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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Trevor ApSimon was born in Merseyside UK in 1930 the son of Dr Trevor ApSimon a general practitioner. He attended the University of Bristol graduating in Medicine in 1954. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists in 1964 and a Fellow of the Australian College in 1970. After a Senior Registrar post at theCardiff Royal Infirmary in Cardiff he was appointed Consultant Radiologist to the Plymouth Group in 1966 developing mammography which led to the ultimate adoption of mammographic cancer screening. He came to Perth in 1968 having been appointed Head of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Royal Perth Hospital. There he set about re-organising and re-equipping the Department, his strength, direction and drive, making it one of the leading radiology departments in Australia, a position it has maintained since then. After this mammoth task he developed an interest in vascular and interventional nuroradiology developing intravascular coils, detachable and calibrated leak ballons and other micro catheters for intacranial and research worker in the West Australian Brain Ateriovenous Malformation Treatment Survey. This was based at the Royal Perth Hospital and continues in the new millinium. Doctor ApSimon was the first doctor in Australia to use a detachable ballon to treat Carotico-cavernous fistula and used tissue glue embolisations in intrinsic brain and spinal vascular malformations. He was also the first to use Guglielmi Detachable Coils for intracranial aneurysms. Not surprisingly he was a Founder Member of the World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiologist and Allied Diciplines. His seminal contributions in interventional radiology led the Royal Perth Hospital to be one of the first to receive Federal funding as a Specialist Ineterventional Neuroradiology unit in Australia. He was Councillor and President (1990-91) of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Trevor is married to Joy nee Viveash. They have two children; their son (dec.) was a pharmacist. His multiple interests outside of medicine include history, renaissance art, photography, tennis and rowing and an acquired love of Australian Wines. On his retirement and in recognition of his service to the hospital he was made Emeritus Consultant Neuroradiologist. |
