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I graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of NSW in 1969 and became an MRACP in 1973. Two years later I converted to FRACP. I was awarded an MD from the University of Sydney in 1980 for my thesis describing original research on the hypertensive diseases of pregnancy, and was awarded a CJ Martin Fellowship to continue post-doctoral research at the University of Oxford.
I subsequently worked as a nephrologist with a particular interest in hypertension and in the medical disorders of pregnancy, holding consultant appointments in Sydney for over 30 years at the Royal North Shore Hospital, the Mater Hospital and North Shore Private Hospital. I also held academic appointments at Sydney University as Clinical Professor of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
During this time I was also the consultant physician to the Maternity Unit at Royal North Shore Hospital and Co-director of the Perinatal Research Group. In this role, as well as conducting a busy specialist clinical practice, I was an active researcher into investigation and treatment of hypertension and medical disorders in pregnancy, and also into basic disease mechanisms underlying these disorders.