title: Geoffrey Robert Gates, AM. Rural doctor to college president.
abstract: Geoffrey Gates' career in medicine has taken him from Hong Kong to semi-rural England and to rural Western Australia, where his work among the rural population and in medical politics earned him the Membership of the Order of Australia. He was Chairman of the RACGP during his 20 years of rural practice and after moving to Perth became President of the College. His special interests were rural medical practice, especially surgery, anaesthetics and obstetrics.
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012423:Rural Health; D014904:Western Australia