Person
Kay, Henry Buckhurst (Ted) (1915 - 1995)
AM
- Born
- 23 October 1915
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 9 March 1995
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Cardiologist
Summary
Henry Kay was a leading cardiologist who combined over 40 years of service to the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, with a successful private practice. He made the first moves in Australia to establish cardiac catheterization and was in the forefront of the introduction into Australia of the use of anticoagulants such as heparin for the treatment of myocardial infarction. In this work Kay developed fruitful collaborations with researchers at the Baker Institute and the Alfred's cardiothoracic unit. From the 1950s Kay was involved in industrial preventive programs promoting low-fat diets, more exercise and the reduction of smoking. He played a leading role in the establishment of the National Heart Foundation and was Vice-President of the Victorian Branch for ten years. Kay was a member of the Boards of management of both the Alfred Hospital and the Baker Institute for long terms.
Details
Chronology
- 1938
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1940 - 1946
- Career position - Served with the 2/1 Australian General Hospital, Australian Imperial Forces
- 1941
- Education - MD, University of Melbourne
- 1944
- Education - Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1946 -
- Career position - In private practice, Melbourne
- 1946
- Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1946
- Award - Nuffield Fellowship, National Heart Hospital, London
- 1946
- Career position - Honorary Physician to Outpatients, Alfred Hospital. Melbourne
- 1946 - 1964
- Career position - Honorary Physician to Outpatients, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1953 - 1995
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1962 - 1973
- Career position - Member, Board of Management, Victorian Division, National Heart Foundation
- 1964 -
- Career position - Honorary Physician to Inpatients, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1964
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1971 - 1978
- Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Medical Post-graduate Committee
- 1971 - 1988
- Career position - Member of the Board of Management, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1973 - 1983
- Career position - Vice-President, Victorian Division, National Heart Foundation
- 1974 - 1983?
- Career position - Member, Board of Directors, National Heart Foundation
- 1975 - 1987
- Career position - Member of the Board of Management, Baker Medical Research Institute
- 1979
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine and to the National Heart Foundation of Australia
- 1983
- Life event - Retired
- 1986 - 1988
- Career position - Vice-Chairman, Board of Management, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1987
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Post-graduate Federation in Medicine
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Kay, Henry Buckhurst (19151023-19950309)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772672. Details
See also
- Alfred Healthcare Group Heritage Committee ed., Alfred Hospital: Faces and Places volume I(-III) (Prahran, Vic.: Alfred Healthcare Group, 1996-2004), 360 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Last modified: 3 July 2018