Biographical entry Kailis, Patricia Verne (1933 - )

Summary

Patricia Kailis, a medical graduate, worked in general practice in Western Australia during the 1960s before embarking on a career in clinical research as a genetic councillor and neurogeneticist. In 1960 she co-founded the MG Kailis Group of companies with her husband Michael Kailis. Following his death in 1999, Kailis became the Governing Director of the MG Kailis Group. The couple are recognised as pioneers of the modern Western Australian fishing industry.

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1958 - 1959

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Royal Perth Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital and King Edward Hospital, all in Western Australia

1960 -

Career position - Co-founder of the MG Kailis Group of Companies

1960 - 1969

Career position - General practice in Western Australia

1970 - 1980

Career position - Honorary Neurologist at the Royal Perth Hospital

1970 - 1980

Career position - Honorary Geneticist in the Department of Neuropathology at the Royal Perth Hospital

1970 - 1995

Career position - Honorary Neurogeneticist in the Department of Neurology and Neuropathology at the Royal Perth Hospital and the Royal Perth (Rehabilitation) Hospital

1979

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

1996 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1996

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

1999 -

Career position - Governing Director of the MG Kailis Group of Companies

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Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Kailis Patricia Verne', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476395. Details

See also

• Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Victoria, 2001, 271 pp. Details
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details