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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Brian Smith was born in Bentleigh, Victoria on 26th July 1927, the son of Francis L.A.Smith a driver for the Herald Sun and Janet Elizabeth (nee) Funny. His early education was at Ormond State School, Hampton High School and Taylor's Coaching. He attended Melbourne Technical College, gaining certificates in Industrial Chemistry, Book keeping and Dyeing. Brian achieved this over a seven year period working at night and working during the day in the dye house control laboratory of Davies Coop and Company. In 1951 he started an arts course in the University of Melbourne, however after two years he changed to medicine and was awarded a Commonwealth scholarship. Brian married Joan in his fifth year of training. He won the Melbourne University Physiology Prize in 1955 and qualified MB BS in 1958. This was followed by residencies at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. In 1960, he moved into general practice at Collie in Western Australia. In 1967 he started anaesthesia training as a registrar at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. After a year he returned to part time general practice in Perth, whilst studying for the primary examination. After passing the primary he was anaethesia registrar at the Royal Perth Hospital gaining his Fellowship of the Faculty of Anaethetists Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1971. He was then a senior registrar at the Royal Perth Hospital and then in 1973 was appointed as a visiting Anaesthesia consultant. He was also a specialist anaethetist at St John of God, Subiaco, St Anne's Osborne Park, Bethesda and Stirling Hospitals. He retired in 1992. During his career in Perth he sat on the Western Australian Electrical Safety Committee and was secretary to the Western Australian Regional Committee of the Faculty of Anaesthetists Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He was a member of the Stirling Hospital medical Advisory Committee. For any years he was a member of the Board of Uniting Aid, a community service organization in Nollamara. His special interests were monitoring in anaesthesia. He was recognized by his colleagues for his skill in anaesthesia and management of para and quadriplegic patients. He contributed to the book "The Lifetime Care of the Paraplegic Patient" edited by G.M. Bedbrook. Brian and Joan have three children. |
