Tess Cramond

Teresa (Tess) Rita O'Rourke Cramond (née Brophy) AO, OBE (1926-2015) was an Australian doctor and the director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Her career spanning fifty years, was dedicated to improving the use of anaesthesia, resuscitation and pain medicine, with specific reference to the relief of cancer pain and palliative care.

Cramond, then Brophy, was born on 26 February 1926 in Maryborough, Queensland[1] to a devout Catholic family.[1] Her father was a Railway Superintendent. Her three sisters also pursued higher education. Brophy attended Eagle Junction State School and St Ursula's College[2] in Toowoomba during World War II. In 1944, she won an Open Scholarship to study at the University of Queensland, where she enrolled in medicine.[3] Brophy was active in student life and resided at Women's College.[1] She graduated in 1951.

  1. ^ a b c Bensted, Angela (23 January 2016). "A professor of distinction" (PDF). Courier Mail. January 23, 2016: 89.
  2. ^ "ST. URSULA'S COLLEGE". Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954). 5 December 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  3. ^ "PERSONAL ITEMS". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). 10 March 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2017.