 boys . The school, located in Auckland, is one of the largest Catholic schools in New Zealand and is an integrated school under an integration agreement entered into by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland and the Government of New Zealand in...
of which he was Dux
Dux
Dux is Latin for leader and later for Duke and its variant forms ....
in 1946 and 1947.
Medicine
He gained a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Otago) (1953), Bachelor of Medical Science (Otago)(1960) and a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (with distinction, Otago (1961). He was awarded the J. Malcolm Prize in PsychologyPsychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
in 1961 and the Gregg Essay Priz in Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
in 1962. He gained a Nuffield Scholarship
Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation is a British charitable trust, established in 1943 by William Morris , the founder of the Morris Motor Company. Lord Nuffield wanted to contribute to improvements in society, including the expansion of education and the alleviation of disadvantage...
in 1964.