Person
Niall, John Francis (1928 - 2018)
- Born
- 22 June 1928
- Died
- 26 December 2018
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
John Niall was a physician who was prominent in the field of renal medicine in Victoria, and in 1963 established the first haemodialysis at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. With colleagues Dick Bennett and John Doyle, he was instrumental in the first kidney transplants in the Hospital in 1968. Niall was committed to providing specialist medical care in regional areas. While at St Vincent's he regularly went to Swan Hill for this purpose. On retiring from the Hospital he added hospitals in Echuca, where he set up a dialysis unit, and Horsham. He eventually left clinical practice in 2014. For is work in country regions he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine in 2011.
Details
Chronology
- 1951
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1952
- Career position - Intern, neurosurgery unit, St Vincent's hospital, Melbourne
- 1956
- Career position - House physician, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital
- 1956
- Award - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - Research Fellow, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, U.S.A.
- 1963 - 1971
- Career position - Physician-in-Charge, Renal Unit, St Vincent's Hospital
- 1966 - 2018
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1971 - 1993
- Career position - Senior Inpatient Physician, St Vincent's Hospital
- 1981
- Career position - Chairman of the medical staff, St Vincent's Hospital
- 1983 - 2018
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1993
- Life event - Retired from St Vincent's Hospital
- 2011
- Award - Distinguished Service Award, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
- 2014
- Life event - Retired from clinical practice
Related entries
Sibling
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Niall, David, 'Pioneer physician and founder of St Vincent's Hospital renal unit: John Francis Niall 1928 - 2018', The Age (2019). Details
Resource Sections
- Royal College of Surgeons, 'John Francis Niall 1928-2018 b.22 June 1928 d.26 December 2018 MB BS Melb (1951) MD (1955) MRCP (1956) FRACP(1966) FRCP(1983)', in College roll, vol.12, 2024, https://history.rcp.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/john-francis-niall. Details
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Created: 22 October 2026, Last modified: 27 October 2026