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Gollan, Keith Ransome
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Qualifications
CMG (1979) MB BS Syd (1944) MRACP (1969) FRACP (1974)
Born
18/01/1920
Died
23/04/1986
Keith Ransome Gollan was born in January 1920 and died April 1986. He graduated MB BS from Sydney University in 1944 and was a resident at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. In 1948 he became a medical officer at the Repatriation General Hospital, Concord. From 1949 to 1954 he was a part-time fellow in the thoracic unit at RPAH and honorary clinical assitant from 1958 to 1961. He was a captain in the AAMC from 1945 to 1946.
In 1956 Keith Gollan joined Pfizer Limited Australia as medical director and thus became one of the pioneer physicians to join the pharmaceutical industry. From that time Keith's interests moved from his first love, medicine, to business. He moved from medical director to general manager, Pfizer Australia from 1960 to 1965. In 1966 Dr Gollan joined American Cyanamid as manager and remained there until retirement in 1979.
Keith Gollan was a kind, considerate individual who thought a great deal about the welfare of his fellow man. He was a strong supporter of the Red Cross and the Flying Doctor Service. He was particularly involved with the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service and his own medical history of peptic ulceration and bleeding made him particularly aware of this latter service. Keith Gollan was a strong supporter of the College. He initiated the Pfizer Lectures as one of the earliest travelling fellowships at the College whereby distinguished international visitors such as Carl Moore and Max Wintrobe participated in the Australasian teaching scene. Dr Gollan received a CMG in the New Year honours in 1979. His wife was the former Judy Playfair and they had two daughters.
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JE JEFFERIS
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May 30, 2018, 17:35 PM
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