Career Milestones
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1951-1956: Education
- • Studied medicine at Sydney University, earning honors and prizes in
biochemistry and clinical medicine
- • Served as a Prosector in Anatomy
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1957-1960: Early Career
- • Resident Medical Officer and Medical Registrar at Royal North Shore
Hospital
- • Medical Registrar at St. Vincent's Hospital
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1961: Sydney Hospital
- • Joined the Dialysis Unit, the only one in New South Wales
- • Performed over 100 dialysis sessions and managed acute renal failure cases
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1963-1965: Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington D.C.
- • Joined the Renal Unit under Professor George E. Schreiner
- • Conducted pioneering research on the effects of angiotensin on renal
function
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1966-1979: LIONS Renal Research Laboratory,
Brisbane
- • Founded and led the laboratory with funding from LIONS Clubs and other
organizations
- • Discovered key roles of angiotensin in electrolyte transport and kidney
function
- • Published extensively and presented findings at international conferences
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1979-2005: Clinical Practice in Brisbane
- • Established a practice at Brisbane Clinic and Wesley Hospital
- • Consultant for the Renal Unit at Royal Brisbane Hospital
- • Initiated peritoneal dialysis and the first private dialysis unit in
Brisbane
- • Served on the Ethics Committee and as Chairman of the Medical Advisory
Committee at Wesley Hospital
- • Emeritus Fellow of Wesley Hospital in 2003
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Post-2005: Retirement and Continued
Research
- • Published significant reviews on Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type 2 in
Hypertension and Kidney International
- • Enjoys retirement with family and continues to contribute to medical
research
