Lewis, Nancy (1913 - 2002)

Summary

Nancy Lewis practiced as an ophthalmologist in Melbourne for almost sixty years. After qualifying in medicine in 1935, she held positions at the Royal Melbourne, Women's, and Children's Hospitals. She became the first woman Medical Superintendent at the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in 1940. In 1942 she established a eye clinic at the Children's Hospital, remaining in charge until 1963.

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Chronology

1935

Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne

1936

Career position - Resident House Surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1937

Career position - Resident House Surgeon at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1939

Career position - Resident House Surgeon, Women's Hospital, Melbourne

1940 - 1941

Career position - Medical Superintendent, Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

1942 - ?

Career position - Assistant Oculist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital

1942 - 1953

Career position - Ophthalmologist in charge of eye clinic, Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1953 - 1963

Career position - Ophthalmologist in charge of eye clinic, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

1963 - 1986

Career position - Consultant Ophthalmologist, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Brooks, Anne, 'Obituary: Nancy Lewis, Ophthalmologist', The Age (2002). Details

Resources

• 'Lewis, Nancy (1913-2002)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474246. Details