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McKelvey, John Lawrance (1881 - 1939)

FRACS

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Surgeon

Born: 9 February 1881 Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia. Died: 7 July 1939 Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia.

(Sir) John Lawrance McKelvey was Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred and St Vincent's Hospitals in New South Wales during the 1920s. During this time he also worked as a consultant at the South Sydney Women's and Canterbury District Memorial hospitals, and was surgical tutor (for ten years) and clinical surgery lecturer at the University of Sydney. He was knighted in 1933.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1905 Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1905 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
1906 Acting Medical Superintendent at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1907 Demonstrator in Anatomy at the University of Sydney
1908 Medical Superintendent at the Melbourne Hospital, Victoria
1909 - c. 1920 Medical Superintendent at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1911 Set up a private medical practice
1911 Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
1913 - c. 1920 Honorary Assistant Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital
c. 1926 - Lecturer in Clinical Surgery at the University of Sydney
1927 Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
1933 Knighted
1937 - Councill member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
1939 Vice-President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 9 October 2006

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