Claudia Burton Bradley

Claudia Portia Burton Bradley MBE (28 November 1909 – 5 October 1967) was an orthopaedist, paediatrician and pharmacist.

Her main area of work and research was cerebral palsy, which led her to become the first medical director of the Spastic Centre of New South Wales and the founder of the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association.

In 1945, she was appointed the first medical director of the Spastic Centre of New South Wales, and the same year she married Joel Austen Phillips, a retired businessman.

[1] Her main area of work was in cerebral palsy; she was involved in international research and pioneered a team-based approach to treatment and habilitation.

[1] She was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1966 for her commitment to researching and treating cerebral palsy.