Ian Dittmer 1976 – 1980

Ian was School Dux and Special Prize Winner in Mathematics and Science in 1980. He gave a lot of his time to the school being Chairman of the School Council (no Prefects in 1980), joint Head Librarian, member of the Interschool Debating team, and member of the School Magazine Committee.

Dr Ian Dittmer is an active Clinical Transplant Physician and is Head of the Department of Renal Medicine at Auckland City Hospital where he is a Transplant Nephrologist who has worked in the unit since 1998. His main interests are Transplant Immunology and Ethical Issues in transplantation. 

Ian went to Medical School in Otago graduating MB ChB 1986, he then moved to Auckland training in Renal Medicine and later trained further in Bristol, UK, with a special interest in Clinical Immunology. He has overseen the NZ Kidney Allocation Scheme since 1998. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1995.

He is Chair, Clinical Ethics Advisory Group, a member of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodial Group and the TTS Ethics Committee. He completed a sabbatical in 2015 focusing on the Ethics of Live Donor Transplantation especially the issue of the balance between patient autonomy and professional protectionism (paternalism).