Brown, Thomas Christopher Kenneth (Kester) (1935 - 2018)

Summary

Kester Brown was a world-renowned paediatric anaesthetist who from 1974 to 2000 was Director of Anaesthesia at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. His research interests included tricyclic antidepressant overdosage, child-proof packaging and deep hypothermia for infant cardiac surgery. Much of his research was in collaboration with colleagues in universities and the College of Pharmacy. Brown was particularly concerned with the training of anaesthetists: he trained those from over 40 countries and regularly lectured overseas. Among his publications were Anaesthesia for children (1979, 1992) and Anaesthesia and patient care (for students and nurses) (1985). He played leading roles in professional organisations. From 2000 to 2004 he was President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthetists. In addition he was a skilled wildlife photographer, publishing his Photographing wildlife in 2015.

Details

Chronology

1960

Education - MB ChB, St Andrew's University, Scotland

1960 - 1961

Career position - Intern, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada

1961 - 1962

Career position - General practitioner, Yellowknife, North West Territories, Canada

1963 - 1965

Career position - Postgraduate training, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1965

Career position - Anaesthetist, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1967

Education - Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1967

Career position - Medical Officer, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1968 - 1969

Career position - Uncle Bob's Fellow in ICH, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1970 - 1974

Career position - Specialist Anaesthetist, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1972 - 1995

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Anaesthesia and intensive care

1974 - 1994

Career position - Director of Theatre Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1974 - 2000

Career position - Director of Anaesthesia, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1975 - 1977

Career position - Chairman, Victorian Regional Committee, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1975 - 1988

Career position - Chairman, Animal Laboratory Committee, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1976 - 1988

Career position - Examiner - Pharmacology, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1977

Award - Gilbert Brown Prize, Australian Society of Anaesthetists

1980

Education - MD, University of Melbourne

1980 - 1986

Career position - Member, Board of Research, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1991

Award - Robert Orton Medal, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

1992 - 1996

Career position - Deputy Chairman, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthetists

1992 - 2018

Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists

1992 - 2018

Award - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

1996

Career position - Chair, Scientific Program Committee, World Congress of Anaesthesiology, Sydney

1998

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

2000 - 2004

Career position - President, World Federation of Societies of Anaesthetists

2001 - 2006

Career position - Senior anaesthetist (part-time), Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

2006

Life event - Retired

2013

Education - Licentiate, Royal Photographic Society

Related entries

Published resources

Books

• Brown, Kester, Catalyst: the medical memoirs of a world anaesthetist (Melbourne: Brolga, 2004), 354 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Westhorpe, Rod, 'Dr Thomas Christopher Kenneth "Kester" Brown AM FANZCA 1935 - 2018', ANZCA bulletin, 27 (4) (2018), 98-9. Details

Resources

• Brown, Kester AM, Royal Children's Hospital, 2019, https://www.rch.org.au/alumni/alumni_profiles/Brown,_Kester___AM/. Details