Person

Castilla, Marie Elizabeth Amy (Amy) (1868 - 1898)

Born
26 September 1868
kew, Victoria, Australia
Died
9 November 1898
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Medical practitioner and Surgeon

Summary

Amy Castilla was one of three women who graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1893. The following year, she was the first woman to be appointed a resident medical officer in a general hospital in Melbourne, St Vincent's. From there she went to the Women's Hospital where she was a surgeon in the midwifery department. In 1896 she became a founding member of the honorary staff of the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children (later Queen Victoria Hospital). Castilla died of tuberculosis in 1898, cared for by friend and fellow doctor, Helen Sexton.

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1893
Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
April 1894 - October 1894
Career position - Resident Medical Officer, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
October 1894 - March 1895
Career position - Assistant Medical Officer, Woman's Hospital, Melbourne
March 1895 - September 1896
Career position - Permanent resident surgeon, midwifery department, Woman's Hospital, Melbourne
September 1896 - November 1898
Career position - Founding member of the honorary staff, Victoria Hospital for Women and Children (later Queen Victoria Hospital), Melbourne
2007
Award - Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women (as a founder of the Queen Victoria Hospital)

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Newspaper Articles

  • Anon, 'Women doctors of Victoria: Miss Marie Elizabeth Amy Castilla, M.B.', Australasian (Melbourne) (1985), 23. Details

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Sara Maroske

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