Professor

Henry Burger

AO FAA FAHMS

Henry Burger
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Henry George Burger is distinguished for his outstanding contributions in medical practice and medical research. He achieved the isolation, purification, cloning, sequencing and determination of the regulation of the hormone inhibin. Sperm production and ovulation are modulated by this feedback signal to the pituitary gland. Involved in treatment of patients with a variety of hormonal disorders, his work with infertile couples has brought greatest international recognition. He has achieved world leadership in investigation and treatment of infertile males and females. His inhibin measurements provide the complete source of information about functions and disorders of inhibin secretion in man.

Expertise type

  • Cancer
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Hormones
  • Men's Health
  • Inhibin
  • Endocrinology
  • Fertility
  • Medical Sciences
  • Menopause

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Henry George Burger was born in Vienna, Austria in 1933. Burger completed his secondary schooling at Xavier College in 1950. He then began his compulsory National Service in 1951 before beginning a medical degree. Burger graduated with an MBBS from the University of Melbourne (1956), winning eleven of the twelve prizes on offer. After graduation, Burger worked as a resident medical officer (1957-58) and then registrar (1959) at St Vincent's Hospital.
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