David Galler
Dr David Galler is the son of Polish Jewish refugees. He is the author of Things That Matter: Stories of Life and Death, a memoir of his work as a Middlemore Hospital intensive care specialist, which was named the best book of 2016 by the Spinoff. David was born in Wellington in 1967.

December 9, 2019: An intensive care doctor remembers Whakaari/White Island
Dr David Galler, a member of the team of intensive care and burns specialists at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital, writes about that terrible day and its aftermath.