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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-10-12 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-10-22 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004805b.htm person Johnston Walter Ian Harewood AM FRCOG FRACOG AACR2 16 February 1930 19 March 2001 Gynaecologist Walter Ian H. (Ian) Johnston was known as the 'founding father of IVF in Australia'. He was part of the team responsible for Australia's first successful IVF birth. He collaborated with Professor Carl Wood and Associate Professor John Leeton, Dr Alan Trounson and Dr Alex Lopata on the use of artificial hormones to control the ovulation cycle of women on IVF treatment. This became known as the Fertility Drug Schedule. Johnston was a long-time physician at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne where the first IVF birth occurred. He was also founding President and Honourary Life Member of The Fertility Society of Australia, the first in Australia to use diagnostic laparoscopy in women, and established Australia's first workshop on artificial insemination by donor sperm. Johnston was a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) and of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRACOG), and is honoured by Ian Johnston Memorial Lecture established by the Fertility Society of Australia. 1954 1954 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne 1955 1959 Career position - Medical residencies and postgraduate studies at the Alfred, Royal Children's and the Royal Women's hospitals in Victoria 1960 1960 Education - Gynaecology degree, University of Melbourne 1960 1962 Career position - Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and surgery studies, University of Liverpool, UK 1962 1969 Career position - Obstetrics Tutor at Trinity College, University of Melbourne 1962 2000 Career position - Physician at the Royal Women's Hospital 1964 1964 Education - Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne 1966 1966 Career position - First in Australia to use gynaecological diagnostic laparoscopy in women 1977 1977 Career position - Set up the first Australian workshop on artificial insemination by donor sperm 1982 Career position - Founding President of The Fertility Society of Australia 1988 1999 Career position - Australian representative on the Committee of the International Federation of Fertility Societies 1999 c. 2001 Career position - Chair of the Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee 2001 2001 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to medicine, particularly in the areas of infertility and reproductive biology, through the development of treatment techniques, pioneering the use of laparoscopy as a diagnostic tool, and the establishment of support and counselling services for patients and their families Leeton, John Wood, Edwin Carlyle (Carl) (1929 - 2011) Trounson, Alan Osborne (1946 - )

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 Johnston, Walter Ian Harewood (1930-2001)

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 'Johnston, Walter Ian Harewood (Ian)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Johnston, Walter Ian Harewood (Ian) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Historical Review: the early history of IVF in Australia and its contribution to the world (1970–1990)* Leeton, John Historical Review: the early history of IVF in Australia and its contribution to the world (1970–1990)* 2004 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 44 495