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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-09-07 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2025-06-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005261b.htm person Parsons Peter James AACR2 5 October 1913 12 November 2007 Place of Birth Beeac, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Kew, Victoria, Australia Gastroenterologist Peter Parsons was a pioneer in the field of gastroenterology. Being one of the first and most respected specialists in the field in Victoria, he was a visiting physician to the Bethesda, St Andrew's, Freemasons, Cabrini and Repatriation General Hospitals, as well as being named Life Governor to the Epworth Hospital for his ongoing involvement. At the same time he maintained a very successful private practice in Spring Street, Melbourne. 1937 1937 Education - Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne 1938 1938 Education - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Melbourne 1939 1940 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1940 1946 Career event - Served in the Australian Infantry Battalion 1946 1946 Career position - Registrar, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1946 1948 Career position - Wyeth Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1947 1947 Career event - Made Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1948 1948 Education - Doctor of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1948 1949 Career position - Medical Registrar, Department of Gastroenterology, Central Middlesex Hospital, England 1949 1949 Career event - Appointed honorary physician, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1950 1950 Career position - Acting assistant director, clinical research unit, Baker Medical Research Centre 1951 1951 Career event - Appointed visiting physician, Repatriation General Hospital 1951 1979 Career position - Member of the War Pensions Assessment Tribunal 1960 1989 Career position - Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society 1967 1969 Career position - President, Gastroenterological Society of Australia 1970 1971 Career position - Chairman of the staff, Alfred Hospital 1976 1978 Career position - Vice-president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Gastroenterological Society of Australia (1959 - )

President 1967 - 1969

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

Vice-President 1976 - 1978

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 'Parsons, Peter James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Parsons, Peter James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: In their day: the Baker Medical Research Institute memoirs of alumni Andrew, Rod and Barnett, Alf In their day: the Baker Medical Research Institute memoirs of alumni South Yarra (Vic.) Hyland House 1992