Person
Silberberg, Montefiore David (Bill) (1882 - 1959)
- Born
- 27 August 1882
Branxholme, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 26 June 1959
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Cardiologist
Summary
Bill Silberberg was a physician whose specialty was cardiology. For over 25 years he was associated with the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and was largely responsible for building its reputation as a leader in cardiology. After two years of specialist training in the United Kingdom he returned to Australia with the first electrocardiograph to be used in Australia. Silberberg was a founding Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and in 1954 was President of the Australasian Cardiac Society.
Details
Chronology
- 1906
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1907 - 1908
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital
- 1909
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1909
- Education - MD, University of Melbourne
- 1915 - 1916
- Career position - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces
- 1919 - 1925
- Career position - Physician to Outpatients, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1922 -
- Career position - Physician, Children's Hospital, and Repatriation General Hospital, Caulfield
- 1925 - 1945
- Career position - Physician to Inpatients, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1938 - 1944
- Career position - Council Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1938 - 1959
- Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1945
- Life event - Retired from the Alfred Hospital
- 1945 - 1959
- Career position - In consulting cardiology practice
- 1954
- Career position - President, Australasian Cardiac Society
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988), 332 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Fitts, Clive H., 'Montefiore David Silberberg', Medical Journal of Australia, 1959 (2) (1959), 864-6. Details
Resources
- 'Silberberg, Montefiore David (18820827-19590626)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772750. Details
Helen Cohn
Last modified: 3 July 2018