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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Harry Hansen was born in Perth in 1932, the son of Harry, a wool classer and Rebecca nee Henderson. He commenced his medical course in Perth and then transferred to Adelaide to complete his medical degree. His first postgraduate resident year was at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after which he held a resident appointment at Royal Perth Hospital. Two years of General Practice in the small town of Williams was followed by a registrar appointment at the Royal Perth Hospital. Having decided to specialise in surgery he went to England where he worked as a registrar in a number of hospitals including the Royal Masonic Hospital while studying for the English surgical fellowship. He returned to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1966 as Senior Surgical Registrar in General Surgery but following a secondment to the Plastic unit of Harold McComb he decided to specialize in Plastic Surgery. He was appointed to the Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital as a Plastic Surgeon in 1967. He remained on the Fremantle Hospital staff until 1979 and on the Princess Margaret Hospital staff until 1974. To the Royal Perth Hospital he gave 30 years service. He was active in the teaching of both medical students and nurses. Harry had a special interest in the surgery of the hand and wrote about the problem of injuries to hands inflicted by high pressure oil infusions. He was active in the affairs of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons over many years and was its Secretary from 1980-84 and President 1989-1991. He was also active in the Australian Hand Club. Harry married Dorothea Brooks in 1958 and they have four children three sons and a daughter. Two entered medicine: Mathew following in his father's footsteps is a Plastic Surgeon and Belinda is a General Practitioner. His interests outside of medicine range from music and theatre to outside activities which include scuba diving, tennis, cricket and football, (both Rugby and Australian Rules). Harry Hansen-Knarhoi retired in 1997 and was appointed Emeritus Consultant Plastic Surgeon. |
