Person
Clerehan, Brian (1918 - 2001)
FRACP
- Born
- 10 December 1918
- Died
- 20 January 2001
- Occupation
- Physician and Military doctor
Summary
Brian Clerehan was instrumental in combating tuberculosis in Australia. He concurrently served as a civilian and military physician for well over thirty years. In 1943 he joined the Medical Corps of the Australian Army and continued with the Citizens Military Force after the war. During this time he was promoted from Captain to Colonel and served as staff officer and military history instructor with the Command and Staff Training Unit. After the war Clerehan held successive posts at the Royal Children's Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital, the Greenvale Sanatorium and the Heatherton Sanatorium. He also concurrently worked with the Victorian Tuberculosis Department, Department of Health. In 1952 Clerehan received a World Health Organisation scholarship to study tuberculosis management overseas. While at Heatherton he introduced new anti- tuberculosis drugs and better surgical procedures and chest X-rays, becoming an expert in interpreting these X-rays. All this helped to see a steady reduction in the new tuberculosis cases and better outcomes for sufferers. In 1976 he joined St Vincent's once again treating patients and training medical students and nurses. He eventually retired from St Vincent's, the Department of Health and the Command and Staff Training Unit in 1987.
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Chronology
- 1942
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1942 - 1943
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1943 - 1945
- Military service - War service with the Army Medical Corps
- c. 1945 - c. 1949
- Career position - Physician at the Royal Children's Hospital, St Vincent's Hospital and then the Greenvale Sanatorium in Victoria
- c. 1947 - 1987
- Career position - Joined the Tuberculosis Department of the Victorian Department of Health
- 1949 - 1956
- Career position - Superintendent at the Heatherton Sanatorium
- 1952
- Award - World Health Organisation funded studies in Scandinavia, Switzerland and at the Brompton Chest Clinic in England
- 1956
- Career position - Member of the Central Health Department Chest Survey
- 1970
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
- 1976 - 1987
- Career position - Physician and lecturer at St Vincent's Hospital
Published resources
Book Sections
- Clerehan, Brian, 'Burston, Sir Samuel Roy (1888-1960), physician and army officer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 314-315. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130354b.htm. Details
Resources
- 'Clerehan, Brian (1918-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473302. Details
Resource Sections
- Clarke, B., 'Clerehan, Brian', 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=88. Details
See also
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 'Clerehan, Brian (1918 - 2001)', College roll, Royal Australian College of Physicians, Sydney, 2020, https://www.racp.edu.au/about/our-heritage/college-roll/college-roll-bio/clerehan-brian. https://www.racp.edu.au/about/our-heritage/college-roll. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 11 October 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011