Colin Laverty

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Dr Colin Robert Laverty (18 August 1933 - ) is an Australian medical practitioner and was one of the first people to find that the human papillomavirus was common in the cervix and led to cervical cancer. [1]

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[edit] Early life

Colin Laverty was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of medical practitioner Dr Colin (Tas) Laverty. He attended Newington College [2] and then the University of Sydney from where he graduated with a BSc (Med) (Hons) in 1959, a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1962 and was awarded a Diploma in Clinical Pathology in 1969. [3]

[edit] Medical career

In 1982, Colin Laverty founded Dr Colin Laverty and Associates which provided specialised services in gynaecological cytology and histopathology. [4]

[edit] Honours

  • Medal of the Order of Australia - 26 January 2008 (for service to medicine in the fields of gynaecological cytology and histopathology, particularly through the advancement of cervical screening services in Australia and through developments in establishing the role of the human papillomavirus in the genesis of cervical cancer; and to art, particularly Indigenous art both in Australia and overseas.) [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sydney Morning Herald 26-27 January 2008 Honours Liftout pp 3
  2. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999)
  3. ^ Alumni Sydneienses
  4. ^ Symbion Laverty Pathology
  5. ^ It's an Honour