Rozner, Leo (1932 - 2016)
by
 
Tina Craig

Asset Name
E009243 - Rozner, Leo (1932 - 2016)

Title
Rozner, Leo (1932 - 2016)

Author
Tina Craig

Identifier
RCS: E009243

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2016-08-25
 
2019-09-06

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Rozner, Leo (1932 - 2016), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Rozner, Leo

Date of Birth
19 July 1932

Place of Birth
Danzig, Germany

Date of Death
28 May 2016

Occupation
Plastic surgeon
 
Plastic and reconstructive surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
FRCS 1960
 
FRACS
 
FACS

Details
Leo Rozner was a plastic surgeon in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. Born on 19 July 1932 in Danzig, Germany, he was the son of Chaskiel Rozner and his wife Klara née Klesczki. Seven years later in 1939 the family emigrated to Australia to escape the Nazi persecution of the Jews. He studied medicine at Melbourne University and graduated in 1955. After working as an associate assistant surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1955 to 1961 and later as assistant surgeon from 1959 to 1962, he became an assistant to Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop and worked with him for four years until 1964. In 1960 he passed the fellowship of the college. At the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne he was an assistant plastic surgeon from 1964 to 1972 when he became a senior plastic surgeon. Having served in Vietnam as a surgeon with the United States Agency for International Development in 1963, the Australian government awarded him the Vietnam service medal in 1996. Appointed consultant plastic surgeon at the Sandringham Hospital in Melbourne he was there from 1975 to 1984, followed by a consultant post in Windsor, New South Wales. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, a founding member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons and a member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Outside medicine he enjoyed golf, skiing, photography, music and the arts. He married Catherine Jane Welk on 8 June 1954 and they had two children Gideon and Romy. On 31 March 1961 he married Judith Ur and their children were Maya Regina and Dana Sarah. They divorced in 1983. When he died on 28 May 20 aged 83, he was survived by his third wife, Denise, and his four children.

Sources
https://prabook.com/web/leo.rozner/3505559 - accessed 25 August 2019

Rights
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Collection
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Format
Obituary

Format
Asset

Asset Path
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009200-E009299

URL for File
381426

Media Type
Unknown