Carrick Robertson

Sir Carrick Hey Robertson (27 August 1879 – 14 July 1963) was a Scottish-born New Zealand surgeon who specialised in goitre and neurosurgery. He practised at Auckland Hospital and the Mater Misericordiae Hospital.

Early life and education Robertson was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1879.

Career Robertson practiced in Natal, South Africa for two years before emigrating to New Zealand where he took up the position of surgeon at Waihi Hospital.

Robertson was a recognised expert in surgery for goitre (then common in New Zealand) and was a national pioneer of neurosurgery. He developed surgery at Auckland Hospital and played an influential role in the development of surgical services at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital.

In 1924 Robertson was made an honorary fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He was a founding fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and in 1947 made an honorary fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.

From 1936–37 he was president of the Auckland Institute and Museum.

The Carrick Robertson Prize is a surgery prize awarded to a student at the University of Auckland Medical School.

Selected publications