Dave is a graduate of Auckland Medical School in New Zealand. He trained in anaesthesia at Westminster and in Auckland, where he has worked at Middlemore Hospital as a specialist anaesethetist for over 20 years. Dave has a strong interest in anaesthesia for paediatric plastic surgery.

Dave joined Operation Restore Hope in 2004 and looks forward each year to sharing skills and experiencing the fantastic comradeship of the Operation Restore Hope team and the warmth of the Filipino people. He feels helping the needy people of the world is a way to give something back, and looks forward sometime to seeing something of the Philippines other than the less desirable parts of Manilla.