| Patron
AIR VICE-MARSHAL Bruce H. Short, RFD
Surgeon General Australian Defence Force
Air Vice-Marshal Bruce H. Short is the Surgeon General of the Australian
Defence Force, Defence Health Service, CP2-7-124, Canberra, ACT. The Surgeon
General is responsible for the command and control of all Australian Defence
Force health resources. The Surgeon General facilitates outreach into
the civilian health community and acts in a representational capacity
on behalf of the Defence Health Service. He chairs senior health committees
including the Defence Health Service Advisory Council.
Following postgraduate training Air Vice-Marshal Short was admitted as
a Fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians in 1973 and commenced
private practice in Sydney as a specialist general physician with particular
interests in cardiovascular medicine. In 1989 he was admitted as a Fellow
of the American College of Chest Physicians and in 2000 advanced to Fellowship
of the American College of Physicians. Air Vice-Marshal Short holds appointments
at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney Adventist and North Shore Private
hospitals and since 1975 has been a Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology at
the University of Sydney
Air Vice-Marshal Short has completed 40 years of continuous service in
the Australian Defence Force following his enlistment in 1960 as a private
in the Sydney University Regiment. Following 4 years Reserve infantry
training he transferred to the RAAF medical undergraduate scheme. He graduated
from the University of Sydney and following residency at Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital, Sydney, he commenced permanent Air Force service in 1968
at 3 RAAF Hospital. In addition to his clinical duties he performed strategic
aeromedical evacuation service to Vung Tau, Vietnam. He was then posted
as Senior Medical Officer RAAF Point Cook, and Senior Medical Officer
RAAF Williamtown (1970). In
1972 he transferred to the RAAF General Reserve and, in late 1973, served
at 4 RAAF, Butterworth, Malaysia, as a specialist physician.
In 1987 he transferred to the RAAF Specialist Reserve (Medical) and was
appointed the Consultant in General Medicine to the Director General of
Air Force Health Medicine (1994) and the Consultant in General Medicine
to the Surgeon General (1997). Later he served as Principal Reserve Medical
Officer (NSW). In June 1998 he was appointed the inaugural Assistant Surgeon
General (Air Force) and in December became the foundation Editor of the
Journal of the Australian Defence Force Health Service. In January 2001
he was appointed the second incumbent Reserve Surgeon General, Australian
Defence Force.
Air Vice-Marshal Short resides in Sydney with his wife Joan and they
have a daughter and a son. His special leisure interests are mountain
trekking and golf.
Major Awards and Decorations
+ Reserve Force Decoration (3 clasps)
+ National Medal
+ Vietnam Logistics and Support Medal
+ Australian Active Service Medal (1945-1975)
BACK <<
| 
