After the death of a patient at Sydney Hospital believed to be because of a lack of nursing care (the patient was described by some sources as "filthy and covered in vermin") in 1866 and consistent pressure from doctors beginning in 1857, Sir Henry Parkes and surgeon Alfred Roberts wrote to Florence Nightingale requesting help and advice on reforming hospitals in the colony of New South Wales.
In addition to the Nightingale approach to the physical design of the hospital building, the Royal Prince Alfred also employed formerly trained nurses marking a shift from untrained lay-women acting as nurses.
The University of Sydney also played a substantial role in establishing the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and continues to have a close relationship with the hospital today.
Director, Clinical Research Unit 1949 - 1956; Chairman, Board of Directors 1984 - 1985
Peter Bishop held multiple positions at the Alfred Hospital including Junior Medical Office in 1941, Neurological Registrar between 1941 and 1942, and Clinical Assistant in Neurosurgery in 1946.
Resident Medical Officer 1887
Honorary Assistant Neurosurgeon 1937 - 1944; Honorary Neurosurgeon 1947 - 1952
Chief Bacteriologist 1961 - 1971
Honorary Surgeon 1911-1925; Honorary Urological Surgeon 1926-1929; Consultant 1930-1931.
Director, Institute of Respiratory Medicine 1985 - ?
Consultant Endocrinologist 1990 - ?
Medical Officer 1917
Resident Medical Officer 1953 - 1954
Honorary Physician 1960 - 1980
Director, Sleep Disorders Centre 1991 -
Honorary Surgeon 1872 - 1876
Honorary Physician 1889 - 1901
Cardiologist and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Services 1996 - ; Director of Echocardiology 2008 - 2021
Honorary Physician 1926 - 1959
Honorary Physician 1911 - 1934; Honorary Consultant 1935 - 1972
Chairman of the Board 1901 - ?
Bacteriologist 1933 - 1937 and 1939 - 1947; Director, Fairfax Institute of Pathology 1947 - 1958; General Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer 1958 - 1967
Honorary Assistant Physician (later Honorary Physician) 1910 - 1938
Honorary Neurosurgeon 1937 - 1957; Vice-Chairman of the Board 1968 - 1973
Honorary Physician 1933 - ?1957; Member of the Board 1964 - 1970
Honorary Dental Surgeon 1938 - 1967
Honorary Assistant Physician (later Honorary Physician) 1928 - 1961
Physician 1934 - 1950; Member, Board of Directors 1935 - 1955
Robert Skirving held multiple roles at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital between 1883 beginning as Medical Superintendent and the end of his career as a Honorary Consulting Physician in 1956.
Senior Pathologist 1920 - 1925; Director of Pathology 1925 - 1943
Director and Honorary Consulting Surgeon 1882 - 1898
Bushell Professor of Neurology, University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 2008 - 2013; Professor, Department of Neurology 2013 -
Honorary Ophthalmic Surgeon 1923 - 1952
Registered Medical Officer (1893); Demonstrator in Anatomy (1894 - 1895)
Appointed Honorary Radiographer 1911
Honorary Physician 1926 - 1938; Director of Anaesthetics 1930 - 1933
Arthur Mills worked as a Consultant at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1930.
Archibald McIntyre was a Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.