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Syme, George Adlington (1859 - 1929)
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Surgeon
Born: 13 July 1859  Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England.  Died: 19 April 1929  Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
(Sir) George Adlington Syme carried out the first successful removal of an intra-cranial meningioma in Australia (1893). He studied at the Melbourne Hospital and was later appointed in-patient surgeon there in 1903. By the time Syme retired from the hospital in 1919 he had progressed to resident, surgeon, consultant surgeon and finally president of the hospital. Syme also concurrently held other positions including honorary surgeon to in-patients at St Vincent's Hospital (1893-1903), Surgeon to the Victorian police force, and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the Melbourne Dental Hospital. At some stage early in his career he studied at King's College Hospital in London and held appointments at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, the Central London Throat and Ear Hospital and the Soho Hospital. His portrait by John Longstaff is held by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Melbourne.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1880s - 1924Private practice
1881Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Melbourne
1882Bachelor of Surgery (BCh) completed at the University of Melbourne
1885 - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS)
1887 - Honorary Pathologist at the Women's Hospital
1887 - Honorary Surgeon to out-patients at the Melbourne Hospital
1887 - c. 1890Demonstrator and Examiner in Anatomy at the University of Melbourne
1888Master of Surgery (MS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1889 - Surgeon to the Victorian police force
1890 - Acting Professor of Anatomy at the University of Melbourne
1891 - Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the Melbourne Dental Hospital
1893 - 1903Honorary Surgeon to in-patients at St Vincent's Hospital
1903 - 1919In-patient Surgeon at Melbourne Hospital
1908President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch
1914 - 1916Lieutenant-Colonel with the Australian Imperial Force
1919President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch
1922 - 1929Chairman of the federal council of the British Medical Association
1924Chairman of the Commonwealth royal commission on health
1924Knighted
1924 - 1927President of the Australasian Medical Congress (British Medical Association)
1927Inaugural President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

 
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