Background
Paul Ivan Korner was born in Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (Ostrava, Czechoslovakian Republic) as the older of two sons of Ernst Korner and Edith (née Singer).
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Paul Korner
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Korner attended Barker College and the University of Sydney, where he commenced medical studies before taking a break to earn a Bachelor of Science (1947). He completed his medical education in 1951 and undertook his internship at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Career
and a Master of Science During his education and training, he was heavily influenced by Frank Cotton, Hugh Kingsley Ward, and, later, (C) Ruthven (B) Blackburn. Korner was the Foundation Professor and Head of the School of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of New South Wales. Korner was a director of the Baker Medical Research Institute in Melbourne.
In 1979, the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia was formed, in large part due to Korner.
From the 1950s till his death, Korner published in excess of 330 research works. In 2007 the synthesis of his research work was published as "Essential hypertension and its causes"
After a brief illness, Korner died at North Shore Private Hospital in Street Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
At the time, Korner resided in Woolwich, a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney. Legacy
A weekly seminar series presented by doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, has been named in honour of Korner.
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Australia