Global InformationLorna Verdun Sisely information
Lorna Sisely OBE, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FACS, CM | |
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| Born | Lorna Verdun Sisely 14 March 1916 Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Died | 27 January 2004 (aged 87) |
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| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Known for | Founding the Queen Victoria Medical Centre Breast Clinic |
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| Profession | Surgeon |
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Lorna Verdun Sisely OBE, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FACS, CM (14 March 1916 – 27 January 2004) was a surgeon from Victoria, Australia. She was the founder and the consultant surgeon of the Queen Victoria Medical Centre Breast Clinic, the first of its kind in Victoria. She was admitted as a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1947. She was the first woman to do this by passing the RACS Fellowship Examination. She was awarded an OBE in 1980 in recognition of her service to medicine.