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Professor Edwin Carlyle Wood -
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Name: Edwin Carlyle WOOD
Date of Birth: 28th May, 1929
Present Position:
Emeritus Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Monash University
Director
Monash IVF
185-187 Hoddle Street
RICHMOND 3121
President
International Society for Gynaecologic Endoscopy
Marital Status: Married with three children
Education:
Educated at Wesley College, Melbourne
Melbourne University
Qualifications:
M.B, B.S., Jamison Prize in Medicine, Exhibition in Medicine - 1952
Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - 1957
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons - 1958
Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - 1967
Fellow, Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - 1980
Awards:
Commander British Empire - 1982
Axel Munthe Award (International Award in Reproductive Science) - 1988
Companion in the Order of Australia - 1995
Societies:
1963 Co-founder, Blair Bell Research Society, UK.
1970 - 81 Australian Obstetrical and Gynaecological Research Society
1971 - 81 Australian Paediatric Research Society
1968 - Australian Society of Reproductive Biology
(Committee Member 1974 - 76)
1975 - 81 Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Endometriosis Society
1990 International Society for Gynaecologic Endoscopy - President
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists - Honorary Life Member
Australian Society of Reproductive Biology - Honorary Life Member
Australian Fertility Society - Honorary Life Member
Previous Positions:
1952 - 55 Graduate Training, Alfred and Royal Women's Hospitals, Melbourne
1956 Second Assistant, Professorial Unit, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
1957 - 58 Registrar Training posts in UK in General Surgery, Urology and Plastic
Surgery
1959 Lecturer, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital for Women and Institute of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of London
1959 - 60 Research Assistant (part-time), Royal Veterinary College, London
1960 - 64 Senior Lecturer, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital for Women and
Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of London
1961 Research Associate, Rockefeller Institute, USA (on leave from Senior
Lecturer post)
1965 - Foundation Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Other Positions Held While Chairman, Obstetric and Gynaecology, Monash
University
1966 - 72 Head of Obstetric Unit, Queen Victoria Medical Centre
1966 - 84 Head of Gynaecology Unit, Queen Victoria Medical Centre
1968 - 78 Foundation Director and Consultant, Fetal Intensive Care Unit, Queen
Victoria Medical Centre
1970 - 72 Foundation Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Family Planning
Association of Victoria
1971 Co-Founder First Sexual Therapy Clinic in an Australian Hospital: Director,
Dr E Koadlow
1976 - 80 Chairman and Assistant Director, A.I.D. Service, Melbourne Family
Medical Centre, Monash University - Epworth Hospital (Profit directed to
research)
1977 - 79 Foundation Chairman, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen
Victoria Medical Centre
1978 - 86 Chairman and Director, In Vitro Fertilization Programme, Melbourne
Family Medical Centre, Monash University - Epworth Hospital
1978 - 86 Member of State Consultative Council on Maternal and Perinatal
Mortality and Morbidity
1980 - 82 Member, NH & MRC Committee of Reproduction and Maternal Health
1982 Foundation President of Victorian Association for the Study of Sex
Education, Research and Therapy
1984 - 90 Head of Reproductive Biology unit, Queen Victoria Medical Centre
1990 - 94 Assistant Director, Melbourne Gynoscopy Centre
1993 - Member, Board of International Society for Gynaecologic Endoscopy
1995 - Vice President, International Society for Gynaecologic Endoscopy
Advisory Board, European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Advisory Board, Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Advisory Board, In Vitro Fertilization Journal
Advisory Board, Gynaecological Endoscopy
Advisory Board, Imagyn Medical Inc
Referee, Numerous National Journals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Review Committee, The Journal of the American Assoc of Gynecologic
Laparoscopists
Advisory Board, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy
Editorial Board, Editorial Advisory Committee, The Journal of the American Assoc
of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
International and National Invited Guest Lecturer/Porfessor:
1967 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Barnes Hospital, Washington
University, St Louis and New York Gynaecological Society, New York, USA
1968 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Barnes Hospital, Washington
University, St Louis, USA
1969 Symposium, Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Disorders, NICH, Puerto Rico,
USA
1970 Congress, Prenatal Life, University of Detroit, Detroit, USA
1970 Congress, Physiological Biochemistry of the Human Fetus, Crittenton
Hospital, Detroit, USA
1973 Workshop on "In Vitro Fertilization", WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
1973 Symposium on Advances in Fetal Medicine, Mexican Society of Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists, Mexico City, Mexico
1974 VIth Asian Congress in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1975 Seminar on Perinatal Medicine, State Obstetric Hospital, Mexico City,
Mexico
1976 Symposium on "International Asphyxia and the Developing Brain",
San Diego, California, USA
1977 Second International Symposium in Perinatal Medicine, Las Vegas, USA
1977 First International Conference on Obstetrics and Gynaecology in developing
countries, Ibadan, Nigeria
1979 VIII World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tokyo, Japan
1979 Royal College of Physicians Meeting on Prostaglandin Inhibitors in
Gynaecology, London, UK
1980 Visiting Professor, St. Mary's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, London, UK (4 weeks)
1980 VIII International Symposium of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Barcelona,
Spain
1981 Infertility Congress, Italian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists,
Florence, Italy
1981 National Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Philippines
1982 Pan-Pacific Postgraduate Course for Specialists, Tahiti
1983 Second Congress of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, Singapore
1983 9th Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Korea
1985 International Medical Technology Symposium, Singapore Medical Association
1985 International Society of Developmental Biology, Los Angeles
1985 Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Guest Professor)
1987 International IVF Symposium, Norfolk, USA
1989 Pacific Coast Fertility Society, Texas, USA
1990 IVFA Guest Lecturer, Harvard, New York University
1991 International Symposium, Assisted Reproductive Technologies - Present and
Future Directions, New York Medical Centre, New York
1991 Clinical Course for Surgical Pelviscopy, September 2-24, Bali, Indonesia
1992 Ninth Course in Advanced Pelviscopic Surgery, University of Kiel, Germany
1992 International Symposium on Implantation in Mammals "The Current Status
and Future of Assisted Reproductive Technology in the Female". Ed.
Guarorala, L., Geneva, 1991, Raven Press
1992 International Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy, AAGL, Chicago, Illinois
1993 Endosurgery - The State of the Art, The Centre for the Study of
Endosurgery, Hamilton Island, Australia
1993 3rd Biennial Meeting of International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy,
Washington DC
1993 World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights, Sydney, Australia
1993 World Congress of Gynaecological Endoscopy, International Federation of
Gynaecological Endoscopists, Bombay, India
1993 Advanced Gynecologic Endoscopy, The International Federation of
Gynaecologic and the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong
1993 International Federation of Gynacologic Endoscopists, December 7-8, Hong
Kong
1993 Joint Symposium Monash IVF and Cha Women's Hospital, Future Direction in
Assisted Reproductive Technology, Sept 10-11, 1993, Seoul, Korea, Ed K-Y Cha
1993 Laparoscopic Pelvic Anatomy, Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Advanced
Operative Laparoscopy, February 26th, California
1993 The World Congress of Gynaecologic Endoscopy, AAGL 22nd Annual Meeting
November 12-14, San Francisco, California
1993 VIIIth World Congress on Human Reproduction Joint IVth World Conference on
Fallopian Tube in Health and Disease April 4-9, Bali, Indonesia
1994 Laparoscopic Assisted Hysterectomy Workshop, The Australian Gynaecological
Endoscopy Society, Queen Victoria Hospital, Adelaide, March 12
1994 Fourth World Congress on Endometriosis. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 25-27 May
1994 Ku-ring-gai District Medical Association Congress. Palm Cove, Queensland,
26-30 June
1994 European Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopic Surgery, Rome, 13-17 June
1994 International Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy, AAGL, 23rd Annual Meeting,
New York, 18-23 October
1994 Gynaecological Update, Laparoscopic Procedures November 16, Ringwood
Private Hospital.
1994 Intensive Advanced Endoscopic Course October 8-9, Brisbane, Australia
1995 International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy, 4th Biennial Meeting,
London 26-29 April
1995 British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy, Masterclass in Endoscopic
Surgery, 26th April, London
1995 Second International Symposium, Review of the Major Success Factors in IVF
& the Treatment of Endometriosis, Seoul, Korea 29-30 April
1995 Third World Master Class - Advanced Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy 15-18
February, Melbourne.
1995 Back to Basics Workshop, Sydney 18-20 February.
1995 Endometriosis Meeting, May, 12-14 May, Albury New South Wales, Australia.
1995 Advanced Laparoscopy Symposium, 19-21 May, Sydney, Australia.
1995 Second Annual Seminar and Workshop on Laparoscopic Surgery, 20-22 May,
Sydney, Australia
1995 The Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Tasmanian
State Committee. Annual Scientific and General Meeting, 21-22 October.
1995 Fertility Society of Australia and Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy
Society, 19-25th November, Melbourne, Australia.
1996 ISGE Annual Meeting, Chicago USA, 14-17 April.
1996 RACOG Annual Scientific Meeting, Denarau Beach, Nadi, Fiji 30 June-5 July.
1996 Surgical Success, "Operating Room Nurses - Handmaidens or
Heroes?", 26-28 July, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
1996 Advanced Operative Laparoscopy an Uplifting Experience. Mercy Hospital for
Women, 6-7 September.
1996 Fertility Society of Australia and Australian Endoscopy Meeting.
Queenstown, New Zealand, 9-14 September.
1996 National Conference, NSW Branch of AMA, Broome, Western Australia, 5-11
October.
1996 The Vth World Congress on Endometriosis, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, 21-24
October.
1997 A Collaborative Series of Gynaecological Endoscopy Workshops, Sydney,
Australia, 24-25 February
1997 6th Annual Congress of The International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy,
Singapore, 16-19 April
1997 New Frontiers in Assisted Reproductive Technology and New Advances in
Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2-5 July.
1997 XV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Copenhagen, Denmark,
3-8 August.
1997 Monash Obstetrics & Gynaecology Update, Club Med, Noumea, Sept 28 - Oct
4.
1998 7th Annual Meeting of The International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy,
15-18 March , Sun City, South Africa
Special Lecturers/Awards:
1964 Blair Bell Lectureship, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
1971 Charles J Barone Lectureship, Magee Women's Hospital, University of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia
1977 Twelfth Featherston Memorial Lecture, AMA, Geelong
1978 Annual Travelling Fellowship, Australian Society for Psychosomatic
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
1980 Tracy Mund Lecture, Royal Women's Hospital
1984 Archibald Watson Memorial Lecture, Royal Australian College of Surgeons
1984 Symposium to celebrate 20th year as Foundation Chairman of the Department
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, held at Royal College of
Surgeons
1988 Axel Munthe Award, International Prize for Reproductive Science - awarded
every 3 years
1994 Festschrift, Reproductive Medicine Beyond 2000, Melbourne
1995 Founders Day Dinner, Wesley College
Postgraduate Students:
PhD Fetal Acid-Base Status in the Human Fetus
J Lumley 1971
The Ovarian Adenylate Cyclase System
C Nugent 1976 (Co-supervisor)
The Effects of Some Drugs on Fetal Acid-Base Status
A Chang 1976
Functional Development of the ANS in the Fetus and Newborn
D Walker 1979 (Co-supervisor)
Hormones, Affect and Sexuality
L Dennerstein 1979 (Co-supervisor)
Prolactin: Synthesis and Physiology
D Healy 1982 (Co-supervisor)
The Prediction of Pre-term Labour
RJ Bell 1983
M.Sc. Fetal PO2 Measurement in the Human Fetus
A Walker 1970
B.Med.Sci. Study of Sexual Behaviour Among a Lower Socio-economic Group of Women
E Lewis 1970
Family Planning Practice Among General Practitioners
M Barson 1970
Optimal Delivery Posture
SE Morgan 1973
Publications
Books 22
Chapters in Books 56
Articles in referred journals 378
