Rosamund Vallings MNZM is a medical doctor, known as one of the leading authorities on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in New Zealand.
[3][4] Vallings was involved with managing and diagnosing patients who had been referred by general practitioners and specialists from around New Zealand, but retired sometime before 2022.
She runs 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 of ME/CFS.
[1] In 2011, Vallings was one of the authors of the case definition for ME/CFS, entitled "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria".
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 International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME, formerly IACFS); editorial board member of the International Journal of CFS; president of the New Zealand Society of Hypnosis; and as past president and ongoing (as of 2012[update]) medical advisor to the Associated New Zealand ME Society (ANZMES).