Person
Phillips, Gilbert Edward (1904 - 1952)
- Born
- 23 September 1904
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 12 September 1952
Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Neurosurgeon
Summary
Gilbert Phillips was one of Australia's first neurosurgeons. In the 1930s he spent three years studying in the United Kingdom under the leading neurosurgeons of the day and established the path of his future career. Much of has career was at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, and he lectured for many years in Neurology and Applied Neurophysiology in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Sydney. He was noted for having introduced new diagnostic tools such as electroencephalography. Phillips played a central role in the establishment in Sydney of the Northcott Neurological Centre, a clinic for the diagnosis of nervous diseases in returned servicemen. In his early career he was the first to study the blood groups of Australian Aboriginals and Maoris.
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Chronology
- 1927
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1928
- Education - MSc, University of Sydney
- 1929
- Education - MB BS, University of Sydney
- 1930
- Career position - Staff member, Department of Anatomy, University of Sydney
- 1930 - 1934
- Award - Liston Wilson Research Fellowship
- 1931 - 1933
- Award - Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship
- 1934
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Surgery, University of Sydney
- 1934 - 1936
- Career position - Consulting Neurosurgeon, Lewisham General Hospital, New South Wales
- 1935 - 1937
- Career position - Lecturer in Surgery, University of Sydney
- 1936
- Education - MS, University of Sydney
- 1937
- Award - Peter Bancroft Prize, University of Sydney (joint award with Stuart Morson)
- 1937 - 1944
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Neurosurgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1937 - 1945
- Career position - Consultant (part-time), Royal Australian Air Force
- 1937 - 1952
- Career position - Lecturer in Neurology and Applied Neurophysiology, Department of Anatomy, University of Sydney
- 1938
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 1940
- Career position - Founding Member, Society of Australasian Neurological Surgeons
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - Seconded to Royal Army Medical Corps, United Kingdom
- 1947 - 1952
- Career position - Honorary Neurosurgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Lake, Max, 'Phillips, Gilbert Edward (1904-1952), Neurosurgeon and Wine Connoisseur' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 15 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 603-604. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150708b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Burkitt, A. N. St G., 'Obituary: Gilbert Edward Phillips', Medical Journal of Australia, 1952 (2) (1952), 796-9. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538354. Details
- CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, PHILLIPS G E', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5255128. Details
- 'Phillips, Gilbert Edward (19040923-19520912)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-517847. Details
See also
- Curtis, J. Bryant, Miller, Douglas and Simpson, Donald, 'The Neurosurgical Society of Australasia: the first forty years', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 50 (4) (1980), 434-7. Details
- Simpson, D. A.; Jamieson, K. G.; and Morson, S. M., 'The foundations of neurosurgery in Australian and New Zealand', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 44 (3) (1974), 215-27. Details
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Last modified: 3 July 2018