Person
Ambrose, Theodore (1880 - 1947)
FRACS
- Born
- 9 August 1880
Mitcham, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 8 October 1947
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Theodore Ambrose went into general practice in Perth in 1906 and worked as a physician and surgeon at the Perth Public Hospital and the Children's Hospital. From about 1915 he devoted his energies to specialist surgery and became one of Perth's leading surgeons. His operating skill was enhanced by ambidexterity. Ambrose was a Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Details
Chronology
- c. 1889
- Career position - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at University of Adelaide
- 1902
- Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1903
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer, Resident Pathologist and Bacteriologist at Sydney Hospital
- 1904
- Career position - Senior Resident, Registrar and Assistant Superintendent at Sydney Hospital
- 1905 - 1915
- Career position - General Practice at Mount Magnet then Subiaco, Western Australia
- 1908 -
- Career position - Visiting Medical Officer at the Home of Peace for Incurable Cases and the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Subiaco
- 1912 -
- Career position - Consultant at the Children's Hospital
- 1915 -
- Career position - Assistant Physician, then Physician at the Perth Public Hospital
- 1915 - 1940
- Career position - Specialist Surgeon at the Perth Public Hospital
- 1917
- Career position - Senior Outdoor Surgeon at Perth General Hospital
- 1940
- Career position - Ship's Surgeon in the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve
- c. 1941 - c. 1942
- Career position - Surgeon at the Eastern Extension Cable Company on Fanning Island, mid-Pacific,
- 1943 - 1947
- Career position - General Practice in Brookton, Cue, Meekatharra and Norseman, Western Australia
Archival resources
Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth
- Theodore Ambrose - Records, 1935 - 1948; Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Joske, Prue, 'Ambrose, Theodore (1880-1947)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 7 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 50-51. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070053b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538409. Details
- 'Ambrose, Theodore (1880-1947)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468471. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 October 2006
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