Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E000025 - Boustany, Wa'el Seifeddin (1931 - 2004)
Title:
Boustany, Wa'el Seifeddin (1931 - 2004)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000025
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2005-09-14
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Boustany, Wa'el Seifeddin (1931 - 2004), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Boustany, Wa'el Seifeddin
Date of Birth:
1931
Place of Birth:
Damascus, Syria
Date of Death:
16 December 2004
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1974
MD Damascus 1956
LRCP 1974
Details:
Wa’el Seifeddin Boustany was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. He was born in Damascus, Syria, into a medical family. He studied medicine in Damascus and then came to England for postgraduate training. After completing several house posts, he went to the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, as an orthopaedic registrar. He then moved to the South Infirmary in Cork, where he worked for many years.
In 1978 he returned to Damascus, where he was in private practice. In 1989 he went to work at Al-Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, where he remained until he retired in 1998.
He died of prostatic cancer on 16 December 2004, leaving a wife, Catherine, and four sons.
Sources:
*BMJ* 2005 *330* 968.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000000-E000099
Media Type:
Unknown
