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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005794b.htm person Phillips Gilbert Edward AACR2 23 September 1904 12 September 1952 Place of Birth North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia Neurosurgeon Gilbert Phillips was one of Australia's first neurosurgeons. In the 1930s he spent three years studying in the United Kingdom under the leading neurosurgeons of the day and established the path of his future career. Much of has career was at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, and he lectured for many years in Neurology and Applied Neurophysiology in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Sydney. He was noted for having introduced new diagnostic tools such as electroencephalography. Phillips played a central role in the establishment in Sydney of the Northcott Neurological Centre, a clinic for the diagnosis of nervous diseases in returned servicemen. In his early career he was the first to study the blood groups of Australian Aboriginals and Maoris. 1927 1927 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1928 1928 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1929 1929 Education - MB BS, University of Sydney 1930 1930 Career position - Staff member, Department of Anatomy, University of Sydney 1930 1934 Award - Liston Wilson Research Fellowship 1931 1933 Award - Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship 1934 1934 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Surgery, University of Sydney 1934 1936 Career position - Consulting Neurosurgeon, Lewisham General Hospital, New South Wales 1935 1937 Career position - Lecturer in Surgery, University of Sydney 1936 1936 Education - MS, University of Sydney 1937 1937 Award - Peter Bancroft Prize, University of Sydney (joint award with Stuart Morson) 1937 1944 Career position - Honorary Assistant Neurosurgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1937 1945 Career position - Consultant (part-time), Royal Australian Air Force 1937 1952 Career position - Lecturer in Neurology and Applied Neurophysiology, Department of Anatomy, University of Sydney 1938 1938 Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1940 1940 Career position - Founding Member, Society of Australasian Neurological Surgeons 1945 1946 Career position - Seconded to Royal Army Medical Corps, United Kingdom 1947 1952 Career position - Honorary Neurosurgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (1940 - )

Founding Member 1940

 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )

Honorary Assistant Neurosurgeon 1937 - 1944; Honorary Neurosurgeon 1947 - 1952

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Lecturer in Neurology and Applied Neurophysiology, Department of Anatomy 1937 - 1952

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

Fellow 1938 - 1952

Wikidata

 Phillips, Gilbert Edward (19040923-19520912)

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 'Phillips, Gilbert Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Phillips, Gilbert Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Phillips, Gilbert Edward (1904-1952), neurosurgeon and wine connoisseur Lake, Max Phillips, Gilbert Edward (1904-1952), neurosurgeon and wine connoisseur Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 603-604 Journal Article: Obituary: Gilbert Edward Phillips Burkitt, A. N. St G. Obituary: Gilbert Edward Phillips 1952 Medical Journal of Australia 1952 2 796-9 Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: The Neurosurgical Society of Australasia: the first forty years Curtis, J. Bryant, Miller, Douglas and Simpson, Donald The Neurosurgical Society of Australasia: the first forty years 1980 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 50 4 434-7 Journal Article: The foundations of neurosurgery in Australian and New Zealand Simpson, D. A.; Jamieson, K. G.; and Morson, S. M. The foundations of neurosurgery in Australian and New Zealand 1974 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 44 3 215-27