Frank Stephens (surgeon)

Frank Douglas Stephens (1913 to 2011) was an Australian surgeon, born in Melbourne, the son of the paediatric surgeon Henry Douglas Stephens. Educated at the University of Melbourne, he specialized in surgery, particularly the congenital malformations of the uro-genital tract. He served with the Australian Army Medical Corps in the Second World War, received the Distinguished Service Order in 1942 and was discharged in 1945 as a major. After the war he moved into paediatric surgery and worked mostly at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. His pioneering surgical techniques brought him the Sir Denis Browne Gold Medal of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons in 1976, the Urology Medal Award of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1986 and appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1987. He wrote several books on ano-rectal abnormalities in children.