Person

Cohen, Douglas Harry (1920 - 2011)

Born: 10 February 1920
Clovelly, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 5 September 2011
Kincumber, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Paediatrician

Summary

Douglas Cohen was Head of the Department of Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and consultant Paediatric Surgeon to the Crown Street Women's Hospital.

Cohen, together with anaesthetist Dr Victor Hercus and pump engineer Viv Ebsary, developed radical new technology in the field of paediatric cardiac surgery, by designing and building the first heart-lung machine in Sydney.

Details

Chronology

1980: Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - In recognition of service to medicine, particularly in the field of paediatrics

Collaborator

Ebsary, Richard Vivian (Viv) (1905 - 1992)

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

Douglas Harry Cohen - Records, 1945 - 1975, DeB 844-5; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

'Surgeon gave sick children hope [Obituary: Dr Douglas Cohen]', Sydney Morning Herald (2012), https://www.smh.com.au/national/surgeon-gave-sick-children-hope-20120119-1q895.html. Details

Resources

'Cohen, Douglas Harry (19200210-20110905)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1625156. Details

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