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Dr Beverley Vollenhoven has thrown herself wholeheartedly into her academic profession.
A senior lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash Medical Centre, Beverley's other roles include coordinator for fifth-year students, training supervisor for residents and registrars, researcher into uterine fibroids and ovulation induction, practitioner in her reproductive endocrinology clinical practice, and partner in the Monash IVF practice.
Originally from Sri Lanka, Beverley has traced her ancestry back to 16th-century Dutch settlers known as Burghers, who remain a minority ethnic group in Sri Lanka today. Beverley migrated to Australia with her family when she was 10 years old, and studied medicine at Monash in the early 1980s. Her subsequent registrar training in obstetrics and gynaecology and her PhD studies were interrupted only by the birth of her daughter Katherine.
In 1993, Beverley was awarded a fellowship at the University of Miami, but she returned to Monash after two years to complete her sub-specialty in reproductive endocrinology. While this demanded heavy work and study commitments at the time, Beverley says sub-specialisation can ultimately offer "tremendous lifestyle advantages for women, such as having time for yourself and your family".
This lifestyle also enables Beverley to dote on her second surrogate child, Tiffany the poodle, and indulge her passion for shopping and watching cricket, although she admits to being undecided about whether to support Australia or Sri Lanka.
- Lisa Pawlicka
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