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Norma Restieaux

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Dame Norma Restieaux
DBE
Restieaux in 1981
Born
Norma Jean Restieaux

(1934-07-16) 16 July 1934 (age 91)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Academic work
DisciplineCardiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago

Dame Norma Jean Restieaux DBE (born 16 July 1934) is a New Zealand physician, medical researcher, cardiologist and author.

Early life

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Restieaux was born in the Dunedin suburb of St Kilda on 16 July 1934, the daughter of Frank Charles Restieaux (1911–1976) and Florence Jean May Restieaux (née Godfrey; 1908–1996).[1][2][3] She was educated at Otago Girls' High School.[4]

Career

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Restieaux studied medicine at the University of Otago,[2] graduating Bachelor of Medical Science in 1958, and MB ChB in 1960.[5] She then undertook specialist cardiology training in London and Boston, before returning to Dunedin in 1970.[6] Restieaux was mentored by John Hunter, professor of medicine at Otago in the early stages of her career,[7] and rose to become head of the Cardiology Department at Dunedin Hospital, consultant cardiologist for the Otago Health Board and associate professor at the University of Otago.[2]

In 1999, Restieaux became the first female president of the New Zealand Medical Association.[8] The following year, she became the first woman from New Zealand to be president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.[9]

Selected publications

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She authored or co-authored the following:

  • Tang, E. W. (2006). "Clinical outcome of older patients with acute coronary syndrome over the last three decades". Age Ageing. 35: 280–285. doi:10.1093/ageing/afj079.
  • Tang, E; Wong, CK; Wilkins, G; Herbison, P; Williams, M; Kay, P; Restieaux, N (2005). "Use of evidence-based management for acute coronary syndrome". N Z Med J. 118: U1678. PMID 16224502..
  • Fearnley, D; McLean, J; Wilkins, G; Restieaux, N; Nixon, G (2002). "Audit of a collaborative care model suggests patients with acute myocardial infarction are not disadvantaged by treatment in a rural hospital". N Z Med J. 115: U239. PMID 12552285..
  • Stewart, RA; Robertson, MC; Low, CJ; Wilkins, GT; Restieaux, NJ (1997). "Differences in easily recognised coronary risk factors by age at first myocardial infarction". N Z Med J. 110: 339–40. PMID 9323375..
  • Sutherland, WH; Restieaux, NJ; Nye, ER; Williams, MJ; de Jong, SA; Robertson, MC; Walker, HL (1998). "IDL composition and angiographically determined progression of atherosclerotic lesions during simvastatin therapy". Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 18: 577–83. doi:10.1161/01.atv.18.4.577. PMID 9555863..

Honours

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In the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, Restieaux was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cardiology.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Births". Evening Star. No. 21775. 18 July 1934. p. 8. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Restieaux, Norma Jean (Dame), 1934–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 313. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  5. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Q–R". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Two women, two journeys – 60 years apart". University of Otago. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  7. ^ Armstrong, John (2014). "Doctors from 'the end of the world': oral history and New Zealand medical migrants, 1945–1975". Oral History. 42 (2): 41–49. ISSN 0143-0955. JSTOR 24343432.
  8. ^ "History". New Zealand Medical Association. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  9. ^ "History". Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
  10. ^ "No. 52953". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 13 June 1992. p. 29.
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