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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Stanley (Stan) Henry Watson was born in Melbourne in 1924 the son of Henry Edward Watson, an accountant and Sophia Anne (nee Hester). He graduated MB BS from the University of Melbourne in 1948. After holding resident appointments in Melbourne, Stan spent some time in Britain studying for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons whilst also working in Nottingham Hospitals. He returned to Australia for a while but decided to specialise in urology and returned to the UK in 1955 where he worked as a registrar in the urological unit of Richard Mogg at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. In 1957 he obtained his FRCS in urology and came to Perth where he entered private practice in this speciality with Mr Eric Kyle. He was appointed to the Urology Unit at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1957 and subsequently obtained appointments to the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in 1961 and the Repatriation Hospital in 1966. His main contribution to urology was in the development of a urological service at the Sir Charles Gairdner and Repatriation Hospitals. He had a reputation as a quick, dextrous operator with a very forthright approach to his speciality. Stanley Watson was a member of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve and served in the Korean war. He held the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant. In 1952 Stan married Jill Wilford and they have four children: two boys and two girls, one of whom is a physiotherapist. Stanley Watson retired from urological practice in 1989. |
