Dr Priscilla Sheath Kincaid-Smith, Mrs. Fairley (b. 31 October 1926, Johannesburg, South Africa), AC, CBE is a Victoria, Australia-based physician and researcher, specializing in nephrology.
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She studied medical science at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She earned her BSc (Hons) in 1946 and her BMBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) in 1950. She was awarded a DSc by the University of the Witwatersrand in 1979. From 1951-53, Kincaid-Smith worked at the Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, holding resident positions in Medicine and Surgery and Registrar in Medicine.[1]
In the early 1960s Kincaid-Smith demonstrated evidence of the links between headache powders and kidney damage, and campaigned strongly against the use of such powders. She also contributed to research on links between high blood pressure and renal malfunction.[2]
Kincaid-Smith was President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1986-88), as well as past president of the Australian Medical Association, World Medical Association, and International Society of Nephrology. She is a Member of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
Dr Kincaid-Smith married Dr Ken Fairley, also a medical doctor, in London in 1958.[1] They have three children.