Rob Atkinson (surgeon)
Rob Atkinson | |
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| File:Rob Atkinson AM RFD.jpg Atkinson answering questions at a function, January 2014 | |
| Born | 21 March 1947 |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch | Australian Army |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | Royal Australian Army Medical Corps |
| Conflicts | Vietnam War Gulf War Rwanda (UNAMIR) Operation Bel Isi International Force for East Timor Operation Astute |
| Awards | Member of the Order of Australia Reserve Force Decoration |
Brigadier Robert Neville Atkinson, AM, RFD, FAMA (born 21 March 1947) is an Australian orthopaedic surgeon and retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, best known for his contributions to trauma and military surgery.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Atkinson graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Adelaide in 1970, completed his residency, then served with the Australian Army as a medical officer during the Vietnam War, specialising in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. He continued his career in the Australian Army Reserve, becoming Assistant Surgeon General (Army) of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). In 1998, he was promoted to brigadier. He was also Emeritus Consultant in Military Surgery for the ADF.[2]
His military service included deployment to the Gulf War,[3] and peacekeeping missions in Rwanda, Bougainville and East Timor.[4] He also served in Aceh,[4] and Samoa,[5] following the tsunamis of 2005 and 2009.
Atkinson has served on the council of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons,[1] and received the E.S.R. Hughes Award for distinguished contributions to military surgery.[6]
In 2008 Atkinson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for services to medicine as an orthopaedic surgeon and through contributions to professional associations",[7] and was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Medical Association (FAMA) in the same year.[8]
In 2014, Atkinson became the President of the Naval, Military and Air Force Club of South Australia. In the same year he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the South Australian Legislative Council on the independent 'Your Voice Matters' ticket.
Publications
[edit | edit source]Atkinson has contributed to published papers on medical, surgical and road safety since 1978, including:
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See also
[edit | edit source]Footnotes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b RACS Surgical News 2003, p. 10.
- ^ Australian Defence Force Journal 2002, p. 23.
- ^ Atkinson 2013, p. 31.
- ^ a b Courtenay 2013, p. 21.
- ^ McLean 2009.
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- ^ Member of the Order of Australia (AM), Atkinson, Robert Neville, 9 June 2008, itsanhonour.gov.au,
- ^ Australian Medical Association 2008.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1947 births
- Australian brigadiers
- Australian military personnel of the Gulf War
- Australian military personnel of the International Force for East Timor
- Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War
- Australian orthopaedic surgeons
- Fellows of the Australian Medical Association
- Living people
- Members of the Order of Australia
- 20th-century Australian surgeons