Person

Verco, Peter Willis (c. 1919 - 1999)

Born
c. 8 December 1919
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died
25 December 1999
Occupation
Radiologist

Summary

Peter Verco introduced to Australia percutaneous arteriography, cerebral angiography and aortography, together with modern methods of vetriculography and tomography in the early 1950s. In 1973 he introduced the use of obstetric ultrasound to Adelaide. For extended periods Verco was visiting radiologist to three Adelaide hospitals: the Adelaide Children's Hospital, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and the Queen Victoria Hospital, of which he was also deputy president of the board of management. He was active in professional associations, serving terms as President of the South Australian Branch of the British Medical Association, the Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, and the Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine.

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Chronology

1940
Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide
1942
Education - MD, University of Adelaide
1943 - 1946
Career event - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps
1947
Career event - Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1948 - 1949
Award - Nuffield Travelling fellowship
1951
Career event - Joined the radiology practice of his father Joseph Stanley Verco
1951 - 1984
Career position - Radiologist (later Head of the radiology department), Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital (later Women's and Children's Hospital)
1957 - 1958
Career position - President, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association
1983 - 1984
Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
1984
Award - Gold Medal, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
1984
Career event - Retired from practice

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Papers of Peter Willis Verco, 1947 - 1990, MS 8052; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

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See also

  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 'Verco, Peter Willis (c. 1919 - 1999)', College roll, Royal Australian College of Physicians, Sydney, 2020, https://www.racp.edu.au/about/our-heritage/college-roll/college-roll-bio/verco-peter-willis. https://www.racp.edu.au/about/our-heritage/college-roll. Details
  • Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm eds, Australasian Radiology: a History (Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1996), 542 pp. Details

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