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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-03-31 human Helen Cohn updated 2023-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007183b.htm person Wood Barbara Grendon AACR2 1897 February 1980 Place of Birth Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Balwyn, Victoria, Australia Radiologist Barbara Wood was one of Australia's first female radiologists. After completing her medical studies at the University of Melbourne, she gained a Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology from the University of Cambridge in 1924. In 1925 she became the first full-time qualified radiologist appointed to an Australian hospital when she joined the Melbourne Hospital. She remained at the Hospital (later the Royal Melbourne Hospital) until retiring in 1958. Wood was noted for the meticulous manner in which she approached her work and the standards she expected of others. The excellence of her teaching was seen in the later careers of many of her students and the respect in which she was held by those students and her colleagues. Wood's published output was small and focused of Paget's disease. She was elected Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Radiology. 1924 1924 Education - Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology, University of Cambridge 1925 1935 Career position - Resident Radiologist, Melbourne Hospital 1935 1958 Career position - Resident Radiologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1965 Career position - Associate in Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne at Royal Melbourne Hospital Royal Melbourne Hospital (1935 - )

Resident Radiologist 1935 - 1958

 Melbourne Hospital (1848 - 1935)

Resident Radiologist 1925 - 1935

 'Wood, Barbara Grendon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wood, Barbara Grendon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Barbara Grendon Wood Hare, W. S. C. Barbara Grendon Wood 1982 Australasian radiology, 25th anniversary issue 54-6 Edited Book: Australasian Radiology: a History Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm Australasian Radiology: a History Sydney McGraw-Hill 1996