Windeyer, John Cadell (1875 - 1951)

Summary

John Windeyer was honorary assistant surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington, NSW from1904 and Senior Surgeon from 1919. He began an ante-natal clinic there in 1912, the longest surviving continuous clinic in Australia. He was foundation professor of obstetrics at the University of Sydney 1925-1941. Windeyer was also a Foundation Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (FRCOG) and chairman of its dominion reference committee (established in Australia 1932). He presided over the obstetrics and gynaecology section at several national meetings of the British Medical Association and was chairman of the medical appointments advisory committee of the Hospitals Commission of New South Wales. After completing his studies in Sydney, Windeyer worked as a medical officer at the Sydney Hospital where he trained in obstetrics and gynaecology. He then trained at the University College Hospital in London, at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin and in hospitals in Vienna.

Details

Chronology

1899

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney

1901 - 1904

Career position - Pathologist at the Sydney Hospital

1904 - 1919

Career position - Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women

1915 - 1920

Career position - Examiner in Gynaecology for the University of Sydney

1918

Career position - Acting Lecturer, University of Sydney

1919 -

Career position - Senior Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women

1920 - 1925

Career position - Lecturer, University of Sydney

1925 - 1941

Career position - Foundation Professor of Obstetrics, University of Sydney

1926

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney

1927 -

Award - Foundation Fellow, (Royal) Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)

1929 -

Award - Foundation Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (FRCOG)

1930 - 1931

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Published resources

Book Sections

• Sherman, Rodney P., 'Windeyer, John Cadell (1875-1951), obstetrician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 537. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120603b.htm. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535291. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/122410952. Details
• 'Windeyer, John Cadell (1875-1951)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464341. Details