Person
Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred (1903 - 1986)
- Born
- 9 April 1903
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 28 October 1986
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Anaesthetist
Summary
Geoffrey Kaye was an anaesthetist who travelled to the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States in the early 1930s the further his knowledge of the field. He edited the first Australian textbook on the subject, Practical Anaesthesia (1932). Kaye held positions as anaesthetist at the Alfred and Dental Hospitals in Melbourne, and taught at the University of Melbourne. He strove to raise the standards and standing of anaesthesia in Australia, playing a key role in the establishment of the Australian Society of Anaesthetics. His interest in the design and production of anaesthetic equipment led to his developing for the Australian Society of Anaesthetists a museum of such devices. In 1958 this was named the Geoffrey Kaye Museum. From 1987 the Association's annual Presidential Address has been named the Geoffrey Kaye Oration.
Details
Chronology
- 1926
- Education - MB, University of Melbourne
- 1927
- Education - BS, University of Melbourne
- 1927 - 1929
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1929
- Education - MD, University of Melbourne
- 1929 - 1930
- Career position - Medical officer, St Thomas's Hospital, London
- 1934
- Career position - Secretary, Australian Society of Anaesthetics
- 1934
- Career position - Foundation member, Australian Society of Anaesthetics
- 1938 - 1957
- Career position - Lecturer (part-time) in anaesthetics, University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1955
- Career position - Curator, Australian Society of Anaesthetics Museum
- 1944
- Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Society of Anaesthetics
- 1949
- Award - Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom
- 1952 - 1978
- Career position - Foundation Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal Australian College of Surgeons
- 1964
- Award - Life Membership, Australian Society of Anaesthetics
- 1974
- Award - Orton Medal, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal Australian College of Surgeons
- 1978 - 1986
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetics, Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Marginson, Ray, 'Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred (1903 - 1986), Anaesthetist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 605-6. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kaye-geoffrey-alfred-12717. Details
Journal Articles
- Wilson, Gwen, 'Obituary; Geoffrey Kaye, M.D. (Melb.), M.B.B.S., F.F.A.R.A.C.S. (Hon.), F.F.A.R.C.S., D.A.(R.C.P.&S.) 1903 - 1986', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 15 (1) (1987), 107-9. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5534716. Details
- 'Kaye, Geoffrey Alfred (19030409-19861028)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466595. Details
See also
- Barry, B. J., 'Geoffrey Kaye Oration: anaesthesia - ideals and reality', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 17 (2) (1989), 213-9. Details
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