Person
Dods, Lorimer Fenton (1900 - 1981)
- Born
- 7 March 1900
New Farm, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 7 March 1981
Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Paediatrician
Summary
Lorimer Dods was a pioneer of paediatrics in Australia. His research publications were noted as models of concise scientific prose. Dods was associated as a clinician with several major Sydney hospitals over many years, notable the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children which he served for 54 years from 1928 in various clinical positions and as Board member from 1959. With establishment of the Institute of Child Health within School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney, Dods became Director of the Institute and the first professor of child health in Australia. He retired from these positions to co-found and direct the Children's Medical Research Foundation. Dods was a founding member and officer bearer of the Australian Paediatric Association, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. The Lorimer Dods Professorship is appointed in Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney.
Details
Chronology
- 1923
- Education - MB ChM, University of Sydney
- 1923 - 1924
- Career position - Resident Pathologist and Senior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Newcastle Hospital
- 1925
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1925 - 1926
- Career position - Ship's surgeon, SS Moreton Bay
- 1926 - 1936
- Career position - In general practice, Sydney, New South Wales
- 1928 - 1937
- Career position - Honorary Relieving Assistant Physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1936
- Education - MD, University of Sydney
- 1936
- Career position - Paediatric specialist, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- 1937 - 1948
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
- 1938 - 1939
- Career position - Tutor in Clinical Paediatrics (Medical), University of Sydney
- 1938 - 1939
- Career position - Consultant Honorary Physician, Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington, Sydney
- 1938 - 1981
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1939 - 1945
- Career position - Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel), Royal Australian Army Medical Corps , 2nd AIF
- 1945 - 1948
- Career position - Tutor in Clinical Paediatrics (Medical), University of Sydney
- 1945 - 1951
- Career position - Consultant Honorary Physician, Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington, Sydney
- 1947
- Award - Lieutenant of the Victorian Order
- 1947
- Award - Carnegie Travelling Fellowship, Children's Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, U.S.A.
- 1947 - c. 1970
- Career position - Consulting Paediatrician, Royal North Shore Hospital
- 1948 - 1960
- Career position - Physician, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
- 1949 - 1960
- Career position - Professor of Child Health and Director, Institute of Child Health, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1950 - 1951
- Career position - Founding Member and first secretary/treasurer, Australian Paediatric Association
- 1953 - 1954
- Career position - Vice-President, Australian Paediatric Association
- 1954 - 1955
- Career position - President, Australian Paediatric Association
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Published resources
Books
- Manchester, Rosemary, Beloved physician: the story of Lorimer Fenton Dods (Vaucluse, N.S.W.: R. Manchester, 1989), 110 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Dods, Lorimer, 'Clubbe, Sir Charles Percy Barlee (1854-1932), surgeon' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 30-1. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clubbe-sir-charles-percy-barlee-5687. Details
- Yu, John, 'Dods, Sir Lorimer Fenton (1900 - 1981), physician and professor of child health' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 323-4. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dods-sir-lorimer-fenton-12426. Details
Journal Articles
- Dods, Lorimer, 'Norman McAlister Gregg', Medical Journal of Australia, 1966 (2) (1966), 1166. Details
- Harley, J. D.; Williams, Howard, Hamilton, D. G.; and Grigor, Wallace, 'Sir Lorimer Dods 1900 - 1981', Australian Paediatric Journal, 17 (2) (1981), 70-4. Details
- Jones, Peter (ed.), 'Lorimer Fenton Dods [70th birthday tribute]', Australian Paediatric Journal, 6 (1) (1970), 3-13. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6681213. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/33646529. Details
- 'Dods, Lorimer (1900-1981)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-568518. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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