Desmond Leo Gurry

Background

Gurry, Desmond Leo was born on December 23, 1933 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Son of Leo John and Mary Catherine (Snigg) Gurry.

Education

Matriculation, Xavier College, Melbourne, Australia, 1950; Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, U. Melbourne, 1956.

Career

Resident medical officer, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, 1957-1959; resident, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, 1959-1965; senior house officer, Children's Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1965; registrar, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 1965-1966; resident in pediatrics, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1966-1967; senior lecturer in pediatrics, U. Western Australia, Perth, since 1969. Fellow Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 1973. Visiting physician U. Childrens Hospital, Erlangen, Germany, 1976-1977, Munich, 1980, Muenster, Germany, 1983-1984, Beijing Children's Hospital, China, 1989-1990, 94-95.

Achievements

• Desmond Leo Gurry has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Pediatrician, famine relief team Ethiopian Medical Action, Wollo Province, 1973-1974. President Non-Smokers Movement of Western Australia, 1986-1989;chairman, subcommittee on neglect Western Australian Advisory and Coord. Committee on Child Abuse.

Councillor Australian Society of the History of Medicine, since 1989. Fairlight Lieutenant Royal Australian Air Force, 1957. Fellow Royal Australian College of Physicians.

Member Royal College of Physicians/London, Australian College of Education, International College Pediatrics.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, bush-walking, music, photography.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Currie, March 24, 1962. Children: Karen, Tania, Ian.

Father:

Leo John Gurry

Mother:

Mary Catherine (Snigg) Gurry

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Currie

child:

Ian Gurry

child:

Tania Gurry

child:

Karen Gurry