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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Michael Laurence-Brown was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1944 the son of Stan Laurence-Brown, a Safari Guide and Professional Hunter and Cicely (nee Roberts). He attended the Prince of Wales High School in Nairobi and took the Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate in 1962. He went to the University of New South Wales to study medicine and qualified with Honours in 1971. Michael was appointed Surgical Registrar at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1974 and obtained Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 1978. He was Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the Repatriation General Hospital 1982-1989 and from 1984 Consultant in Vascular Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital. He is a member of the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery and a member of the International Society of Endovascular Therapists. Michael has been Chairman of the Royal College of Surgeons, WA Branch and a member of the sub-committee of the division of training in vascular surgery. For some time he was Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery and largely as a result of his work the RPH has become one of the most desired training hospitals in vascular surgery within Australia. He has had an impressive number of "firsts" to his credit during his time at the Royal Perth Hospital. Introducing pressure garments for burns to the establishing of a surgical audit in general surgery, setting up the Quality Assurance Department, introduction of intra operative blood cell salvage with cell washers to Australia. He was also the chief investigator of the abdominal aortic aneurysm screening program funded by the NH&MRC in Western Australia. Michael is co-inventor of the Zenith endoluminal graft for arterial aneurysmal disease that is used worldwide. He has some written some 65 papers published in major professional journals and in addition he has made 69 presentations many to International meetings. His energy and drive have attracted substantial research funds over the years. Michael married Michele Elizabeth Howard in 1968 and they have three sons. Outside of medicine Michael is interested in trekking and fishing and also plays veterans hockey. Michael Lawrence-Brown retired in January 2001 and was appointed Emeritus Consultant in Vascular Surgery. |
