Person
Goulston, Stanley Jack Marcus (Stan) (1915 - 2011)
AO
- Born
- 26 July 1915
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 20 August 2011
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Gastroenterologist, Physician and Poet
Summary
Stanley Goulston was one of Australia's leading gastroenterologists. After serving with distinction with the Australian Imperial Force during WWII, he joined the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) in 1947, the same year in which he established his consultant practice as a general physician and gastroenterologist. In 1948 he and William Morrow set up the first specialist gastroenterology unit in Australia at the RPA. It was notable for encouraging collaboration on recovery programs between the surgeons and other practitioners. Goulston worked closely with Vincent McGovern, pathologist the Hospital, in studying acute and chronic hepatitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, ischaemic colitis, pancreatitis and functional disorders. For many years Goulston was active in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, serving as Censor-in-Chief, and President from 1974 to 1976. Other organisations of which he was President include the Gastroenterology Society of Australia and the New South Wales branch of Legacy. On retiring from private practice in 1994 he pursued his other passion, poetry and literature, gaining an MPhil in 1996.
Details
Chronology
- 1939
- Education - MB BS (hons), University of Sydney
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1940 - 1946
- Military service - Served with the Australian Imperial Force
- 1942
- Award - Military Cross (MC) for courage and devotion to duty in the Libya area
- 1944 - 2011
- Education - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1946
- Career position - Senior Medical Registrar, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London
- 1947 - 1960
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1947 - 1994
- Career position - In private practice
- 1947 - 2011
- Education - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1950 - ?
- Career position - Consultant, Ryde Hospital, New South Wales
- 1959 - 1963
- Career position - Founder and Honorary Secretary, Gastroenterological Society
- 1960 - 1970
- Career position - Censor, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1960 - 1974
- Career position - Member of Council, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1960 - 1980
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1963 - 1965
- Career position - President, Gastroenterological Society of Australia
- 1970 - 1974
- Career position - Censor-in-Chief, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1974 - 1976
- Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1976 - 1985
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Drug Evaluation Committee
- 1980
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of service to medicine
- 1980
- Career event - Retired from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1983
- Award - MD honoris causa, University of Sydney
- 1984
- Award - Neil Hamilton Fairley Medal, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1987
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of gastroenterology
- 1994
- Career event - Retired from private practice
- 1996
- Education - MPhil, University of Sydney
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Breen, Kerry, Humanity in medicine: the life of physician Dr Stanley Goulston (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2020), 222 pp. Details
- Goulston, S. J. M. and McGovern, V. J., Fundamentals of colitis (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1981), 133 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Goulston, Stanley J., 'A Personal Apprciation of Dr Vincent McGovern, (obituary)', Pathology, 17 (2) (1985), 151. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Stanley Jack Marcus Goulston b. 26 July 1915 d. 20 August 2011 AO (1987), MB BS Sydney (1939), FRCP (1964), MD (1983), Mphil (2004), FRACP', in Inspiring physicians, Royal College of Physicians, London, 2019. https://history.rcp.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/stanley-jack-marcus-goulston. Details
- Breen, K. J., 'Goulston, Stanley Jack Marcus', in College Roll of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2020, https://www.racp.edu.au/about/our-heritage/college-roll/college-roll-bio/goulston-stanley-jack-marcus. Details
- Goulston, Kerry, 'Stanley Jack (Stan) Goulston (1915 - 2011)', in Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra. https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/goulston-stanley-jack-stan-31476. Details
- Mellor, Lise, 'Goulston, Stanley. Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney.', in University of Sydney School of Medicine Online Museum, Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney, 2008. https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Goulston,_Stanley. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 12 June 2025