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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Ted Stewart-Wynne was born in Swakopmund in Namibia in 1941 the son of Edward Stewart-Wynne, a bank manager. He attended Cape Town University where he switched from engineering after one year to study medicine and graduated MB ChB in 1965. He obtained the Fellowship of the South African College of Physicians in 1971 and in 1981 was awarded the FRACP. His training as a neurologist included a registrarship with Professor John Walton (now Lord Walton) at Newcastle-upon-Tyne whom he admired particularly for his organizational skill. Indeed in many ways he modelled himself on Professor Walton's ability to get things done. Ted is a quietly spoken but determined man and this earned him the respect of the administration of the Royal Perth Hospital and his colleagues. He came to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1977 and spent a year working as a registrar in the Department of Neurology where immediately his organizational skills were appreciated. He was appointed Consultant Neurologist at the Royal Perth Hospital in January 1978. He remained a consultant for the next twenty two years and retired on 26th May 2000 at the height of his powers in neurology because it had always been his intention to leave enough time to pursue other important goals in his life. He was a member of the Australian Association of Neurologists and the Stroke Society of Australia. Ted had a long-standing interest in the study of strokes and with his colleagues completed the Perth Community Stroke Study in 1989. He has been President of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Brain Foundation of W.A. His interpersonal skills made it possible for him to serve not only for a period of six years as Head of the Department of Neurology, but also on general hospital committees including the Division of Medicine of which he eventually became the Head and which allowed him longstanding membership on the Board of Management and the committee on Change Management at a time when major changes in the organisational structure within the hospital were taking place. This was a difficult time for the hospital but Ted's skill at handling people helped the process to proceed. Ted made a large number of clinical presentations and wrote numerous scientific papers and book chapters. He married Stella (nee Smyth) in 1969 and they have four children two boys and two girls. Outside of medicine Ted is interested in woodturning, cooking, trees and bird watching. |
