A002188 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2003-01-17 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A002188b.htm ABN: 80 006 631 125 corporateBody Endocrine Society of Australia AACR2 1958 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location 145 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Endocrinology Professional Association The Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA), founded in 1958, is a non-profit organisation of medical specialists, researchers and trainees, who work towards the prevention of, and optimal treatment for, endocrine and related medical conditions. Early proponents of the Society included Keith Harrison, Bryan Hudson, Pincus Taft, Basil Hetzel and Ewan Downie. Since its inception. the Society has held annual meetings, the Proceedings of which were first published in 1970. At these meetings invited speakers present the Keith Harrison Memorial Lecture (inaugurated 1964) and the Pincus Taft Memorial Lecture (1994). Annual seminar meetings have been held since 1969. International conferences hosted by the ESA were the 2nd Asia and Oceania Congress of Endocrinology in 1963 and the 2000 International Congress of Endocrinology (ICE). A specialist society of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the ESA has over 1,000 members.

Awards presented by the Society include:
Honorary Life Membership, which recognises Society members who have an outstanding contribution to research or clinical practice in the field of endocrinology on Australia;
ESA Senior Plenary Award, which recognises an outstanding research career in the field of endocrinology on Australia;
ESA Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award, which recognises members acknowledged as outstanding clinicians, teachers and clinical mentors to trainees.

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

The Society is a Specialist Society of the College

 Hetzel, Basil Stuart (1922 - 2017)

President 1964 - 1966; Honorary Life Member 1982 - 2017

 Boden Research Conference (1981 - )

The Society sponsored the Boden Research Conference held in 1983

 Martin, Thomas John (Jack) (1937 - )

Secretary 1970 - 1972; Honorary Life Member 2003 -

 Larkins, Richard Graeme (1943 - )

President 1984 - 1986; Honorary Life Member 2003 -

 Hudson, Bryan (1923 - 1997)

Foundation Member 1958: President 1966 - 1967: Honorary Life Member 1982 - 1997

 Emmens, Clifford Walter (1913 - 1999)

Founding Member 1958; President 1960 - 1962, 1963 - 1964; Honorary Life Member 1982 - 1999

 Burger, Henry George (1933 - 2024)

President 1974 - 1976; Honorary Life Member 1992 - 2024

 Wettenhall, Henry Norman Burgess (Norman) (1915 - 2000)

Honorary Life Member 1982 - 2000

 Trikojus, Victor Martin (1902 - 1985)

Honorary Life Member 1968 - 1985

 Renfree, Marilyn Bernice (1947 - )

Honorary Life Member 2004 -

 Curnow, David Henry (1921 - 2004)

Honorary Life Member 1982 - 2004

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 'Endocrine Society of Australia', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Endocrine Society of Australia Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: ESA Honorary Life Members Endocrine Society of Australia ESA Honorary Life Members Sydney Endocrine Society of Australia 2025 Journal Article: The History of the Endocrine Society of Australia: the First Fifty Years Phillips, David J.; Harding, Philip E.; and Bach, Leon A. The History of the Endocrine Society of Australia: the First Fifty Years 2011 Health & History 13 1 90-106