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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Robert McWilliam was born in Sydney NSW in 1937 the son of Claude Robert McWilliam a company Director and Edna May nee Lego. He studied medicine at the University of Western Australia graduating MB BS in 1960. As a young graduate he began work at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1961 and then went to the United Kingdom to train in orthopaedic surgery and was made FRCS (Edin) in 1966. He returned to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1967 and was appointed Senior Surgical Registrar. 1968 saw him move to Kalgoorlie to take up surgical practice and he considers that although the practice was demanding it was one of the highlights of his career. In 1975 Bob returned to the Royal Perth Hospital as Emergency Medical Officer and was appointed Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine in 1989. He has also held appointments at St Joseph's Hospital 1975-94, St John of God Hospital Murdoch 1994-2000 and was a Consultant to the Repatriation Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre, Hollywood 1989-97. He has made a number of presentations at International Conferences dealing with prosthetic limb fitting in amputees. In his younger days he was an active sportsman with College Colours in swimming, lifesaving, rowing, Australian Rules football and athletics. He was also a member of hockey and shooting teams. He was a member of the WA state swimming team in 1953 and a member of the WA state football team in 1962. His interests now are travel and classical music. In 1967 Bob McWilliam married Hilary Clayton a medical graduate in general practice and they have four children three boys and a girl. Robert McWilliam retired in December 2001 and was made Emeritus Consultant, Rehabilitation Medicine. |
