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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
John Hill was born in Perth in 1936 the son of Henry Manners Hill, an Emeritus Orthopaedic Surgeon who also served the Royal Perth Hospital. After attending Guilford Grammar School he commenced and finished his medical degree at the University of Western Australia with the middle four years at Adelaide University during the beginning years of the establishment of the medical school at the University of Western Australia. He held resident and registrar appointments at the Royal Perth Hospital and then moved to the United Kingdom to train in orthopaedic surgery. His speciality training in the UK included St Mary's, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and the Mount Vernon Hospital before he returned to Perth in 1966. John was appointed consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Royal Perth Hospital, Fremantle Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in 1967 and served continuously until his retirement. John was Chairman of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at RPH for four years from 1983 and served on the Australian Orthopaedic Association locally and nationally from 1970 until 1991. He was Chairman of the Orthopaedic Training Committee Board of Studies (WA) from 1987 to 1991. John married Patricia Thomas in 1965 and they have three sons. Outside of medicine he has a wide range of interests including photography, golf, sailing and fishing. John Hill retired in January 2001 after an association with the Royal Perth Hospital of 31 years and was appointed Emeritus Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgery. |
