Biographical entry Cramond, Teresa Rita O'Rourke (Tess) (1926 - )

Summary

Tess Cramond commenced work as an anaesthetist in the early 1950s. In the fifty years that followed she was committed to the improvement of anaesthesia, resuscitation and pain medicine. She had a specific interest in the relief of cancer pain and supported the development of palliative care services.

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1951 - 1952

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Brisbane Hospital

1953

Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer (anaesthetist) at the Royal Brisbane Hospital

1954

Career position - Anaesthetics Registrar at the Royal Brisbane Hospital

1955

Career position - Diploma Anaesthetist completed at the Royal College of Physicians, London and the Royal College of Surgeons, UK

1955

Award - Nuffield Prize received

1955 - 1956

Career position - Anaesthetics Registrar at the Poplar Hospital in London

1956 - 1957

Career position - Anaesthetics Registrar at the London Hospital

1957 - 1991

Career position - Senior Anaesthetist in the Kenneth G Jamieson Neurosurgical Unit at the Royal Brisbane Hospital

1958 - 1973

Career position - Senior Honorary Anaesthetist at Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane

1967 -

Career position - Director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre at the Royal Brisbane Hospital

1967

Award - Gilbert Brown Prize received

1977

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1977 - 1986

Career position - Consultant Anaesthetist and Army Office Colonel (retired) at the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

1978 - 1981

Career position - Member of the Anti-Cancer Council of Queensland

1978 - 1993

Career position - Professor of Anaesthetics at the University of Queensland

1979

Award - Dame Magistral Grace Sovereign, Military Order of St John of Jerusalem Rhodes and Malta

1982

Award - Gold Medal received from the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons

1986

Award - Advance Australia Award received

1987

Award - Orton Medal received from the Faculty of Anaesthetists at the Royal Australian College of Surgeon (RACS)

1991

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1991 - 1995

Career position - Member of the Royal Brisbane Hospital Foundation

1992

Award - Red Cross Long Service Award received from the Australian Red Cross

1992 - 1996

Career position - Member of the Senate of the Australian Catholic University

1994

Award - Distinguished Service Award received from the Australian Red Cross

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Cramond, T., 'The Fifty-sixth Bancroft Oration: 'a Transient popularity'', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, vol. 18, no. 2, 1990, pp. 252-264. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Cramond Teresa Rita O'Rourke', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476336. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details