Gordian Fulde Explained

Gordian Fulde
Honorific Suffix:AO
Birth Name:Gordian Ward Oskar Fulde
Birth Date:3 October 1948
Birth Place:Engen, Germany

use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) -->| death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates = | monuments = | nationality = Australian| other_names = | siglum = | citizenship = | education = Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (1971)| alma_mater = University of Sydney| occupation = Doctor| years_active = 1971present| era = | employer = St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney| organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | height = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charges = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Lesley Forster| partner = | children = 2| parents = | mother = Marie Luise Fulde| father = Edwald Adolf Oskar Fulde| relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = Senior Australian of the Year (2016)| website = | module =

Child:yes

| signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}Gordian Ward Fulde (born 1948) is an Australian emergency medicine specialist, the founder of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and was the director of the emergency department of St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney for 35 years, retiring in 2018.[1] [2] He was named Senior Australian of the Year in 2016.[3]

Early life

Fulde was born in Germany in 1948 to Edwald Adolf Oskar Fulde, a thoracic surgeon, and Marie Luise Fulde, a pathologist. He migrated to Australia with his parents and older brother, Lothar, when he was one year old, settling in Bellevue Hill, a suburb in Sydney's east.[4]

Career

Fulde studied medicine at the University of Sydney and completed his internship at St Vincent's Hospital. He trained in general surgery, but after taking up a position at Sutherland Hospital that involved supervising the hospital's emergency department, he discovered that he preferred emergency medicine to surgery. He was the third person to register for the examinations in emergency medicine established by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in the United Kingdom in 1983, and the first person to pass them. He founded the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in 1984.[5]

Fulde was appointed the Director of Emergency at St Vincent's Hospital in 1983 and held the role until his retirement in 2018;[6] at which time he was the longest-serving director of an Australian emergency department.[7] St Vincent's Hospital is regarded as having one of the busiest emergency departments in Australia[6] and was the setting of reality television series Kings Cross ER, in which Fulde featured prominently.[5] He was also the director of the Sydney Hospital emergency department[8] and a professor of emergency medicine at the University of New South Wales and the University of Notre Dame Australia.[6] He was a strong proponent of the Sydney lockout laws introduced in 2014 to combat alcohol-induced violence.[9]

Fulde was named Senior Australian of the Year in 2016.[10]

Fulde was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017 for "distinguished service to emergency medicine as a clinician and administrator, to medical education, and to the community as an advocate for a range of public health issues."[11]

Personal life

Fulde met his wife (Susan) Lesley Forster[4] when she was studying medicine at UNSW (MB BS '75).[9] Lesley Forster trained as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators and Public Health,[12] having served as the Director of Medical Administration at St Vincent's and having established the NSW Trauma System and Retrieval Services and the Delineation of Roles in Hospitals, and served as the Head of the UNSW Rural Clinical School.[13] She is the inaugural Dean of Rural Medicine of Charles Sturt University.[14] Their daughters, Sascha and Tiffany Fulde, are also doctors;[4] the former is an emergency specialist and the latter is an anaesthetist.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: 12 March 2018. Dr Gordian Fulde to retire as head of St Vincent's emergency department. 7 News Sydney.
  2. News: Laughlin. Shaya. 2017-03-16. How one of our busiest doctors survives. 2021-07-22. Daily Telegraph. en.
  3. Web site: Aston. Heath. 2016-01-25. Sydney emergency doctor Gordian Fulde named Senior Australian of the Year. 2021-07-22. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  4. Web site: The right man. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427060855/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=A959B1701AF4B498E9B14165630EBAEE?sy=afr&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=1month&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=brs&cls=630&clsPage=1&docID=SHD0912201SMN79M5ND9. dead. 27 April 2017. Steve. Dow. The Sun-Herald. 20 December 2009. 26 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Senior Australian of the Year award for emergency medicine pioneer. Amy. Coopes. 25 January 2016. UNSW Newsroom. 26 April 2017.
  6. Web site: Professor Gordian Fulde. Radio National. 9 February 2014. 26 April 2017.
  7. Web site: Sydney emergency doctor Gordian Fulde named Senior Australian of the Year . The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2016. Heath. Aston. 26 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Home.
  9. Web site: Gordian Fulde: Game Changer. Alana. Lowes. The Retiree. 23 May 2016. 26 April 2017.
  10. Web site: Professor Gordian Fulde. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805164252/https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/gordian-fulde/1400/. dead. 5 August 2020. Australian of the Year Awards. 21 February 2022.
  11. Web site: OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA. https://web.archive.org/web/20180313123619/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2017/mnxi3_8skq/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO.pdf. dead. 13 March 2018. Office of the Governor-General. 12 June 2017.
  12. Web site: Lesley Forster - School of Rural Medicine. Charles Sturt University.
  13. Web site: Senior Australian of the Year award for emergency medicine pioneer. UNSW. 25 January 2016.
  14. Web site: Dr Lesley Forster appointed inaugural Dean of Rural Medicine - CSU News. 7 November 2019.