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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Ivor Surveyor was born in June 1933 in London, the son of Jehangir Surveyor, a physician and Ann (nee Segenfield). Following his early education at St Clement Danes Grammar School, he spent two years in the Royal Air Force. On leaving the Air Force he studied medicine at Bristol University qualifying MB.CHB in 1958 with distinctions in Forensic Medicine and Public Health. He obtained his Doctorate of Medicine from Bristol University in 1967 and was made FRACP in 1975 and FRCP in 1981. In 1958 Ivor was appointed House Physician and House Surgeon at Bristol Royal Infirmary. He then moved to Plymouth Hospital where he was Senior House Officer in Pathology. In 1960 he was appointed Medical Registrar at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Following other appointments in England and Wales, Ivor came to Australia in 1972 and was appointed Assistant Physician at the Royal Perth Hospital. In 1973 he was appointed Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, a position which he held for more than twenty years. He also had visiting appointments at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, the Princess Margaret and Fremantle Hospitals. During 1980-81 Ivor spent a year as visiting scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratories in the USA. He is a member of a number of societies such as the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine and the British Nuclear Medicine Society and was President of the Australian New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine 1987-89. Ivor has been active in supporting the Hospital particularly in committee work. He has been Chairman of the Radiological Panel, Chairman Division of Diagnostic Medicine and member of the Medical Advisory Committee. Dr Surveyor has published a number of papers in leading Journals on subjects such as Body Composition, Splenic Injury and Nuclear Medicine, Cerebral Blood Flow and A breath test for Helicobacter pylori. Ivor married Dr Mary Ashworth in 1961. They have three children: two sons and a daughter. Their daughter, Fiona, is also a medical practitioner. Both he and Mary are keen yachtsmen and have contributed to the sport over many years. Ivor Surveyor retired in July 1995 and in recognition of his service to the Hospital, the Board of Management appointed him Emeritus Consultant Physician (Nuclear Medicine). |
