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Campbell, Kate Isabel (1899 - 1986)

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Paediatrician
Born: 22 April 1899  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 1986.
(Dame) Kate Isabel Campbell discovered that blindness in premature babies was caused by an overdose of oxygen, resulting in the adjustment of the treatment of premature babies world-wide.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1922Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1924Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne
1924? - 1927Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Children's and Women's Hospitals
1926 - 1965Honorary Paediatrician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
1927? - 1937General medical practice
1929 - 1965Lecturer in Neo-Natal Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne
1949 - 1965Honorary Paediatrician at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
1954Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1965 - 1986?Consultant Paediatrician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
1966Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) received from the The University of Melbourne
1971Associate of the Department of Paediatrics at Monash University
1971Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
1979Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne

 
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