Background
Louis, William John was born on April 13, 1937 in Stawell, Victoria, Australia. Son of John and Fotini (Mezines) Louis.
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William John Louis
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Education
Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, U. Melbourne, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, U. Melbourne, 1966.
Career
Resident medical officer, Royal Melbourne (Victoria) & Children's Hospital, 1961-1963;
pathology registrar, Royal Melbourne (Victoria) & Children's Hospital, 1963;
assistant department medicine, U. Melbourne, 1964-1973;
professor, head department clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, U. Melbourne, since 1974;
director cardiothoracic services, director clinical pharmacology and hypertension services, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, since 1996. Deputy chairman division medicine, senior physician, director hypertension services Austin Hospital, since 1974. Senior consultant clinical pharmacology Royal Dental Hospital Melbourne.
External assessor department medicine U. Malaysia. Honorary assistant physician St. Mary's Hospital, London, 1969-1979. Visiting scientist experimental therapeutics branch National Heart and Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1969.
Overseas research fellow National Heart Foundation Australia, 1967-1970. Member organizing committee of joint meeting of Swedish and Australian Academy, since 1985. Co-chairman R.D. Wright International Lecture Series, Australia, since 1986.
Chairman.6th International Congress Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, 1996. Member various federal government science and medical committees. Presenter professional symposia.
Achievements
Membership
Past president Australian Society Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology. Member international medical advisory county National Hypertension assosiation, New York, since 1978. Board directors Prince Henry's Medical Research Center, since 1990.
Fellow Royal Australian College Physicians, Council High Blood Pressure Research of America Heart Association. Member American Hypertension Society, International Society Cardiovasc. Pharmacotherapy (science secretary, board directors since 1991), International Society Hypertension, Cardiac Society Australia and New Zealand, Australian Council High Blood Pressure Research, Australasian Society Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists, Australian Academy Science (national committee pharmacology 1975-1984, secretary), Australian Society Medical Research, Australian Society Clinical professors.
Interests
Connections
Married Sandra Stewart, January 13, 1961 (divorced). Children: Gregory Roderick, Neil Christopher, Simon Nicholas. M.Emma Sue Bowers, October 5, 1985.
1 child, Marc.
