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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-10-11 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-06-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004802b.htm person Clerehan Brian FRACP AACR2 10 December 1918 20 January 2001 Physician Military doctor Brian Clerehan was instrumental in combating tuberculosis in Australia. He concurrently served as a civilian and military physician for well over thirty years. In 1943 he joined the Medical Corps of the Australian Army and continued with the Citizens Military Force after the war. During this time he was promoted from Captain to Colonel and served as staff officer and military history instructor with the Command and Staff Training Unit. After the war Clerehan held successive posts at the Royal Children's Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital, the Greenvale Sanatorium and the Heatherton Sanatorium. He also concurrently worked with the Victorian Tuberculosis Department, Department of Health. In 1952 Clerehan received a World Health Organisation scholarship to study tuberculosis management overseas. While at Heatherton he introduced new anti- tuberculosis drugs and better surgical procedures and chest X-rays, becoming an expert in interpreting these X-rays. All this helped to see a steady reduction in the new tuberculosis cases and better outcomes for sufferers. In 1976 he joined St Vincent's once again treating patients and training medical students and nurses. He eventually retired from St Vincent's, the Department of Health and the Command and Staff Training Unit in 1987. 1942 1942 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne 1942 1943 Career position - Resident Medical Officer at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne 1943 1945 Military service - War service with the Army Medical Corps c. 1945 c. 1949 Career position - Physician at the Royal Children's Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital and then the Greenvale Sanatorium in Victoria c. 1947 1987 Career position - Joined the Tuberculosis Department of the Victorian Department of Health 1949 1956 Career position - Superintendent at the Heatherton Sanatorium 1952 1952 Award - World Health Organisation funded studies in Scandinavia, Switzerland and at the Brompton Chest Clinic in England 1956 1956 Career position - Member of the Central Health Department Chest Survey 1970 1970 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 1976 1987 Career position - Physician and lecturer at St Vincent's Hospital Clerehan, Brian (1918-2001)

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 'Clerehan, Brian', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Clerehan, Brian Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Clerehan, Brian Clarke, B. Clerehan, Brian Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2018 College roll [of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians]

Source used to compile entry

 Book Section: Burston, Sir Samuel Roy (1888-1960), physician and army officer Clerehan, Brian Burston, Sir Samuel Roy (1888-1960), physician and army officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 314-315