
Dr John Thwaites
Consultant Physician, Older Persons Health - Canterbury District Health Board
Bio: John is a specialist geriatrician for the older persons health specialist service of the Canterbury District Health Board. He is also director of the CDHB Medical Education and Training Unit.
His topics include:
• Drug interactions in the elderly
• Dementia – the different types
• Falls in older people
• Falls, fractures and Osteoporosis