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Korner, Paul Ivan (1925 - )

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Medical scientist and Physiologist
Born: 18 November 1925  Czechoslovakia
Paul Ivan Korner was Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Clinical Research Unit, and Professor of Medicine, Monash University from 1975-90. Earlier he was Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Physiology & Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales 1960-68 and Foundation Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney 1968-75.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1946Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1947Master of Science (MSc) completed at the university of Sydney
1951Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at The University of Sydney
1951Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney
1952 - 1953Junior NHMRC Research Fellow at the Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology, Sydney Hospital
1954 - 1956Overseas Research Fellow with the Life Insurance Medical Research Fund of Australia and New Zealand
1956Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Sydney
1956 - 1959Senior Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Sydney
1958Edgeworth David Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1959 - 1960Associate Professor of Cardiopulmonary Physiology at the University of Sydney
1960 - 1968Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales
1968 - 1974Foundation Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney and Head of the Hallstrom Institute of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1970R.T. Hall Prize received from the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand
1974 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1975 - 1990Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Alfred Hospital (Prahran. Vic) and Professor of Medicine at Monash University (Clayton, Vic)
1986 - 1987President of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
1987 - 1989Chairman of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
1987 - 1990President and Chairman of Board of Management of Amalgamated Alfred, Caulfield and Royal Southern Memorial Hospitals
1988Chairman of the Review Committee of John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
1989Advance Australia Award for Services to Medical Research received
1990 - Emeritus Director of the Baker Medical Research Institute and Emeritus Professor at Monash University
1990 - Visiting Professor in the School of Physiology & Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales
1990Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

 

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