Allegiance Australia Rank Brigadier | Role Surgeon Name Rob Atkinson | |
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Birth name Robert Neville Atkinson Born 21 March 1947 (age 77) ( 1947-03-21 ) Deployments Vietnam WarGulf WarUNAMIR (Rwanda)Operation Bel Isi (Bougainville)INTERFET (East Timor)UNTAET (East Timor)Operation Astute Awards Member of the Order of Australia Reserve Force Decoration |
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Brigadier Robert Neville "Rob" Atkinson, AM, RFD, FAMA (born 21 March 1947) is an orthopaedic surgeon and retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, best known for his contributions to trauma and military surgery.
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Career
In 1970, Atkinson graduated MB, BS from the University of Adelaide, completed his residency, then served with the Australian Army as a medical officer during the Vietnam War, specialising in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. He continued his career in the Australian Army Reserve, becoming Assistant Surgeon General (Army) of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). In 1998, he reached the rank of brigadier. He was also Emeritus Consultant in Military Surgery for the ADF.
His military service included deployment to the Gulf War, and peacekeeping missions in Rwanda, Bougainville and East Timor. He also served in Aceh, and Samoa, following the tsunamis of 2005 and 2009.
He has served on the council of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and received the E.S.R. Hughes Award for distinguished contributions to military surgery.
In 2008 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for services to medicine as an orthopaedic surgeon and through contributions to professional associations", and was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Medical Association (FAMA) in the same year.
In 2014, he became the President of the Naval, Military and Air Force Club of South Australia. In the same year he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the South Australian Legislative Council on the independent 'Your Voice Matters' ticket.
Publications
Atkinson has contributed to published papers on medical, surgical and road safety since 1978, including: