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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Cecil Lewis was the son of a Welsh clergyman, the Reverend Wilfred Lewis. He graduated in medicine from the University of Wales in 1939 and then as a member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, served in destroyers from 1940 to 1946. His interest in the Navy continued and in 1960 he was appointed Consulting Surgeon to the Royal Australian Navy. After the second World War he held appointments at the University of Wales; first as Lecturer in Anatomy (1946-47) and then as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Surgery (1947-56). In 1956 he was Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons and in 1957 he was appointed Foundation Professor of Surgery at the University of Western Australia and Head of the University Department of Surgery. While at the University of Wales he obtained his MCh; his thesis "Observations on fluid balance following head injury". He received the Jacksonian Prize, Royal College of Surgeons for his paper on Melanomas and Melanosis in 1955. Cecil Lewis had innovative ideas on medical education and a determination to broaden the horizons of medical students. He introduced a free half day into the curriculum called "Comingle Day" at which students met leading citizens of the country and overseas visitors. The need for this was perhaps stimulated by his own wide experience outside of medicine. He had once worked as a circus hand. Outside of medicine Cecil Lewis is interested in sculpture, the clarinet and rugby. He and his wife Jean have three children, two sons and a daughter. Cecil Lewis resigned in 1964. |
