Biographical entry Zwar, Traugott Bernhard (Bernard) (1876 - 1947)

Summary

Traugott Bernhard (Bernard) Zwar was honorary surgeon to in-patients at Melbourne Hospital from 1919, honorary consulting surgeon from 1935 and president of the committee of management 1937-45. He was a leading force behind the move of the hospital to its site in Parkville. He also lectured in surgery at the University of Melbourne from 1924-35.

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Events

c. 1895 - 1899

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne

1900 - 1901

Career position - Senior Resident Surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital

1901

Education - Bachelor of Surgery (ChB) completed at the University of Melbourne

1901 - 1904

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria

1902

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne

c. 1905 - c. 1907

Education - Postgraduate study in England and Germany

1908 -

Career position - Honorary Anaesthetist and Surgeon to Out-patients at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria

1908

Education - Master of Surgery (MS) completed at the University of Melbourne

1911 -

Career position - Surgeon to Out-patients at the Melbourne Hospital

1914 - 1916

Career position - War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps

1919 -

Career position - Honorary Surgeon to In-patients in Melbourne Hospital

1922 - 1923

Career position - President of the Melbourne Medical Association

1922 - 1937

Career position - Councillor of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch

1924 - 1927

Career position - Chairman of the Nurses' Board of Victoria

1924 - 1935

Career position - Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Melbourne

1927

Career position - Founder of the College of Surgeons of Australasia (later Royal Australasian College of Surgeons)

1929

Career position - President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch

1935 -

Career position - Honorary Consulting Surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital

1937 - 1947

Career position - Chairman of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research in Pathology and Medicine

1941

Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

1943 - 1944

Career position - Deputy Chancellor

Published resources

Book Sections

• Rank, Benjamin, 'Zwar, Traugott Bernhard (1876-1947), Surgeon', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 610-611. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120685b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Zwar, Traugott Bernhard', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469964. Details