Person

Kailis, Patricia Verne (1933 - 2020)

AM OBE FTSE

Born
19 August 1933
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Died
17 April 2020
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Company director, Geneticist and Neurologist
Alternative Names
  • Hurse, Patricia Verne (maiden name)

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 with her husband Michael Kailis, she co-founded the MG Kailis Group of companies in Western Australia. Following his death in 1999, Patricia became the Governing Director of the MG Kailis Group. The couple are recognised as pioneers of the modern Western Australian lobster, pearl oyster and prawn fishing industries.

The Patricia Kailis Fellowship, established by the family in 2019, provides funding for mid-career researchers focused on rare genetic diseases, through the Harry Perkiins Institute for Medical Research.

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Chronology

1958 - 1959
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Royal Perth Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital and King Edward Hospital, all in Western Australia
1960
Career event - 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) - for medical services in inherited diseases
1996
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to medicine as a genetic counsellor for neurological and neuromuscular disorders to the Human Genetics Societies of WA, the Royal Perth Hospital and to Rocky Bay Inc for over 20 years
1996
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1999 - 2019
Career position - Governing Director of the MG Kailis Group of Companies
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to medicine and the community

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

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See also

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

Ailie Smith

Created: 27 February 2003, Last modified: 1 June 2022

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