Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E000092 - Leighton, Susanna Elizabeth Jane (1959 - 2004)
Title:
Leighton, Susanna Elizabeth Jane (1959 - 2004)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000092
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2005-10-12
2011-07-20
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Leighton, Susanna Elizabeth Jane (1959 - 2004), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Leighton, Susanna Elizabeth Jane
Date of Birth:
20 January 1959
Place of Birth:
Kobe, Japan
Date of Death:
6 August 2004
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
FRCS 1989
BSc London 1980
MB BS London 1983
Details:
Susanna Elizabeth Jane Leighton née Hurley was a consultant paediatric otolaryngologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. She was born in Kobe, Japan, on 20 January 1959. She qualified at St Thomas's Hospital, London, where she completed an intercalated BSc in anatomy, and was vice-president of the Amalgamated Clubs and secretary of the Medical and Physical Society.
After house jobs, she decided to train as a surgeon, and became the lead surgeon on the cochlear implant team at Great Ormond Street. She also developed an interest in airway management in craniosynostosis and wrote extensively on the subject, producing guidelines.
She married Barry and had a daughter (Claudia) and two sons (John and Finn). She died from metastatic breast cancer on 6 August 2004.
Sources:
*BMJ* 329 2004 981, with portrait
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
