[1][2][3] Korner attended Barker College and the University of Sydney, where he commenced medical studies before taking a break to earn a B.Sc.
In 1979, the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia was formed, in large part due to Korner.
[8] In 2007 the synthesis of his research work was published as "Essential hypertension and its causes"[9] In 1990 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).
[10] After a brief illness, Korner died at North Shore Private Hospital in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
He was survived by his wife, Jennifer (née Woods);[3] his children, Nicholas, Anthony, and Harriet; and grandchildren, Mauricio, John, Brayan, Tom, Daniel, and Paul.