Person
Steel, Thomas Heron (1912 - 2000)
FRACP FRCPLond
- Born
- 7 March 1912
- Died
- 13 December 2000
- Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Thomas Heron Steel was a thoracic specialist who helped to almost totally eradicate tuberculosis from Victoria. After returning from war service, he joined the Alfred Hospital in 1946 retiring in 1983. Steel greatly improved the doctor training and patient treatment at the hospital where he was appointed to the board of management (1975) and Vice-President of the board of directors. In 1956 he was appointed director of the Melbourne Medical Postgraduate Committee, retiring in 1969. Steel also worked as a Medical Officer for the AMP Society until 1985
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Chronology
- 1935
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1936 - 1937
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1938
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Children's Hospital
- 1938
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Medical Officer at the Austin Hospital
- 1940 -
- Career position - Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (MRACP)
- 1940 - 1946
- Military service - War Service with the Australian Army Medical Corp
- 1946
- Career position - Honorary outpatients physician at the Alfred Hospital
- 1947
- Education - Nuffield Fellowship postgraduate training in London
- 1948 - c. 1983
- Career position - Physician at the Alfred Hospital, consultant to the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg and consultant to Heatherton Sanatorium
- 1948 - 1990s
- Career position - Private practice
- 1953 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
- 1968
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
Published resources
Resources
- 'Steel, Thomas Heron (19120307-20001213)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476358. Details
Resource Sections
- Gardiner, J.M., 'Steel, Thomas Heron', in College Roll of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2009, http://www.racp.edu.au/page/library/college-roll/college-roll-detail&id=159. Details
See also
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 'Steel, Thomas Heron (1912 - 2000)', College roll, Royal Australian College of Physicians, Sydney, 2020, https://www.racp.edu.au/about/our-heritage/college-roll/college-roll-bio/steel-thomas-heron. https://www.racp.edu.au/about/our-heritage/college-roll. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 4 October 2006, Last modified: 3 October 2023