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Ford, Bruce Francis (1927 - 2001)

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Physician
Born: 15 July 1927  Australia.  Died: 2 August 2001  Australia.
Bruce Francis Ford worked in the medical profession for many years, including seventeen years as a general practitioner in and around Canberra, despite facing discrimination early in his career due to having cerebral palsy. Ford later moved into rehabilitation and geriatric medicine, working for many years at the Alfred and Caulfield Hospitals in Melbourne.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1951Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney
1952Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Canberra Community Hospital
1952 - 1953Junior/Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, New South Wales
1953Senior Resident Medical Officer in the Orthopaedic Section of the Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1961 - 1968Director of Rehabilitation at the Canberra Hospital
1967 - 1971Sessional Consultant in rehabilitation at the Canberra Hospital
1967 - 1971Medical Officer in rehabilitation and geriatrics at the Canberra Hospital
1968Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
1971 - 1989Director of Rehabilitation Services at the Alfred and Caulfield Hospitals
1972 - 1988Specialist in charge of the Caulfield Rehabilitation/Geriatric Hospital
1980 - 1982Chairman of the Victorian Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons
1981Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1988 - 1991Active Consultant at the Alfred group of hospitals

 

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