ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Dr. Philip Norrie – DOB 5/2/1953
Surgery – 2/50 Kalang Road, Elanora Heights 2101
Telephone: (02) 9913 1088


Education

Knox Grammar School
— History and Geography prize each year, Sports and Studies Prize as best all rounder in Final Year 1970

1. MBBS (NSW) 1977 Primary Medical Degree

2. MSc (Syd) 1993
First Graduate ever from the new History and Philosophy of
Science Department at the University of Sydney Thesis “A Study of Original Documents on Viticulture in Early New South Wales and the role of the Macleay Family 1788-1883”

3. MSocSc (Hons) (CSU) l998
Thesis "Leo Buring, his life and influence on Australia's Wine Industry"

4. PhD (UWS) 2005
Thesis "Wine and Health through the ages with special reference to Australia"

5. M.A.(Syd) 2006
Thesis analyzing the causes of death in Darlinghurst Gaol from
1867 to 1914.

6. M.D. (NSW) 2007
Accepted to do a Doctor of Medicine from First Semester 2007
researching for a thesis “The Effect of Disease on the History
of Europe and its Expansion”

Books

• "Vineyards of Sydney — cradle of the Australian wine Industry" 1990
• "Lindeman — Australia's Classic Winemaker" 1993
• "Australia's Wine Doctors" 1994
• "Penfold — Time Honoured" 1994
• "Wine and Health " 1994 (Booklet for McWilliams Wines)
• "Leo Buring — Australia's First Wine Authority" 1996
• "Wine and Health Diary" l998-2002 inclusive
• "Wine and Health — a new look at an old medicine" 2000
• "Dr. Philip Norrie's Advice on Wine and Health" 2000
• "Wine and Health" 2005 (Booklet for McWilliams Wines)

Contributions

1. "Australian Wine - Regions and Rituals"
1995 Jim McMahon, Chapter 20 "Wine and Health"

2. "Oxford Companion to Wine"
Jancis Robinson editior, Wine and Health sections

3. "Wine - a Scientific Exploration"
2003 Royal Postgraduate Medical School at the University of London, Chapter 2 "The History of Wine as a Medicine"

4. Australasian Journal of Psychopharamacology
1994 "Some Most Unusual Vineyards - The Vineyards of Australia's Lunatic Asylums"

5. Annals of the New York Academy of Science
Vol.957, 2002 "Alcohol and Wine in Health and Disease" Article – "Corrupt Captains and Convicts"

 

Memberships

• Australian Medical Association
• Wine Communicators of Australia Inc
• Royal Australian Historical Society
• Australian Society of the History of Medicine
• Founder — Australian Medical Friends of Wine Society
• Australian Representative on the Editorial Board of "Alcohol in Moderation"
  Journal in UK
• Australian Atherosclerosis Society

Research Areas

• History of Medicine
• History of Wine
• History of Wine as a Medicine

Current Projects

• Effect of disease on history for a Doctor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales — commenced 2007
• Promoting Resveratrol Enhanced Wine

 

DR NORRIE ON THE WEB

Find out more about Dr. Norrie from his website www.DrNorrie.info