Associate Professor (University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine).
MB BS (Honours, NSWU)
MD (Doctorate in Medicine)
FRACP (Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians - in Paediatrics)
ASM (Accredited Speaker Member of the National Speakers Association, NZ)
Expertise:
- Paediatrician
- Allergist
- Gastroenterology
- Nutrition
- The Gluten Syndrome
- Coeliac disease
- Gastric reflux
- Food allergy
MD THESIS
Ford RPK. "Food hypersensitivity in children: Diagnostic approaches to milk and egg hypersensitivity." MD Thesis NSW (Australia) 1982.
Associate Professor Dr Rodney Philip Kinvig FORD.Curriculum vitae
Dr Rodney Ford has written well over a hundred scientific papers and many books and book chapters. Here are some of the details: Present Position
Specialist Paediatrician, Gastroenterologist, Allergist and Nutrition Consultant.
Director of Children's Gastroenterology and Allergy Clinic.
Director of Doctor Gluten.
Professional author on food and nutrition issues.
Food Expert
Professional speaker.
My role is to investigate and manage children who have food intolerance, food allergies and nutritional related conditions. I particularly specialise in the gluten syndrome. I also provide a Nutritional consulting services to organisations and give seminars and workshops on the value of excellent nutritional health.
I am an expert on the problems of the gluten-sensitivity, the gluten syndrome and coeliac disease.
Academic qualifications
MB.BS. Honours II University of New South Wales, Australia. 1974
FRACP (Paediatrics) Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1981
MD (“Food hypersensitivity in childhood”).
University of New South Wales, Australia. 1983
MFCCH (Faculty of Community Child Health) Australasian College of Paediatrics 1997
Honours/distinctions
Secondary Commonwealth Scholarship 1966
Tertiary Commonwealth Scholarship 1968
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery awarded with honours 1974
Awarded Melville Surgical Prize 1974
Professional Affiliations
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
New Zealand Skeptics Society
Research Fellowships
1980-82 Three-year Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council.
1983 One-year Fellowship from the Nestles Nutrition Research Grant Programme.
1983 Overseas Travelling Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of Physicians.
1983 One-year Research Fellowship from the Smith and Nephew Foundation, U.K.
Professional positions held
1974-75 House Surgeon, North Canterbury Hospital Board, Christchurch, NZ.
1976-77 Paediatric Medical Registrar, Paediatrics, Christchurch Hospital, NZ.
1978 Assistant Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Otago, Christchurch Clinical School, NZ.
1979 Paediatric Medical Registrar, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
1980-82 Research Associate in Allergic Diseases, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Funded by the National Health & Medical Research Council, Australia.
1980 Assistant Clinician, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
1981-82 Assistant Physician, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
1981-82 Medical Tutor, University of Melbourne, Australia.
1983-84 Research Fellow in Gastroenterology and Immunology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children and the Institute for Child Health, Great Ormond St. London, UK.
1983-84 Senior Registrar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, London.
1985 -98 Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Otago, Christchurch Clinical School, NZ.
1995–99 Paediatric Consultant to Tipu Ora, Ngai Tahu Trust.
1997 -99 Senior Paediatric examiner, New Zealand Foreign Medical graduates Examinations
1990 -99 Clinical Senior Lecturer, Bachelor of Speech & Language, Christchurch College of Education
1984 - 2002 Community Paediatrician, Dept of Paediatrics, Canterbury Health. Christchurch, NZ.
1984 – 2002 Paediatrician (Allergy & Gastroenterology), Canterbury Health. Christchurch, NZ.
1999 – 2002 Clinical Associate Professor in Paediatrics, University of Otago, Christchurch Clinical School.
Committee Membership
Christchurch Regional Child Health Liaison Committee (Chairman) 1985-91.
Christchurch Child Health Liaison Group (Chairman) 1991-94
Child Health Advisory Group to SRHA (Chairman) 1995-01
Christchurch Child Mortality Review Committee (Chairman) 1985-01
NZ Paediatric Society, Community Paediatrics Committee (Chairman 1986-93)
NZ Paediatric Society, Medical Workforce Committee (Chairman 1987-88).
Advisory Group on the intellectually handicapped 1985-88.
Plunket/Public Health Nurse Co-ordinating Committee 1986-1992
Elmwood School Committee 1986-89.
Health Development Committee 1987-1989.
NZ Sub-Committee for written examinations, Paediatrics 1987-1994
Canterbury Cot Death Fellowship Committee 1988-02
NZ Paediatric Society, Nutrition Committee 1988-1999 (Chairman 1997/9)
Medical Advisory Committee of the Cot Death Division
of the National Children's Health Research Foundation 1990- 02(Chairman 1999-02)
National Working Party on Preventive Child Health Care 1990.
National Children’s Research Foundation, Canterbury Branch (Chairman) 1991-00
SIDS Global Strategy Group:
International Committee on computer Polygraphic recording 1992-96
NZ Paediatric Society Treasurer 1994-97
NZ Paediatric Society Respiratory Committee 1995-
NZ Paediatric Society Pharmac Committee for Special Foods 1995-98
Allergy Awareness Society - Medical Advisor 1996-99
Canterbury Immunisation Co-ordination Committee 1996-02
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