Margaret Smith trained in medicine in Adelaide, graduating in 1956.
She did five years postgraduate training in obstetrics and
gynaecology in Edinburgh and London, gaining MRCOG 1963,
FRCOG 1971
With surgeon husband, Frank, she spent seven years in Papua New
Guinea as the specialist Obstetrician/Gynaecologist to the
Highlands region.
Between 1972 and 1987 she was Senior Lecturer in obstetrics and
gynaecology for UWA, based at KEMH. In 1978, she founded the first
menopause clinic in WA (at KEMH). This clinic has now been named
after her.
From 1987 to 2012 she was in private practice (known as Caring for
Women) in the field of women's hormonal health. Margaret is a
foundation member of the Australasian Menopause Society (1988) and
was president from 1995 to 1997.
Margaret was amongst a small group of professionals who founded the
'Serpentine Falls Holistic Centre' which became the 'Centre for
Attitudinal Healing' in 1988. She was the president of this
organisation from 1986 to 1997
In 1994 she was WA Citizen of the Year (professional category). She
was made AM in 1996 for her work in advancing women's health care
in WA and Inducted into WA Women's Hall of Fame 2011
She is the author of three books ;
'Midlife assessment-a handbook for women'. Caring for Women
Publications 1998
'Is it ME or my hormones?'(with Patricia Michalka). Finch
Publishing 2006 / Harper Collins 2013
'Now and Then - a gynaecologist's journey', Crumplestone
Press 2010
Sue Williams is an award-winning journalist and author who has
written in a variety of genres. Her last book was the best-selling
Women of the Outback: Inspiring True Stories of Tragedy and
Triumph. Others include Peter Ryan: The Inside Story; Mean Streets,
Kind Heart: The Father Chris Riley Story; and And Then the
Darkness, about the disappearance of the British backpacker Peter
Falconio for ABC Books, which was shortlisted for the prestigious
Golden Dagger Award in the UK for the international True Crime Book
of the Year, and shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards in Australia.
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