Holland, Ross Beresford (1928 - 2017)

Summary

Ross Holland was one of Australia's leading anaesthetists and made significant contributions to the safe practice of anaesthesia. He played a pivotal role in the establishment of what is now known as the Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia (SCIDUA) by the New South Wales Government. The reports of this Committee had an impact of the practice of anaesthesia world-wide. Henderson served on this committee for over 50 years, including as Chairman from 1975 to 1987. In addition he was involved in a number of committees related to hospital standards. He was active in professional organisations, being Dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetics of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, from 1984 to 1986, and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists from its foundation in 1992.

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Chronology

1952 -

Education - MB BS, University of Sydney

1952 - 1953

Career position - Resident Medical Officer, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney

1954 - 1957

Career position - Medical Officer, Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney

1956 - 2017

Career position - Member, Australian Society of Anaesthetists

1959 - 1992

Career position - Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1959 - 2013

Career position - Founder and Member, Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia, New South Wales Government

1959 - 2013

Career position - Anaesthetist (later Senior Specialist in Charge), Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney

1960 - 1975

Career position - Secretary, Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia (SCIDUA)

1968 - 1978

Career position - Senior Specialist-in-Charge Anaesthesia Services, New South Wales Department of Public Health

1968 - 1978

Career position - Director, Department of Anaesthesia, Lidcombe Hospital, New South Wales

1968 - 1987

Career position - Tutor and Lecturer in anaesthesia, University of Sydney

1973 - 1986

Career position - Chairman, Medical Materials and Standards Board, Standards Association Australia

1974 - 1983

Career position - Founding Council Member, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

1975 - 1987

Career position - Chairman, Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia (SCIDUA)

1976 - 1988

Career position - Board Member, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1978 - 1987

Career position - Director, Department of Anaesthetics and Resuscitation, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales

1981 - 1983

Career position - Chairman, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

1981 - 2013

Career position - Honorary Secretary, Society for the Preservation of Artefacts of Surgery and Medicine

1984 - 1986

Career position - Dean, Faculty of Anaesthesia, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1984 - 2008

Career position - Foundation Member, International Committee for the Prevention of Anaesthetic Morbidity and Mortality

1987 - 1990

Career position - Foundation Professor of Anaesthesiology, University of Hong Kong

1987 - 2013

Career position - Member, Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia (SCIDUA)

1987 - 2017

Career position - Dean, Faculty of Anaesthesia, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1988 - 2007

Career position - Founding Member, Australian Patient Safety Foundation

1988 - 2017

Career position - Member of the Court of Honour, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1990

Career position - Fellow, Hong Kong College of Anaesthetists

1990 - 1993

Career position - Professor and Chair, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Newcastle and John Hunter Hospital, New South Wales

1990 - 1995

Career position - Member, Therapeutic Device Evaluation Committee, Therapeutic Goods Administration

1991 - 1998

Career position - Member, Australian Cases Committee, Medical Defence Union, United Kingdom

1992

Award - Orton Medal, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

1992 - 2013

Career position - Member, Anaesthetic Mortality Committee

1992 - 2017

Award - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

1993 - 1996

Career position - Clinical Consultant, Australian Hospital Care Study

1996 - 2015

Career position - Chairman, History of Anaesthesia Library, Museum and Archives Committee, Australian Society of Anaesthetists

1997 - 2004

Career position - Visiting Anaesthetist, St John of God Hospital, Richmond, New South Wales

1997 - 2008

Career position - Consultant, Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales

2000 - 2009

Career position - Chair, History of Anaesthesia and Resuscitation Special Interest Group, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

2003

Award - Honorary Fellow, Medical Defence Union, United Kingdom

2004 - 2009

Career position - Official Visitor, Mental Health A.C.T.

2004 - 2013

Career position - Consultant, Clinical Excellence Commission, New South Wales Ministry of Health

2006

Award - Gold Medal, Australian Council of Health Care Standards

2007 - 2017

Award - Life Member, Australian Patient Safety Foundation

2008 - 2009

Career position - Chairman, Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia

2009

Award - Gilbert Brown Award, Australian Society of Anaesthetists

2009 - 2017

Career position - Member, Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine

2010

Award - Clinical Excellence Commission Lifetime Achievement Award

2013

Career position - Chairman, Organising Committee, 8th International Symposium of the History of Anaesthesia, Sydney

2013 - 2017

Career position - Patron, Society for the Preservation of Artefacts of Surgery and Medicine

2015

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to medicine in the discipline of anaesthesia as a clinician, to healthcare standards, and to professional medical bodies

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Baker, A. B., 'Professor Ross Holland: the Special Committee Investigating Deaths under Anaesthesia (SCIDUA) and his other contributions to anaesthesia', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 46 (Supplement) (2018), 18-28. Details
• Baker, B., 'Obituary: Professor Ross Holland: remembering a doyen of patient safety', Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Bulletin, 2017 (March) (2017), 32-3. Details
• Holland, R., 'Hubert Ingram Clements: a pioneer of Australian anaesthesia', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 33 (Supp.) (2005), 4-6. Details

Resources

• 'Holland, Ross Beresford (19281201-20170225)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772651. Details