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Stephens, Henry Douglas (1877 - 1952)

Paediatrician

Born: 26 June 1877 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. Died: 17 June 1952 Melbourne, Victoria.

Henry Douglas Stephens was a paediatric surgeon who served the Children's Hospital, Melbourne from 1901-46, becoming a member of the committee of management from 1946 to 1952. He was one of Australia's leading paediatric surgeons and was particularly interested in surgery of the cleft lip and palate. Stephens was also heavily involved in many external associations including the Royal Victorian College of Nursing and the Victorian Society for Crippled Children where he was a Councillor. The Henry Douglas Stephens Memorial Operating Theatre at the Children's Hospital was named in his honour.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1899 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Melbourne
1900 Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1901 - Resident Medical Officer at the (Royal) Children's Hospital in Melbourne
1903 Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1903 - 1909 Clinical Assistant to the Out-patients' Department at the Children's Hospital
1904 - 1914 Honorary Pathologist at the Children's Hospital
1905 Master of Surgery (MS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1909 - Honorary Medical Officer attending Out-patients at the Children's Hospital
1920 President of the Melbourne Medical Association
1920 - 1945 Honorary Surgeon to In-patients at the Children's Hospital
1926 President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch
1928 Co-founder of the Melbourne Paediatric Society
1931 - 1945 Consultant Paediatrician at the Women's Hospital
1935 - 1940 Dean of the clinical school at the Royal Children's Hospital
1937 President of the Paediatric Section of the Australasian Medical Congress in Adelaide
1945 - 1951 President of the Australian Physiotherapists' Association
1946 - 1952 Member of the Committee of Management of the Royal Children's Hospital
1950 Foundation President of the Australian Paediatrics Association (later the Australian College of Paediatrics)

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 5 December 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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