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Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (1896 - 1957)

FRCP
 
Physician
Born: 26 February 1896  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.  Died: 16 April 1957  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Alan Worsley Holmes à Court was a medical practitioner in New South Wales (NSW) from 1911. During World War I he served with the medical wings of the Australian Imperial Force in France and was awarded the French Médaille des Epidémies. Holmes à Court was a pioneer of blood transfusion techniques and a lecturer in anaesthetics and clinical medicine. He wrote many medical articles and was heavily involved in medicine’s governing bodies: he was a long term member, and one-time president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; President and council member of the British Medical Association (NSW branch), a member of the NSW Medical Board and was appointed a Fellow of London’s Royal College of Physicians.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1910Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
1911Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
1911 - 1912Resident then Registrar at the Sydney Hospital
1913 - c. 1919General practice in Manly, New South Wales
1914 - 1923Honorary Assistant Physician at Sydney Hospital
1916 - 1917Captain of Karoola in the Australian Army Medical Corp.
1918Major with the 2nd Australian General Hospital then the 4th Australian Field Ambulance in France
1919 - Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in London
1919Médaille des Epidémies in France
1920Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Sydney
1920 - 1921Inaugural Tutor of Anaesthetics at the Sydney Hospital
1920 - 1932Honorary Physician at the Coast Hospital, Sydney
1921 - Consultant Physician in Macquarie Street, Sydney
1923 - 1947Physician at the Sydney Hospital
1925 - 1929Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
1930 - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London
1931 - Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at the Sydney Hospital
1931 - 1935Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
1932 - 1938Member of the New South Wales Medical Board
1933 - 1934President of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
1935 - 1946Honorary Physician at the Royal Hospital for Women
1938Censor with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1942 - Director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd.
1943Retired from the army reserves
1945 - 1950Censor-in-Chief with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1950 - 1952President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

 

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