Professor Henry Burger interviewed by Professor Rob McLachlan
TitleProfessor Henry Burger interviewed by Professor Rob McLachlan
Reference240000023
Date2010
Scope and ContentHenry George Burger was born in Vienna, Austria in 1933. Burger completed his secondary schooling at Xavier College in 1950. He then began his compulsory National Service in 1951 before beginning a medical degree. Burger graduated with an MBBS from the University of Melbourne (1956), winning eleven of the twelve prizes on offer. After graduation, Burger worked as a resident medical officer (1957-58) and then registrar (1959) at St Vincent's Hospital. In 1960 he completed a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. He then went to the Diabetic and Metabolic Unit at the Alfred Hospital as a research fellow (1960-61).
In 1961, Burger was awarded a Nuffield Dominion travelling fellowship to the Middlesex Hospital in the UK. While in the UK, he worked on measuring testosterone in various disorders in women. Burger then moved to the USA to take up a United State Public Health Service International postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland (1962-65). Burger returned to Australia in 1965 as associate director of the Prince Henry's Hospital Medical Research Centre (1965-69). He was then promoted to executive director (1969-72) and director (1972-90) of the Medical Research Centre and the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Prince Henry's Hospital. He also worked concurrently as senior lecturer at Monash University (1965-78). Prince Henry's became an Institute in 1990 and Burger continued as its director until 1992. He remained as unit head and director of Endocrinology at Prince Henry's Institute until his retirement in 1998, but has continued in endocrine practice since then.
In 1961, Burger was awarded a Nuffield Dominion travelling fellowship to the Middlesex Hospital in the UK. While in the UK, he worked on measuring testosterone in various disorders in women. Burger then moved to the USA to take up a United State Public Health Service International postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland (1962-65). Burger returned to Australia in 1965 as associate director of the Prince Henry's Hospital Medical Research Centre (1965-69). He was then promoted to executive director (1969-72) and director (1972-90) of the Medical Research Centre and the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Prince Henry's Hospital. He also worked concurrently as senior lecturer at Monash University (1965-78). Prince Henry's became an Institute in 1990 and Burger continued as its director until 1992. He remained as unit head and director of Endocrinology at Prince Henry's Institute until his retirement in 1998, but has continued in endocrine practice since then.
LanguageEnglish
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Persons keyword Henry George Burger, Rob McLachlan
SubjectEndocrinology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Science--History, Science--Social aspects
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