Kenneth Arthur Myers

Kenneth Arthur Myers FRACS FACS (14 February 1935 – 3 March 2021) was an Australian surgeon specialising in phlebology.

On return to Melbourne, he was appointed as Surgeon to Prince Henry’s Hospital and later to the Monash Medical Centre as Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery.

In 1977 he was invited to be a guest lecturer at Oxford University and in 1985 also had a stint back at St Mary’s hospital in London as Associate Director at the Irvine Laboratory for Cardiovascular Investigation and Research.

Myers was a prolific author of over 200 scientific papers and textbooks on arterial surgery, vascular ultrasound and venous and lymphatic diseases and contributed to many medical guideline and consensus documents.

[4][6][7] Myers also enjoyed educating students and was Dean of the Prince Henry’s Medical School, Lecturer of Surgery at the University of Melbourne as well as Clinical Professor at the Department of Surgery at Monash University.