Gordon James Aitken Clunie
Born29 March 1932
Died26 September 2016 (aged 84)
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Surgeon and Professor of medicine

Gordon James Aitken Clunie FRCS (29 March 1932 - 26 September 2016) was an Australian professor of medicine and physiology.

Biography

He was born on 29 March 1932 in Fiji.[1][2]

He died on 26 September 2016 in Australia.[1][2][3]

Education

He completed his primary schooling in Suva, Fiji.[1]

He completed his secondary schooling in Hamilton, New Zealand.[1]

He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and graduated with a medical degree in 1956.[1]

Personal life

He married to Jess Clunie and had three children.[1]

Career

He has served as a reader in surgery at the University of Queensland. He was also appointed as the Director of the Dialysis and Renal Transplant Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane in 1968.[4]

In 1973, he was appointed Professor of Surgery at the University of Queensland and in 1978, he was appointed the James Stewart Professor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne.[4]

He served as the Faculty Dean of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.[4]

He also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Clunie, Gordon James Aitken (1932 - 2016)". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk.
  2. 1 2 "In Memory of Prof. Emeritus Gordon James Aitken Clunie". gordonclunie.org.
  3. "Gordon Clunie Death Notice - Melbourne, Victoria". The Age.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Fioritti, Nathan (22 November 2016). "Professor Emeritus Gordon James Aitken Clunie". Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.


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