Biographical entry Steel, Thomas Heron (1912 - 2000)

Summary

Thomas Heron Steel was a thoracic specialist who helped to almost totally eradicate tuberculosis from Victoria. After returning from war service, he joined the Alfred Hospital in 1946 retiring in 1983. Steel greatly improved the doctor training and patient treatment at the hospital where he was appointed to the board of management (1975) and Vice-President of the board of directors. In 1956 he was appointed director of the Melbourne Medical Postgraduate Committee, retiring in 1969. Steel also worked as a Medical Officer for the AMP Society until 1985

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Events

1935

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne

1936 - 1937

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1938

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

1938

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Children's Hospital

1939 - 1940

Career position - Medical Officer at the Austin Hospital

1940 -

Career position - Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (MRACP)

1940 - 1946

Career position - War Service with the Australian Army Medical Corp

1946

Career position - Honorary outpatients physician at the Alfred Hospital

1947

Education - Nuffield Fellowship postgraduate training in London

1948 - c. 1983

Career position - Physician at the Alfred Hospital, consultant to the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg and consultant to Heatherton Sanatorium

1948 - 1990s

Career position - Private practice

1953 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

1968

Award - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)

Published resources

Online Resources

• Gardiner, J.M., 'Steel, Thomas Heron', in College Roll, http://www.racp.edu.au/page/library/college-roll/college-roll-detail&id=159. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Steel Thomas Heron', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476358. Details