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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2023-07-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005611b.htm person Yung Allen Peng OAM AACR2 26 July 1935 8 October 2012 Place of Birth Beijing, China Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physician Allen Yung was widely recognised for his expertise in the research and treatment of contagious diseases and was renowned as a diagnostician and mentor. After his family escaped from China in the 1930s Yung was sent to school in Hobart, Tasmania. Having qualified in medicine at the University of Melbourne, he was for several years on the staff of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Yung joined the staff of the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital in Melbourne in 1964. At the time of its closure in 1996 he was Chief of Medicine and Dean of the clinical school for the University of Melbourne and Monash University. During this time the Hospital changed from being an isolation hospital for patients with contagious diseases to an internationally recognised centre for clinical care, education and research. Between 1996 and when he retired in 2003, Yung was on the staff of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. 1960 1960 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1964 1996 Career position - Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital 1993 1993 Award - Life Member, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases 1997 1997 Award - Australian Chinese Achievers in Medicine 1998 1998 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to medicine, particularly in the field of infectious diseases Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (1976 - )

Life Member 1993 - 2012

 Royal Melbourne Hospital (1935 - )

Infectious Diseases Physician 1996 - 2003

 'Yung, Allen Peng', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Yung, Allen Peng Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Combined art and science of medicine: Allen Peng Yung, OAM, infectious diseases physician, 26-7-1935 - 8-10-2012 Yung, Alison Combined art and science of medicine: Allen Peng Yung, OAM, infectious diseases physician, 26-7-1935 - 8-10-2012 2012 The Age 39