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Firkin, Barry George (1930 - 2001)

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Medical educator, Haematologist and Physician
Born: 3 August 1930  Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 12 January 2001  Australia.
Barry Firkin was professor of medicine at Monash University for 26 years. Throughout his career he published over 120 papers in Australian and international journals.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1954Junior Resident Medical Officer at Sydney Hospital
1955 - 1957Research Fellow at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1958 - 1960Research Fellow in the Division of Haematology of the Department of Medicine at Washington University, USA
1961 - 1969Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1964 - 1969Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney
1964 - 1969Visiting Medical Officer at the Repatriation General hospital in Concord
1969 - 1991Professor and Chairman of Medicine at Monash University Medical School and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
1969 - 1991In-patient Physician at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
1972Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professor
1991 - 1995Professor of Medicine at Monash University Medical School and Box Hill Hospital, Victoria
1995 - 2001Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Monash University, Melbourne

 

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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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