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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Dr Phyllis Goatcher (nee Cook) was born in Chengtu, West China in 1922. Her father was subsequently the Archdeacon of Bath, England. She graduated from the University of London in 1946 and held resident appointments at the Royal Free Hospital, London, Royal United Hospital, Bath, The Children's Hospital, Sydenham and St Stephen's Hospital, London. In 1953 she married Dr. Philip Goatcher and the two left for Australia that year. She was appointed to the staff of Royal Perth Hospital in 1954 which she served continuously until her retirement in 1985. As a specialist in rheumatology and arthritis, she made an enormous contribution to the understanding of this disease by the profession and public as a whole. Her gentle and persuasive manner was a major factor in the success of the Western Australian Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation. She was a member of its original steering committee and its first President. She developed a 30 bed unit at the Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital for the treatment of arthritis and was named the Citizen of the Year in Western Australia in 1975 and was awarded the AO for her services to medicine in 1979. She has a son and a daughter, the latter is a trained nurse. Her interests include membership of the University Choral and Music Societies, the WA Historical Society, the Royal Australasian Ornothologists Union and in her retirement is studying art. |
