Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga, ONZM of Auckland, for services to immunology
Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga formally established the Starship Hospital immunology service for children. Realising older Primary Immunodeficiency Disorder (PID) patients needed care from specialist adult immunologists, he lobbied for funding for the Auckland Hospital and a specialised service was created. He has been a qualified specialist immunopathologist and the clinical lead of the diagnostic immunology laboratory at Auckland Hospital for 30 years. He established a PID diagnostic genetic service in LabPlus, Auckland Hospital. Under his leadership, the team have adopted new technologies not available elsewhere in Australasia. With his team, he has discovered two new gene mutations causing CVID-like disorders. He is a Medical Panel member of Allergy New Zealand. Associate Professor Ameratunga was Vice Chair of the Immune Deficiency Foundation of New Zealand. Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga, please come forward.