Background
Kincaid-Smith was born in Johannesburg in 1926 and studied medical science at the University of the Witwatersrand in there.
Kincaid-Smith was born in Johannesburg in 1926 and studied medical science at the University of the Witwatersrand in there.
She earned her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in 1946 and her BMBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) in 1950. She was awarded a Doctor of Science by the University of the Witwatersrand in 1979.
She was a past President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australian Medical Association, World Medical Association and International Society of Nephrology. From 1951-1953, she worked at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, holding resident positions in Medicine and Surgery and Registrar in Medicine. She died on 18 July 2015 at the age of 88.
Director of Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital (1967-1991) Professor of Medicine, University of Melbourne (1975-1991) Physician in Nephrology, Royal Women"s Hospital, Melbourne (1976-1991) In the early 1960s Kincaid-Smith demonstrated evidence of the links between headache powders containing phenacetin (sold as Bex in Australia) and kidney cancer, and campaigned strongly against the use of such powders.
She also contributed to research on links between high blood pressure and renal malfunction. Kincaid-Smith was President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1986-1988), as well as past president of the Australian Medical Association, World Medical Association, and International Society of Nephrology.
Doctor Kincaid-Smith married Doctor Ken Fairley, also a medical doctor, in London in 1958. Doctor Kincaid-Smith died on 18 July 2015, aged 88, surrounded by family at her home in Melbourne, Australia from complications following a stroke.
She was a Member of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.