| 1946 | Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at Witwatersrand University |
| 1950 | Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Bachelor of Surgery (BCh) completed at the Witwatersrand University |
| 1951 - 1953 | Resident positions in Medicine and Surgery, and Registrar in Medicine at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 1953 - 1955 | Training for Diploma in Clinical Pathology and Registrar in Morbid Anatomy at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London |
| 1954 | Diploma of Clinical Pathology (DCP) completed at the London University |
| 1956 - 1958 | Registrar and Senior Registrar appointments in Medicine at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital in London and Obstetric Liaison Officer reviewing all medical complications of pregnancy |
| 1959 - 1960 | Research Fellow in the Clinical Research Unit at the Baker Institute and Alfred Hospital |
| 1959 - 1965 | Honorary Physician at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne |
| 1961 - 1965 | Senior Associate in Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne |
| 1961 - 1966 | Senior Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council and Senior Research Fellow at the Wellcome Fellowship |
| 1964 - 1965 | Clinical Instructor and part-time Lecturer at Monash University |
| 1966 | Associate in Medicine at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Senior Research Fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council |
| 1966 | Honorary Physician at The Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| 1967 - 1968 | First Assistant in Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Melbourne |
| 1968 | Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne |
| 1969 | Director of Nephrology at the Epworth Hospital. Eric Sussman Prize received from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| 1969 - 1975 | Reader in Medicine at the University of Melbourne |
| 1970 - 1972 | President of the Australasian Society of Nephrology |
| 1972 - 1975 | President of the International Society of Nephrology |
| 1975 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) |
| 1975 - 1991 | Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne |
| 1979 | Doctor of Science (DSc) received from Witwatersrand University |
| 1980 - 1984 | Chairman of the Macfarlane Burnet Scholarship Selection Committee |
| 1986 - 1988 | President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| 1986 - 1990 | President of the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology |
| 1986 - 1997 | Chairman of the National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee |
| 1988 - 1991 | Chairman of the Specialist Appeal Committee 1988 and Chairman of the Victorian AIDs Advisory Committee |
| 1988 - 1997 | Chairman of the Working Party, Specialist Advisory Committee |
| 1989 | David Hume Award received from the National Kidney Foundation (USA) Inc. New York |
| 1989 | Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) |
| 1989 - 1996 | Chairman of the Board of Directors at Australian Medical Publishing Company |
| 1990 | Leon Chesley Award received from the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy |
| 1990 - 1995 | Chairman at the Australian Medical Association Federal Council |
| 1991 - | Chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS |
| 1991 - | Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne |
| 1991 - 1993 | President of the Australasian Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy |
| 1992 | Sir William Upjohn Medal received (for distinguished service to Medicine to any Graduate of any University) from the University of Melbourne |
| 1992 - 1994 | President of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy |
| 1993 | John F. Peters Award received from the American Society of Nephrology |
| 1994 - 1995 | President of the World Medical Association |
| 1996 | Life Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
| 1997 - | Chairman of the Human Services Task Force for Women's Health |
| 1997 | Jean Hamburger Award (nephrology) received |
| 1997 | Australian Achiever Award received from the National Australia Day Council |
| 1997 | 75th Jubilee Medal (Health Sciences) received from the University of Witwatersrand |
| 1998 - | Chairman of the Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs - Korean Veteran's Mortality Study - Study Advisory committee |
