Stuart Taylor
Stuart Taylor
Urologist
25 September 1934 – 16 April 2019
Stuart Taylor was born in Braidwood, NSW and had a carefree childhood growing up as a country boy, attending Braidwood Primary School (often on horseback).
He attended S.C.E.G.S. (Shore), North Sydney as a boarder, having an enjoyable and successful school life and matriculated in 1952. He was accepted into Medicine at Sydney University in 1953 and lived in St. Andrew’s College graduating in 1958.
After an initial stint as a Registrar and Assistant Superintendent at St. George Hospital Sydney, he was awarded a Nuffield Scholarship and went to the U.K. in 1961. After periods of work as a Medical Officer in the Australian Migration Mission in Spain (1962) and the 8th US Army Medical Corp in Germany (1962-1964) he returned to England in 1966 where he obtained his Fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and later England. He then underwent Paediatric Urology Training at St. Phillips and Great Ormond Street and was a Registrar at St Peters Hospital and Institute of Urology in London in 1967. In 1968 Stuart was a Senior Registrar (working alongside Peter. O. Maher) at the Western General Hospital (Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
On returning to Australia he received his F.R.A.C.S. in 1969 and moved to Newcastle (Australia) to begin his Urological Practice initially as a Staff Specialist then in Private Practice in both Adult and Paediatric Urology, (1971 – 2001).
During his career Stuart held many academic and administrative positions including Clinical Lecturer, University of Newcastle, President Australian & New Zealand Association of Urological Surgeons (1984 – 1988), President Urological Society of Australasia (1993 – 1994) and Urological Representative on the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (1994 – 1997).
He was Senior author on many scientific publications including early work on the association of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract and A.P.C. powder abuse.
Stuart was a master surgeon and his case selection, operative precision, economy of movement and meticulous dissection were the trademarks of his surgical skill, admired by his colleagues and marvelled at by his trainees.
He established Newcastle as a Training position and much sought-after post for Urology Registrars. He also established and strongly supported a Urological Training position for Papua New Guinea helping to establish the subspecialty of Urology in that country. Mentoring his Registrars gave him great personal satisfaction.
In his retirement, Stuart and his wife Jill, moved to Palm Beach where they had first met prior to his time in the U.K. He was an active member of the Surf Club, also enjoyed Golf and Skiing as well as spending time at his property at Crackenback.
Stuart epitomizes the complete man not only his distinguished surgical career and his varied interests and hobbies but also as a dedicated and much-loved husband, father and grandfather.
This obituary was kindly provided by Martin White FRACS.