Edward Ford (physician)

Sir Edward Ford
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sydney
In office 1952–1957
Personal details
Born	(1902-04-15)15 April 1902 Bethanga, Victoria
Died	27 August 1986(1986-08-27) (aged 84) Potts Point, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Physician
Civilian awards	Knight Bachelor
Nickname	Ted
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Australian Army
Years of service	1940–1964
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Australian Army Medical Corps
Commands	1st Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory
Battles/wars	Second World War: Western Desert Campaign New Guinea Campaign
Military awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches
Service number	NX445

Colonel Sir Edward Ford, OBE, FRACP, FRCP (15 April 1902 – 27 August 1986) was an Australian soldier, academic and physician. He played an important role in the anti-malaria campaign in the South West Pacific Area during the Second World War, and in preventative medicine in Australia after the war, but is best known for his Bibliography of Australian Medicine.

After the war, Ford wrote a thesis on malaria control in the South West Pacific, for which he was awarded his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree by the University of Melbourne in 1946. He became Director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney in 1946, and Professor of Preventive Medicine in 1947, concurrently holding these two positions until his 1968 retirement.