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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Bryant was born in Perth in 1937 the son of Sydney John Stokes who worked in The Department of the Surveyor General and Exploration. His school education was at Wesley College. He then studied medicine at the University of Western Australia and was one of the early graduates of the then young West Australian Medical School. He graduated 1959 with distinctions in medicine and surgery. After graduation he became a resident medical officer at Royal Perth Hospital and then in 1961 joined the Department of Anatomy at the University of Western Australia initially as a demonstrator and in 1962 as a Lecturer. In 1963 he returned to work at the Royal Perth Hospital as a casualty registrar, then in 1964 was a Registrar in the Department of Surgery of the University of WA and the Department of Neurosurgery at RPH. During this time he decided to make his career in Neurosurgery and from 1965 to 1967 was a Senior Registrar in Neurosurgery at Royal Perth Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital. He was also at this time a Lecturer in Surgery. From 1967-1969 he was an Associate in Neurosurgery at Royal Perth and Princess Margaret Hospitals. After that he went overseas as Chief Resident in Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery in the University of Toronto, Canada. Bryant returned to Perth in 1970 and was appointed a Consultant in Neurosurgery at Royal Perth Hospital a position he held until his retirement in 1999. Between 1975 and 1993 he held the Chair of the Interhospitals Neurological Service. He was very active in the 70s and 80s being at different times: Clinical Sub Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Chairman of the Division of Surgery, Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee and Member of the Board of Management at Royal Perth Hospital. In 1994 he branched out further into administration holding the position of Director of Medical Services at St John of God Hospital Subiaco from 1994 -1996. From 1995-2001 he was the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health Western Australia and toward the end of this period was Acting Commissioner of Health. Currently he holds the following academic positions: Clinical Professor of Surgery and Professor of Clinical Anatomy and Human Biology, University of WA and Professor of Anatomy, Notre Dame University He has published extensively in International Journals and has been invited to speak at many international meetings. |
