Person
Firkin, Barry George (1930 - 2001)
- Born
- 3 August 1930
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 12 January 2001
Australia - Occupation
- Medical educator, Haematologist and Physician
Summary
Barry Firkin was professor of medicine at Monash University for 26 years. Throughout his career he published over 120 papers in Australian and international journals.
Details
Chronology
- 1954
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at Sydney Hospital
- 1955 - 1957
- Career position - Research Fellow at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - Research Fellow in the Division of Haematology of the Department of Medicine at Washington University, USA
- 1961 - 1969
- Career position - Director of the Clinical Research Unit at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1964 - 1969
- Career position - Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1964 - 1969
- Career position - Visiting Medical Officer at the Repatriation General hospital in Concord
- 1969 - 1991
- Career position - Professor and Chairman of Medicine, Monash University Medical School and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1969 - 1991
- Career position - In-patient Physician at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1972
- Career position - Sims Commonwealth Travelling Professor
- 1991 - 1995
- Career position - Professor of Medicine, Monash University Medical School and Box Hill Hospital, Victoria
- 1995 - 2001
- Career position - Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- Biographical cuttings on Barry Firkin, former Professor of Medicine at Melbourne's Monash University, Cuttings Files BIOG; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Firkin, Barry, 'Hocking vs Bell Revisited', Health and History, 3 (2) (2001), 30-54. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Firkin, Howard, 'Obituary: Barry George Firkin, Professor of medicine', The Age (2001). Details
Resources
- 'Firkin, Barry George (1930-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474911. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 1 December 2003, Last modified: 10 October 2006