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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Arthur Harris was born in Dalwallinu Western Australia on 28th May 1936, the son of Ralph Harris, a farmer and Alma nee Rayner. He attended Dalwallinu and Wubin State Schools and then went to Scotch College from 1949 to 1954. After taking the University matriculation he spent eight years wheat and sheep farming and banana growing on the family property. Arthur then entered the School of Medicine at the University of Western Australia in 1963 and qualified MB BS in 1969. He was a junior resident medical officer at the Royal Perth and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitals in 1969 and was then appointed senior resident at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in 1970 followed by a similar appointment at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in 1971. He then returned to the Royal Perth and Sir Charles Gardiner Hospitals until 1976. Arthur then went to the United States for two years as a Clinical Research Fellow in Endocrinology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Returning to Perth in 1978 Arthur was made a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and was appointed Consultant Physician at the Royal Perth Hospital. Arthur has made endocrinology a major interest, particularly thyroid disease. He was engaged in basic thyroid research and this work was accepted for the award of MD from the University of WA in 1980. He has published numerous papers in National and International Journals and has presented papers at many International Meetings. He has served on a number of committees and was Chairman of the RPH Drug Committee for ten years, Secretary of the RPH Clinical Association, Chairman Department of Internal Medicine and Member of the RACP Drug Committee. Arthur Harris married Mary Hollingsworth a physiotherapist in 1974 and they have three children two sons and daughter. Outside of medicine he is interested in tennis, football, athletics, woodworking and farming. A keen environmentalist he is a member of the Liberal Party Conservation and Environmental Policy and Liberals for Forests groups of which he was at one time Vice President. Arthur Harris retired in July 2005 after an association with the Royal Perth Hospital of 36 years and was made Emeritus Consultant Physician. |
