Colin Laverty

Dr Colin Robert Laverty (born 26 May 1937) 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]

Early life

Colin Laverty was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of medical practitioners Dr Colin (Tas) Laverty and Dr Beryl Laverty. He attended Newington College (1949-1953)^[2] and then the University of Sydney. He has the qualifications MB,BS; BSc(Med); DCP(Syd); FRCPA; Dip.Cytopath (FRCPA). He graduated BSc(Med) with honours in 1959, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1962 and Diploma in Clinical Pathology in 1969 ^[3] and subsequently obtained by examination Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and a Diploma in Cytology from the same college. While at Sydney University he was awarded a Blue for Rowing.

Medical career

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

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]

Publications (books/catalogues)

• Australian Colonial Sporting Painters: Frederick Woodhouse and Sons (Sydney, 1980) The David Ell Press, ISBN 0-908197-19-5
• Pastures and Pastimes: An exhibition of Australian Racing, Sporting and Animal Pictures of the 19th Century, Victorian Ministry for the Arts (Melbourne 1983) Catalogue, ISBN 0 7241 5392 1983;6
• Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's remote Aboriginal communities, Hardie Grant Books (Melbourne 2008), ISBN 9781740665704 (hbk)

References

1. ^ Sydney Morning Herald 26-27 January 2008 Honours Liftout pp 3
2. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp113
3. ^ Alumni Sydneienses
4. ^ Symbion Laverty Pathology
5. ^ It's an Honour

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