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Steel, Thomas Heron (1912 - 2000)

FRACP, FRCP Lond

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Physician

Born: 7 March 1912. Died: 13 December 2000.

Thomas Heron Steel was a thoracic specialist who helped to almost totally eradicate tuberculosis from Victoria. After returning from war service, he joined the Alfred Hospital in 1946 retiring in 1983. Steel greatly improved the doctor training and patient treatment at the hospital where he was appointed to the board of management (1975) and Vice-President of the board of directors. In 1956 he was appointed director of the Melbourne Medical Postgraduate Committee, retiring in 1969. Steel also worked as a Medical Officer for the AMP Society until 1985

Career Highlights

Chronology
1935 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1936 - 1937 Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1938 Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1938 Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Children’s Hospital
1939 - 1940 Medical Officer at the Austin Hospital
1940 - Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (MRACP)
1940 - 1946 War Service with the Australian Army Medical Corp
1946 Honorary outpatients physician at the Alfred Hospital
1947 Nuffield Fellowship postgraduate training in London
1948 - c. 1983 Physician at the Alfred Hospital, consultant to the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg and consultant to Heatherton Sanatorium
1948 - 1990s Private practice
1953 - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
1968 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)

Online Sources

Gardiner, J.M., Steel, Thomas Heron, http://www.racp.edu.au/public/library/collegeroll/rolldetail.cfm?id=159. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 4 October 2006
Modified: 10 October 2006

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