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Paediatrician (15 Aug 1939--10 Aug 2006)
Associate Professor George Abbott, who died after a short illness with lung cancer, was recognised on both sides of the Tasman as one of the most respected paediatricians of his generation.
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George was born in Lahore and moved with his family to Christchurch after the partition of India. He graduated in medicine from the University of Otago in 1964 and gained MRACP in 1968 (FRACP in 1973). He completed his MD in 1971 on "Bacteruria in the Newborn".
Urinary tract infections and vesico-ureteric reflux remained major research interests over many years, and with the late Ross Bailey and others he contributed to knowledge of the familial nature of this condition and the prevention of long-term consequences.
George continued his training in microbiology and infectious diseases at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and then at Boston Children's Hospital. On returning to Christchurch in 1973, he was appointed as Senior Lecturer in the new Christchurch School of Medicine and, together with Professor Fred Shannon, developed the undergraduate teaching programme in Paediatrics. He became an Associate Professor in 1981.
George Abbott was an...