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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Dr Ian Thorburn was born in Perth, the son of Ernest Thorburn, an Estate Agent and farmer and Laura (nee Growse). He was educated at Guildford Grammar School and then proceeded to Melbourne University where he took his MB.BS with Honours in 1928. After working as a Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital and at the Children's Hospital Melbourne, he obtained his MD in 1931. After a year at the Women's Hospital, Melbourne, he came to the Perth Hospital as a Registrar in February 1932. The following year he went to the Royal Chest Hospital, London as a resident medical officer and then returned to Perth to spend two years (1934-36) as Medical Superintendent at the Perth Hospital. In 1936 he was appointed as a Physician, an appointment he held continuously until August 1963. Ian Thorburn retired in 1963 but retained an appointment as Honorary Physician in Infectious Diseases. He was also appointed Emeritus Consultant Physician in General Medicine and Emeritus Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases. His service to the hospital continued in this position until he ceased practice in January, 1984. He therefore gave 51 years of service to the hospital. During this time his clinical acumen, personal charm and dedication to the hospital were appreciated by all those who worked with him. Ian Thorburn had an interest in the St John Ambulance Association which extended over 50 years and in 1969 he was made a Knight of St John of Jerusalem. In 1936 he married Patricia May, a nursing sister he met in Melbourne. Ian and Patricia had 2 daughters, Sally Louise Brown (nee Thorburn) and Margaret Dagney Oriel Adams (nee Thorburn). Dr Thorburn died in 1985. |
