Profile - Dr Francis Berry

FRANCIS ROBERT BERRY MB, BS, FANZCA

Francis "Fred" Berry is one of Australia's most highly respected figures in the field of Anaesthesiology. Fred has served on numerous industry bodies and Government committees.

Qualifications and Training: MB., BS. (University of Sydney) 1957 FFARACS (now FANZCA) - (Cecil Gray Prize)

Employment History:

• 1982 - present: Consultant Anaesthetist, Coffs Harbour Base Hospital and Baringa Private Hospital, Coffs Harbour
• 1981 Member Court of Economics, Australian College of Emergency Medicine
• 1977 - 1981 Director Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Perth Hospital
• 1977 Staff Specialist Anaesthetist, Sir Charles Gardner Hospital, Perth
• 1971 - 1976 Tutor to final FAARACS Course (NSW) in Applied Anatomy
• during 1972 World Health Organisation Visiting Lecturer to Western Pacific Anaesthesiology Training Centre, Manilla, Philippines
• 1970 - 1980 Member of the Court of Examiners FFARACS
• 1968 - 1976 Member (representing Australian Society of Anaesthetists) of Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia in NSW
• 1966 - 1970 Tutor to primary FFARACS Course (NSW) in Cardiovascular Physiology
• 1963 - 1976 Lecturer in Anaesthetics, University of Sydney
• 1965 Research Fellow Departments of Anaesthetics & Physiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool England
• 1962 Acting Director, Department of Anaesthetics & Resuscitation, Sydney Hospital
• 1959 - 1961 Anaesthetic Registrar, Sydney Hospital
• 1957 - 1958 Resident Medical Officer, Sydney Hospital