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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005771b.htm person Kaye Geoffrey Alfred AACR2 9 April 1903 28 October 1986 Place of Birth St Kilda, Victoria, Australia Place of Death East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Anaesthetist Geoffrey Kaye was an anaesthetist who travelled to the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States in the early 1930s the further his knowledge of the field. He edited the first Australian textbook on the subject, Practical Anaesthesia (1932). Kaye held positions as anaesthetist at the Alfred and Dental Hospitals in Melbourne, and taught at the University of Melbourne. He strove to raise the standards and standing of anaesthesia in Australia, playing a key role in the establishment of the Australian Society of Anaesthetics. His interest in the design and production of anaesthetic equipment led to his developing for the Australian Society of Anaesthetists a museum of such devices. In 1958 this was named the Geoffrey Kaye Museum. From 1987 the Association's annual Presidential Address has been named the Geoffrey Kaye Oration. 1926 1926 Education - MB, University of Melbourne 1927 1927 Education - BS, University of Melbourne 1927 1929 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1929 1929 Education - MD, University of Melbourne 1929 1930 Career position - Medical officer, St Thomas's Hospital, London 1934 1934 Career position - Secretary, Australian Society of Anaesthetics 1934 1934 Career position - Foundation member, Australian Society of Anaesthetics 1938 1957 Career position - Lecturer (part-time) in anaesthetics, University of Melbourne 1939 1955 Career position - Curator, Australian Society of Anaesthetics Museum 1944 1944 Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Society of Anaesthetics 1949 1949 Award - Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom 1952 1978 Career position - Foundation Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal Australian College of Surgeons 1964 1964 Award - Life Membership, Australian Society of Anaesthetics 1974 1974 Award - Orton Medal, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal Australian College of Surgeons 1978 1986 Award - Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal Australian College of Surgeons Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )

Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists 1952; Honorary Fellow 1978 - 1986; awarded Orton Medal 1974

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 'Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred (1903 - 1986), anaesthetist Marginson, Ray Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred (1903 - 1986), anaesthetist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 605-6 Journal Article: Obituary; Geoffrey Kaye, M.D. (Melb.), M.B.B.S., F.F.A.R.A.C.S. (Hon.), F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A.(R.C.P.&S.) 1903 - 1986 Wilson, Gwen Obituary; Geoffrey Kaye, M.D. (Melb.), M.B.B.S., F.F.A.R.A.C.S. (Hon.), F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A.(R.C.P.&S.) 1903 - 1986 1987 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 15 1 107-9 Journal Article: Geoffrey Kaye Oration: anaesthesia - ideals and reality Barry, B. J. Geoffrey Kaye Oration: anaesthesia - ideals and reality 1989 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 17 2 213-9