THE Border had lost one of its “leading lights” in specialist surgery with the death yesterday of urologist Robert MacGregor, one of his colleagues said.
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John Russell said Dr MacGregor, 60, had arrived in Albury more than 20 years ago after gaining an associate professorship in urology in the US.
Dr Russell said he had known Dr MacGregor since school at Melbourne Grammar
Dr MacGregor had moved on to study medicine at Melbourne University and had then served as a naval doctor including time aboard the warship HMAS Vampire.
He had undertaken surgical studies at Ann Arbor in Michigan, before completing his American exams.
At the end of 1982, Dr MacGregor had contacted Dr Russell after his return to Australia.
He joined Dr Russell’s practice in Albury soon after.
Dr MacGregor had been a senior urologist with the Australian Urologists Society for 25 years and with Dr Russell, had established the Border Urological Clinic, training registrars over more than 15 years.
He had provided the only urology service in Wangaratta in recent years and had consulted at Albury Base Hospital, Albury Wodonga Private Hospital and the Wodonga hospital as well as his own private Albury practice.
Dr Russell said Dr MacGregor had served two terms on the medical advisory board at the Albury Wodonga Private Hospital and was also an advisor to the Australian Urologists Society and the Victorian training board.
He said Dr MacGregor’s death had been sudden and unexpected.
“I had played golf with him on Saturday and I know he worked all day in Wangaratta on Monday,” he said.
“He was a great friend since school and his death leaves an enormous hole in the community which will be very hard, if not impossible to fix.”
Dr MacGregor is survived by his wife Judith Rattray and three adult children by his first marriage, James, Jessica and Hamish.
