Felix Huber studied medicine at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney where he qualified in 1951, and did junior jobs before coming to England to specialize in surgery. He was registrar at the Royal Northern and Mayday Hospitals before returning to Sydney first as honorary specialist at the Bankstown Hospital, and later at the Cancer Council Specialist Unit, where he became a member of the administration. He died in January or February 2000, survived by his wife, Rina.