Special Achievements

• 1947 - First woman in Victoria to be admitted to Fellowship of The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), and the second person in Australia to gain that recognition).
• 1949 - “Sisely was the first female to win the A. Gordon Craig Travelling Scholarship which she used to study female urology and surgery overseas.”
• First woman admitted to the Urological Society of Australia. 1963 - First woman to attend the All Male function - the Annual Dinner of the Urological Society of Australia.
• 1979 - Founder and Consultant Surgeon of the Breast Clinic Monash Monash Medical Centre.
• On 14 June 1980 Lorna Sisely was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service to medicine. 

Link - Sisely, Lorna Verdun (1916 - 2004)

The Australian Women's Register

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Link - Sisely, Lorna Verdun, (OBE, MB, BS, MS (Melb), FRACS, FACS, CM) (1916-2004)

National Library of Australia

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Link - Sisely, Lorna Verdun (1916 - 2004)

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

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References

• Callander, John; Hart, Stewart; Collins, Peter.  Dr Lorna Verdun Sisely, oBE MB BS MS FRACS FACS CM - Surgeon championed women in medicine.  newspaper unknown.  date unknown:page unknown.
• Hudson, Susan.  Pioneering woman surgeon who always shone.  The Age.  March 6, 2004:page unknown.

Image - Lorna Sisely OBE

Photo used with permission of Royal Australasian College .