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Burger, Henry George (1933 - )

FAA

Endocrinologist

Born: 23 May 1933 Vienna, Austria

Henry George Burger has been associated with Prince Henry's Hospital Medical Research Centre since 1965 as variously Associate Director, Executive Director and Director. He has worked on the hormone inhibin and applied his research to the treatment of patients with a variety of hormonal disorders and infertile couples.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1956 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1957 - 1958 Resident Medical Officer at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
1959 Registrar of the Melbourne University Department of Medicine at St Vincent's Hospital
1960 Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1960 E.H. Flack Research Fellow of the Diabetic and Metabolic Unit at the Alfred Hospital in Prahran, Victoria
1961 Henry Laurie Research Fellow of the Diabetic and Metabolic Unit at the Alfred Hospital
1961 - 1962 Nuffield Dominion Travelling Fellow at the Middlesex Hospital, UK
1962 - 1965 United States Public Health Service International Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA
1965 - 1969 Associate Director of the Prince Henry's Hospital Medical Research Centre in South Melbourne
1965 - 1978 Senior Lecturer (part-time) in Medicine at Monash University
1969 - 1972 Executive Director of the Medical Research Centre; Honorary Endocrinologist (Acting) and Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Prince Henry's Hospital
1972 - 1990 Director of the Medical Research Centre and Director of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Prince Henry's Hospital
1975 Eric Susman Prize received from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1978 Annual Prize for Endocrine Research (Organon) received from the Endocrine Society of Australia and the New Zealand Society of Endocrinology
1984 Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians of South Africa
1984 - 1985 Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professorship
1990 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
1990 - 1992 Director of Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research
1992 - Honorary Life Membership of the Endocrine Society of Australia
1992 Honorary Life Membership of the Fertility Society of Australia
1992 - 1997 Unit Head and Director of Endocrinology at Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research at the Monash Medical Centre
1994 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 29 August 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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