VICDOC Autumn 2025 - Magazine - Page 36
Born on 21 July 1925
Thoracic surgeon
Hounslow, England
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Died on 13 June 2007
Heidelberg, Victoria
Joyce Daws worked in the area of
thoracic surgery at various hospitals for
over 20 years. She was appointed Dame
Commander of the Order of the British
Empire (DBE), 14 June 1975,
for her services to medicine.
1956
1974
1977-1987
Settled in Australia
Honorary Secretary,
Victorian Branch Council
of the Australian
Medical Association
Board member of
the After Care Hospital
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1958-1967
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Surgeon at the Royal
Melbourne Hospital
1958-1985
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Assistant Thoracic
Surgeon at the
Queen Victoria
Memorial Hospital
1967-1975
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President, Victorian
Medical Women's Society
1974-2007
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Member of the Victorian
Nursing Council
1975
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Assistant Thoracic
Surgeon at Prince
Henry's Hospital
Awarded Dame
Commander
of the Order of the
British Empire
1970-1985
1976
Assistant Thoracic
Surgeon at the
Alfred Hospital
President, Board of
the Cancer Institute
of Victoria
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1978-1980
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Board member of the
Cancer Institute of
Victoria
1980-1985
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President,
After Care Hospital
1983-1989
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Chairman, Victorian
Nursing Council
1984
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Chairman, Academic
and Professional Panel
1987-1996
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Chairman, International
Protea Association
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