Person

Cowling, David Crosby (1920 - 2002)

Born
5 November 1920
Leeds, England
Died
14 April 2002
Australia
Occupation
Pathologist and Haematologist

Summary

David Cowling was director of haematology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital 1972-1983. He was involved with the Victorian Division of the Australian Red Cross for over thirty years.

Details

Chronology

1943 - 1944
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1944 - 1947
Career position - Service in Borneo and Heidelberg military hospitals for the Australian Imperial Force
1947 - 1948
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1949
Career position - Assistant Clinical Hospital at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1950
Career position - Clinical Supervisor at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1950 - 1952
Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1950 - 1980
Career position - Citizen Military Forces
1953 - 1972
Career position - Clinical Pathologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1955
Career position - Research Assistant in the Department of Haematology at the Hammersmith Hospital, UK
1959 - 1993
Career position - Member of the Divisional Blood Transfusion Committee of the Victorian Division of the Australian Red Cross Society
1963
Education - Elmore student in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK
1968
Career position - Pathologist with the 1st Military Hospital in South Vietnam
1968 - 1974
Career position - Consultant Pathologist at Army Headquarters
1972 - 1983
Career position - Director of Haematology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1978 - 1983
Career position - Chairman, Division of Investigational Medicine at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1980 - 1988
Career position - Chairman, Advisory Committee for Medical Technology at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
1983 - 1990
Career position - Visiting Specialist at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
1983 - 1990
Career position - Chairman, Divisional Blood Transfusion Committee of the Victorian Division of the Australian Red Cross Society
1984 - 2002
Career position - Consultant Haematologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1987
Career position - Honorary Institute Fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
1991
Career position - Honorary Life Member of the Australian Red Cross Society

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

  • Williams, David F., 'Obituary: David Crosby Cowling, Pathologist and Scholar', The Age (2002). Details

Resources

Ailie Smith

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