John Turtle
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John Ross Turtle is an Australian medical academic and endocrinologist. He is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine and an Honorary President of the International Diabetes Federation
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, Australia
, and attended Newington College
(1947-1953), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House
. He graduated in medicine from the University of Sydney
.
International Diabetes Federation
The International Diabetes Federation is a worldwide alliance of some 200 diabetes associations in more than 160 countries, who have come together to enhance the lives of people with diabetes everywhere. For over 50 years, IDF has been at the vanguard of global diabetes advocacy...
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Early life
Turtle was born in SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and attended Newington College
Newington College
Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
(1947-1953), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House
Wyvern House
Wyvern House, is one of the two single-sex, preparatory day schools for boys of Newington College and is located at 115 Cambridge Street Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia....
. He graduated in medicine from the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
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Medical career
- Head, Royal Prince Alfred HospitalRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalThe Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown...
Endocrinology Department (1971-2002) - Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney (1971-2002)
- Emeritus Professor (Since 2003)
Committees
- Vice-President, International Diabetes Federation (1991-1997)
- Member, Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (1972-1993)
Fellowships and Honours
- Fellow, Royal College of PhysiciansRoyal College of PhysiciansThe Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
- Fellow, Royal Australasian College of PhysiciansRoyal Australasian College of PhysiciansThe Royal Australasian College of Physicians, or RACP, is the organisation responsible for training, educating, and representing over 9,000 physicians and paediatricians in Australia and New Zealand. It was founded in 1938....
- Officer, Order of AustraliaOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
(1992) - Officer, Order of Fiji (1999)
Publications
- A Normal Life with Diabetes - jointly (1972)
- The Diabetic Gourmet - jointly (1975)
- Life with Diabetes - jointly (1982)
- Diabetes in the New MillenniumMillenniumA millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....
- jointly (1999)