A huge model ship in the waiting room of his practice in Mt Victoria, Wellington, meticulously and painstakingly put together by Lamb, is a nod to this. The scrupulousness in his work, be it treating patients directly or in his trials and research, was his trademark. Lamb’s research and trials were a defining part of his medical career. He was a founding member of the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TTROG), working with doctors and researchers from Aotearoa and Australia to find better ways of treating cancer patients. He was involved in many trials, including two highly successful international ones focusing on prostate cancer, in which he later specialised.