Person
Ford, Bruce Francis (1927 - 2001)
CBE MBE
- Born
- 15 July 1927
Australia - Died
- 2 August 2001
Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Bruce Ford worked in the medical profession for many years, including seventeen years as a general practitioner in and around Canberra, despite facing discrimination early in his career due to having cerebral palsy. Ford later moved into rehabilitation and geriatric medicine, working for many years at the Alfred and Caulfield Hospitals in Melbourne.
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Chronology
- 1951
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney
- 1952
- Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Canberra Community Hospital
- 1952 - 1953
- Career position - Junior/Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, New South Wales
- 1953
- Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer in the Orthopaedic Section of the Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1961 - 1968
- Career position - Director of Rehabilitation at the Canberra Hospital
- 1967 - 1971
- Career position - Sessional Consultant in rehabilitation at the Canberra Hospital
- 1967 - 1971
- Career position - Medical Officer in rehabilitation and geriatrics at the Canberra Hospital
- 1968
- Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- 1971 - 1989
- Career position - Director of Rehabilitation Services at the Alfred and Caulfield Hospitals
- 1972 - 1988
- Career position - Specialist in charge of the Caulfield Rehabilitation/Geriatric Hospital
- 1980 - 1982
- Career position - Chairman of the Victorian Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons
- 1981
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1988 - 1991
- Career position - Active Consultant at the Alfred group of hospitals
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Feely, Simon, 'Obituary: Dr Bruce Francis Ford, CBE, Champion of the disabled', The Age (2001). Details
Resources
- 'Ford, Bruce (19270715-20010802)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-472806. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 2 December 2003, Last modified: 15 June 2022