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Pamela Melding, ONZM
(New Zealand), Board of Directors
Pamela
Melding, ONZM trained in Medicine at
Liverpool University graduating MB.Ch.B,
(1970). She holds two fellowships, in
Anaesthesia, FRCA (U.K.) (1975) and
Psychiatry - FRANZCP (1989). She also holds
a postgraduate Diploma in Health Service
Management (Dist). Massey University,(1993).
Dr. Melding has considerable administrative
experience and was the clinical director for
the Auckland Regional Pain Clinic from
1979-1984. From 1990-1995, She was the
clinical director responsible for the
development of old age psychiatry services
for Waitemata Health, Auckland, New Zealand.
Her current position is Consultant in Old
Age Psychiatry, Kingsley Mortimer Unit,
Waitemata Health, and Honorary Senior
Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Auckland (since 1995). Pamela
was seconded to the Ministry of Health
Advisory Body for the development of the New
Zealand national ‘Health of Older People
Strategy’, and the development of the
national ‘Guidelines for Specialist Services
for Older People’. She was the binational
Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old
Age of the RANZCP from 2000-2004 and
currently is a member of the Faculty
Executive Committee. Pamela, with Daniel
O’Connor (IPA Board Member), convened the
very successful IPA/FPOA regional meeting in
Rotorua, New Zealand in April 2005. Her
clinical interests include chronic pain in
older people, cognitive assessment, ECT and
training in Psychiatry of Old Age. Pamela
has co-edited successful two books,
‘Geriatric Consultation Psychiatry’ and
‘Psychogeriatric Service Delivery’, both
with Oxford University Press and has
contributed chapters on aspects of Older
Peoples mental health to several
international text books. Her research
publications, experience and interests
include tinnitus, chronic pain, service
delivery, ECT in older people, and post
operative cognitive decline. Dr. Melding was
made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of
Merit (ONZM) in the 2006 New Year’s Honours
list for services to psychiatry.
Dr. Melding has been a member of the IPA
Board of Directors since 2002 and was
recently re-elected to a second term. She
can be reached at
p.melding@auckland.ac.nz.
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