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Daws, Joyce Margaretta (1925 - )

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Thoracic surgeon

Born: 21 July 1925 Hounslow, England

(Dame) Joyce Margaretta Daws worked in the area of thoracic surgery at various hospitals for over twenty years. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), 14 June 1975, for her services to medicine.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1956 Settled in Australia
1958 - 1967 Surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1958 - 1985 Assistant Thoracic Surgeon at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
1967 - 1975 Assistant Thoracic Surgeon at Prince Henry's Hospital
1970 - 1985 Assistant Thoracic Surgeon at the Alfred Hospital
1974 - Member of the Victorian Nursing Council
1974 Honorary Secretary of the Victorian Branch Council of the Australian Medical Association (AMA)
1974 President of the Victorian Medical Women's Society
1975 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
1976 President of the Board of the Cancer Institute of Victoria
1977 - 1987 Board member of the After Care Hospital
1978 - 1980 Board member of the Cancer Institute of Victoria
1980 - 1985 President of the After Care Hospital
1983 - 1989 Chairman of the Victorian Nursing Council
1984 Chairman of the Academic and Professional Panel
1987 - 1996 Chairman of the International Protea Association

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'Daws, Joyce Margaretta (1925- ), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0026b.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 12 February 2003
Modified: 29 January 2007

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