Person
Rosengarten, David Samuel (1937 - 1994)
- Born
- 27 October 1937
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 February 1994
- Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
David Rosengarten was Chairman of Surgery and Clinical Support and head of the Vascular Unit at the Alfred Hospital in Victoria from 1989. He was a pioneer in techniques to prevent patients getting blood clots during surgery. After completing his undergraduate studies, Rosengarten eventually travelled overseas for further training. During this time he spent three months on the Alfred Hospital Australian Civil Surgical Team at Ben Hoa in Vietnam and three years at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hospital in Hammersmith. Upon his return to Australia, Rosengarten worked as assistant general-surgeon at the Alfred Hospital and lecturer of surgery at Monash University. In 1974 he and others established the Alfred Hospital Vascular Unit and became supervisor of surgical training at the Alfred Hospital.
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Chronology
- c. 1962
- Education - Completed medical studies, University of Melbourne
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Resident at the Alfred Hospital in Prahran,, Victoria
- 1964
- Career position - Demonstrator in the Anatomy, University of Melbourne
- c. 1964 - c. 1967
- Career position - Worked and studied overseas at various places including Ben Hoa, Vietnam and Hammersmith, UK
- 1974
- Career position - Helped establish the Alfred Hospital Vascular Unit
- 1985
- Career position - President of Rotary's Toorak branch
- 1989 - 1994
- Career position - Head of the Alfred Hospital Vascular Unit
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Resources
- 'Rosengarten, David Samuel (1937-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474921. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018