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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Paul Skerritt was born in Concord NSW Australia in December 1942, the son of Rex Skerritt a manager and Kathleen nee Gallivan. After graduating in medicine at the University of Adelaide in 1966 he was resident medical officer at the Queen Elizabeth Hosptital Woodville, South Australia. He then went as a rotating intern at The Memorial Hospital Worcester, Mass USA 1967-68. This was followed by Senior House Officer and Registrar appointments in Psychiatry at United Birmingham Hospitals, England. Following other appointments in the UK Paul returned to Australia and was appointed Senior Registrar in Psychiatry at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1973. He was appointed Associate in Psychiatry in 1974 and Consultant Psychiatrist in 1975. Paul Skerritt has served the Hospital and the community in many ways. In 1985 he was appointed Chairman and Head, Department of Psychiatry, RPH. He has been Director of Joondalup Mental Health Services, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Western Australia, Member Catholic Doctors' Assocation WA, Member, Section on Forensic Psychiatry, RANZCP, Member of the Psychiatry of Old Age, RANZCP, and other important groups and advisory bodies. In 1999 he was given the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists WA Branch, Meritorious Service Award. He has published a number of papers and has presented papers at both National and International Meetings. Paul has also served on the Editorial Boards of:- Paraplegia - The International Journal of the Spinal Cord, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, The Australian Journal of Hospital Medicine and the Australian Journal of General Practice. In 1967 Paul married Margaret Doherty (also a medical practitioner) and they have five children, four sons and one daughter. Paul Skerritt retired in 1997 and was appointed Emeritus Consultant. |
