Peter Hurley (doctor)
New Zealand doctor (1940-1983)
Peter John Hurley (6 January 1940 – 16 August 1983)
was a New Zealand doctor. He was the first full-time physician in nuclear medicine at Auckland Hospital in 1972 and he established the Department of Nuclear Medicine there between 1971 and 1982. He "was one of the most gifted young physicians of his generation".
Early life
Hurley was born in Bathurst, New South Wales. His family moved to Auckland when he was four. He was educated at Good Shepherd School, Balmoral and then at St Peter's College where he was Dux in 1956 and gained a Junior National University Scholarship. After his intermediate year at the University of Auckland he went to Dunedin and was enrolled at the Otago Medical School. He was president of Aquinas Hall of Residence and graduated with a distinction. Thereafter, he became a house surgeon and registrar at Auckland Hospital.
Medical career
Hurley was first appointed as a medical registrar in the Department of Medicine at Auckland Hospital.
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