ANZCA Bulletin 2007 Dec - Australian and New Zealand College of ...

MISSING
ANAESTHETISTS!
The college is endeavouring
to locate several fellows who
have moved. Can you help?
Fellow
Dr S A Kanagasundaram
Dr B McKinney
Dr V Y Wai
Dr I R Metcalf
Dr W C Houghton
Dr M A Duncan
Last known address
UK
UK
Hong Kong
Canada
USA
Clayton VIC
?
If you can help with any information on their whereabouts it would be greatly
appreciated if you would contact Kirsty Robinson at the College.
Please remember if you do move to inform us of your new contact details.
Phone: 61 3 9510 6299
Fax: 61 3 9510 6786
Email: reception@anzca.edu.au
Don also contributed to the teaching and
training programs in Singapore, Malaysia
and Indonesia, and many of his extrainees
and friends have asked that their
condolences be passed on to the family.
Following his own experiences undergoing
anaesthetics as a boy, Don had said ‘When I
grow up I am going to do something about
these anaesthetics’. He achieved that and
much more. Professor Don Harrison was a
remarkable clinician, a gifted researcher, a
pioneer and, above-all, a superb teacher who
contributed greatly to the specialties of
anaesthesia and intensive care. Underlying
those achievements was a philosophy that
was centred on patient care and safety, that
incorporated teaching and research into
patient care and which was grounded in a
team approach to patient care. That was
especially evident in his work in Intensive
Care, where he combined empathy and a
genuine regard for patients and their
families with expert medical care based on
research and investigation, facilitated by
a team with genuine respect of each other,
their capabilities and the needs of the
patients and their families. Don admitted
that he had ‘an obsession with the need to
relieve pain and suffering particularly in the
critically ill’ combined with ‘a drive to use his
knowledge of the principles of education to
help others to better relieve pain and
suffering and to resuscitate those dying of
potentially reversible conditions’. It is fair to
say that he succeeded and that drive and
commitment was still evident in his recent
endeavours, including the ongoing research
related to improving the prediction and
management of medical emergencies in
hospitals and his teaching role in
medical simulation.
Don achieved an enormous amount in
his life, which was dedicated to serving the
community and his family. He was a true
humanitarian, a gifted doctor, a talented
teacher and a wonderful mentor. Despite
his daunting achievements, he carried
others along with his humility, his quiet
and unassuming manner and his
enthusiasm, which, coupled with his
interest in both them and the cause in
hand, always encouraged them to seek
excellence. He was a truly great man who
will be remembered and greatly missed by
his family, friends, Fellows and trainees
DR W R THOMPSON
President
THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS
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