Eva Ruth Seelye (née Hersch; 27 May 1929 – 12 November 2010) was a New Zealand anaesthetist in the cardiothoracic surgical unit at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland from 1962 to 1985.
[1][2] The family left Nazi-occupied Austria, coming to New Zealand via Dubrovnik.
[2] Her father was a doctor, who retrained in medicine at the Otago Medical School and set up in general practice in Auckland.
[2] After trying general practice Seelye took up a position as an anaesthetic registrar at Auckland Hospital.
[2][3] She returned to New Zealand in 1962 where she and Dr Marie Simpson were appointed as full-time anaesthetist specialists at Green Lane Hospital.