Person
Johnston, Walter Ian Harewood (Ian) (1930 - 2001)
AM FRCOG FRACOG
- Born
- 16 February 1930
- Died
- 19 March 2001
- Occupation
- Gynaecologist
Summary
Walter Ian H. (Ian) Johnston was known as the 'founding father of IVF in Australia'. He was part of the team responsible for Australia's first successful IVF birth. He collaborated with Professor Carl Wood and Associate Professor John Leeton, Dr Alan Trounson and Dr Alex Lopata on the use of artificial hormones to control the ovulation cycle of women on IVF treatment. This became known as the Fertility Drug Schedule. Johnston was a long-time physician at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne where the first IVF birth occurred. He was also founding President and Honourary Life Member of The Fertility Society of Australia, the first in Australia to use diagnostic laparoscopy in women, and established Australia's first workshop on artificial insemination by donor sperm. Johnston was a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) and of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRACOG), and is honoured by Ian Johnston Memorial Lecture established by the Fertility Society of Australia.
Details
Chronology
- 1954
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1955 - 1959
- Career position - Medical residencies and postgraduate studies at the Alfred, Royal Children's and the Royal Women's hospitals in Victoria
- 1960
- Education - Gynaecology degree, University of Melbourne
- 1960 - 1962
- Career position - Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and surgery studies, University of Liverpool, UK
- 1962 - 1969
- Career position - Obstetrics Tutor at Trinity College, University of Melbourne
- 1962 - 2000
- Career position - Physician at the Royal Women's Hospital
- 1964
- Education - Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
- 1966
- Career position - First in Australia to use gynaecological diagnostic laparoscopy in women
- 1977
- Career position - Set up the first Australian workshop on artificial insemination by donor sperm
- 1982 -
- Career position - Founding President of The Fertility Society of Australia
- 1988 - 1999
- Career position - Australian representative on the Committee of the International Federation of Fertility Societies
- 1999 - c. 2001
- Career position - Chair of the Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee
- 2001
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Related entries
Collaborator
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Leeton, John, 'Historical Review: the early history of IVF in Australia and its contribution to the world (1970–1990)*', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 44 (2004), 495. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5981919. Details
- 'Johnston, Walter Ian Harewood (1930-2001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475786. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 12 October 2006, Last modified: 15 June 2022