Rosamund Vallings

Rosamund (Ros) Vallings, MNZM, MB BS (Lond), MRCS LRCP, Dip Clin Hyp, BA (Massey) (born 1938), is one of the leading authorities on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in New Zealand. She has run a medical practice in Howick, Auckland since 1966, and over the past 35 years it has become specialised with most patients suffering from ME/CFS, and related conditions.
Dr Vallings is involved with managing and diagnosing patients who have been referred by general practitioners and specialists from around New Zealand. She also runs regular seminars for both patients and practitioners, and has produced an educational booklet and a number of information sheets to help with the understanding and management of the complex symptoms that make up the condition ME/CFS. In 2011, Dr Vallings was one of the authors of the case definition for the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis International Consensus Criteria.
Dr Vallings continues to serve the ME/CFS and medical communities voluntarily in a number of roles. In the past these have included: Assistant Medical Director of the Auckland Family Planning Association; Medical Adviser to the Breast Cancer Support Service; Board member of the Macleans College; Member of the IACFS; Editorial board member of the International Journal of CFS; President of the New Zealand Society of Hypnosis, and as past President and current Medical Advisor to ANZMES.