Professor priscilla kincaid smith biography

South African-born Australian physician and medical researcher

Priscilla Sheath Kincaid-Smith, Mrs. Fairley, AC, CBE (30 November 1926 – 18 July 2015), was an Australia-based South African physician and researcher, specializing in nephrology.

She was a President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1986-1988; first woman Councillor in 1976), World Medical Association and International Society of Nephrology (1972–75).

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Early life and education

Priscilla Sheath Kincaid-Smith was born in Johannesburg, 30 November 1926,^[1] where she studied medical science at the University of the Witwatersrand. She earned her BSc (Hons) in 1946 and her BMBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) in 1950. She was awarded a DSc by the University of the Witwatersrand in 1979.

Career

From 1951–53, she worked at Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, holding resident positions in Medicine and Surgery and Registrar in Medicine.^[2]

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