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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Vincent McCann was born in Belfast, Northern Island in 1940 the son of Vincent McCann a doctor and Molly nee McManus. He studied medicine at Queens University Belfast graduating in 1964 and did his early postgraduate training at the Mater Hospital, the Belfast City Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. From 1970 to 1972 he did research on liver disease and was awarded an MD for this work. In 1972 Vincent held a Clinical Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio and this was followed by a period of General Medical Practice first in British Columbia and then in Fremantle. Vincent McCann was appointed Consultant Physician in endocrinology and diabetes at the Royal Perth Hospital 1975. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of WA in 1985 and Chairman and Head of Department, Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Royal Perth Hospital from 1987-90 and again from 1996-99. He was Consultant Physician in Diabetes at the Repatriation General Hospital Hollywood WA, from 1985-1994. Vincent has been active in a number of research projects including the epidemiology of diabetes and its complications, pathogenesis and immunology of diabetes, The Royal Perth Hospital diabetic survey and diabetic education. He has published extensively with over 50 papers and has made regular presentations at scientific meetings both in Australia and Internationally. He is a member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and a member of the Diabetes Australia. In 1972 Vincent married Julie Breen and they have one daughter. Dr McCann retired in April 2001 and was appointed Emeritus Consultant Physician. |
