Douglas Reye
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Ralph Douglas Kenneth Reye (/raɪ/ "rye"; 5 April 1912 – 16 July 1977) was an Australian pathologist.[1] Reye's syndrome is named after Reye.[2]
Life and career
Reye attended Townsville Grammar School and the University of Sydney, where he completed undergraduate studies in medicine and was awarded a MBBS in 1937. He was later to be awarded a MD from the University of Sydney in 1945.[1][2] Reye joined the staff of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (RAHC) in 1939 as a pathologist. He remained at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for all his working life.[1] In 1965 Reye was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.[1] On 16 July 1977, Reye died at the age of 65, of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm at Royal North Shore Hospital, 24 hours after he had retired from the RAHC.[1]
Reye syndrome
In 1963 The Lancet published an article written by Reye, Graeme Morgan, and Jim Baral about an encephalopathic condition that became known as Reye syndrome.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Reye, Ralph Douglas Kenneth (1912–1977)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Reye, Ralph Douglas Kenneth". University of Sydney. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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