David Galler

intensive care specialist

David Galler’s most recent position was as the Executive Lead in the development of Te Mauri O Rongo, The NZ Health Charter.

David was an Intensive Care Specialist, working at Middlemore Hospital in South Auckland from 1990-2021

He is currently a Board member for:
The National Portrait Gallery,
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Foundation,
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Sustainability Board,
The Health Coalition Aotearoa
The charity, Take My Hands

He was Vice President and President of Salaried Medical Specialists and for 7 years, the Principal Medical Advisor to the Minister of Health and Director General of Health.

He took a lead role in establishing both the Quality Improvement Committee and Health Quality and Safety Commission and was on the Board of the Commission for 6 years.

In 2016, as a volunteer in Samoa he established an intensive care service to improve care of infants children and younger patients with acute reversible disease and established a highly successful Telehealth network to support teach and supervise medical staff in Samoa.

He was a cofounder of the Counties Manukau Health Environmental Sustainability Board

His memoir, Things That Matter is published by Allen and Unwin and the subject of a play commissioned by the Auckland Theatre Company.