Person
Kailis, Patricia Verne (1933 - 2020)
AM OBE FTSE
- Born
- 19 August 1933
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 April 2020
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Company director, Geneticist and Neurologist
- Alternative Names
- Hurse, Patricia Verne (maiden name)
Summary
Patricia Kailis, a medical graduate, worked in general practice in Western Australia during the 1960s before embarking on a career in clinical research as a genetic councillor and neurogeneticist. In 1960 with her husband Michael Kailis, she co-founded the MG Kailis Group of companies in Western Australia. Following his death in 1999, Patricia became the Governing Director of the MG Kailis Group. The couple are recognised as pioneers of the modern Western Australian lobster, pearl oyster and prawn fishing industries.
The Patricia Kailis Fellowship, established by the family in 2019, provides funding for mid-career researchers focused on rare genetic diseases, through the Harry Perkiins Institute for Medical Research.
Details
Chronology
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at Royal Perth Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital and King Edward Hospital, all in Western Australia
- 1960
- Career event - Co-founder of the MG Kailis Group of Companies
- 1960 - 1969
- Career position - General practice in Western Australia
- 1970 - 1980
- Career position - Honorary Neurologist at the Royal Perth Hospital
- 1970 - 1980
- Career position - Honorary Geneticist in the Department of Neuropathology at the Royal Perth Hospital
- 1970 - 1995
- Career position - Honorary Neurogeneticist in the Department of Neurology and Neuropathology at the Royal Perth Hospital and the Royal Perth (Rehabilitation) Hospital
- 1979
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - for medical services in inherited diseases
- 1996
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to medicine as a genetic counsellor for neurological and neuromuscular disorders to the Human Genetics Societies of WA, the Royal Perth Hospital and to Rocky Bay Inc for over 20 years
- 1996
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 1999 - 2019
- Career position - Governing Director of the MG Kailis Group of Companies
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to medicine and the community
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16095274. Details
- 'Kailis, Patricia Verne (19330819-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476395. Details
See also
Ailie Smith
Created: 27 February 2003, Last modified: 1 June 2022