Mary Deirdre Mahoney

Mary Deirdre Mahoney (14 June 1940 – 15 September 2021) was an Australian medical practitioner and academic.

Early life and education Mary Deirdre Hirschfeld was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 14 June 1940. She was the eldest daughter of Irish nurse Brigid (née Cooney) and surgeon Konrad Hirschfeld.

Mahoney was educated at St Cecilia's School in Hamilton, followed by All Hallows School in Brisbane. She won a Commonwealth Scholarship to the University of Queensland and graduated in 1963 with an MB BS.

Mahoney was state director of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) training program for 25 years. She won the Rose-Hunt Award in 2001 and in 2005 she became the first woman to be made a Life Fellow of the RACGP.

Mahoney was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to medicine in the field of general practice, to tertiary education and university administration, and to the community through activities promoting the status of women and contributions to the early childhood education sector".

Mahoney died at Hamilton, Queensland on 15 September 2021.