Jean-Claude Theis, Dunedin, ONZM
For services to medicine. Dr Theis took up his position as a senior lecturer in orthopaedic surgery in the Dunedin School of Medicine at the University of Otago in 1988, becoming an Associate Professor in 1990 and was made Associate Dean of Postgraduate Education in 2007. He is also an active researcher, involved in the assessment of lower back pain. He has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals and continues to have an active editorial role with the New Zealand Medical Journal. He has played a leadership role in the development of orthopaedic and surgical services at Dunedin Hospital, serving as Clinical Director of the Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. With the amalgamation of the Otago and Southland district health boards in 2009, he became the new board’s Clinical Director of Surgery. He is also a trustee of the New Zealand Wishbone Trust and Chair of the Bruce McMillan Trust.