Dilys Craven

Dilys M. Rees, Mrs. Craven, OBE is a Welsh-born Australian paediatrician.

Born, raised and educated in Wales, Dilys Rees was the senior visiting specialist in paediatrics at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, beginning in 1951, then held the same position at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, also in Adelaide, South Australia. She completed her MD at the University of Adelaide in 1966.[1]

She retired from medical practice in 1984, but retained her links with area hospitals as Emeritus Physician.

Affiliations

Order of the British Empire

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1981) "for her services to medicine and paediatrics".

Family

She married David Craven in 1950; they have two daughters.

References

  1. Bio at Australian Women website
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