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David Garlick 
David Garlick (1933-2002), a renowned microcirculationist founded of the Australia and New  Zealand Microcirculation Society. He remained heavily involved with the society until 1999.

In 1980 David organised the first meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Microcirculation Society at Little Bay in Sydney.

The second meeting of the Society he organised at Leura in the Blue Mountains. This was a satellite of the IUPS meeting  held in Sydney in August 1983.

Associate Professor Michael PerryA highlight of the ANZMS, under the leadership of Congress President Associate Professor Michael Perry, was being chosen to host the 2001 7th World Congress for Microcirculation in Sydney. The Congress had 35 symposia covering all aspects of microvascular research. For such a small society, we should be very proud of the high standard we achieved.

Meetings of the ANZ Microcirculation Society have been held;

  • 1980 inaugural meeting at Little Bay in Sydney;
  • 1983 in Leura NSW as a satellite meeting of IUPS;
  • 1985 in Adelaide in conjunction with Lymphology;
  • 1987 at UNSW in Sydney, NSW;
  • 1989 at ANU, Canberra, ACT;
  • 1991 in Lorne, Vic;
  • 1993 at Little Bay, Sydney;
  • 1995 in Auckland, New Zealand;
  • 1997 St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Vic;
  • 1999 Stamford Grand Hotel, Adelaide, SA;
  • 2001 the Society hosted the 7th World Congress at Darling Harbour in Sydney;
  • 2003 at Kingfisher bay Resort, Fraser Island, QLD;
  • 2005 Crowne Plaza Terrigal, NSW

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