Tess Cramond

Teresa (Tess) Rita O'Rourke Cramond (née Brophy) , (1926–2015) was an Australian anaesthetist and the director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Her career spanning fifty years, was dedicated to improving the use of anaesthesia, resuscitation and pain medicine, with specific reference to the relief of cancer pain and palliative care.

Cramond, then Brophy, was born on 26 February 1926 in Maryborough, Queensland to a devout Catholic family. in Toowoomba during World War II. In 1944, she won an Open Scholarship to study at the University of Queensland, where she enrolled in medicine. Brophy was active in student life and resided at Women's College.

Brophy returned to Australia Their recommendations led to changes in rescue services and improved survival rates. Their work with the surf lifesaving association ultimately led to the signs required by all modern backyard and public pools, showing basic cardio pulmonary resuscitation, in conjunction with work by the Australian Resuscitation Council. After Roger Bennett's death in 1967 due to cancer, Brophy took up the challenging issue of pain management, which she established at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1967, the second centre of its kind in Australia. It was renamed for her in 2008. 1992 Red Cross Long Service Award 1994 Distinguished Service Award, Australian Red Cross AMA Women in Medicine Award Distinguished Member Award of the Australian Pain Society Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Chapter of Palliative Medicine Doctor of Medicine Honoris Causa from the University of Queensland Doctor of the University from the Australian Catholic University

Memberships Source: 1978–1981 Member of the Anti-Cancer Council of Queensland 1981 President of the Australian Medical Association, Queensland 1991–1995 Member of the Royal Brisbane Hospital Foundation 1992–1996 Member of the Senate of the Australian Catholic University Honorary Life Member of Surf Lifesaving Queensland and Surf Lifesaving Australia Cramond, whose practice was in Dalby moved to Brisbane where his wife's work was focused. Brophy took her husband's surname after their marriage.

Cramond died on 26 December 2015. She is buried beside her husband at Nudgee Cemetery. She was survived by her nieces, nephew and stepchildren.

Legacy Annual Tess Brophy Lecture