Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001758 - Griffin, Peter John Anthony (1946 - 2009)
Title:
Griffin, Peter John Anthony (1946 - 2009)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E001758
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-12-15
2015-03-06
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Griffin, Peter John Anthony (1946 - 2009), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Griffin, Peter John Anthony
Date of Birth:
19 July 1946
Date of Death:
31 May 2009
Place of Death:
Cardiff, Wales
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BCh Wales 1970
FRCS 1976
FRCS Edin 1976
DObst RCOG 1977
Details:
Peter John Anthony Griffin was a transplant surgeon at Cardiff Royal Infirmary. He was born on 19 July 1946 and studied medicine in Cardiff, gaining his MB BCh in 1970. He was a house surgeon at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, and a senior house officer in the accident department at Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. He then became a surgical registrar in Cardiff and was later a specialist there in transplant surgery.
He was involved in the World Transplant Games Federation and, after his death on 31 May 2009 at the age of 62, the Peter Griffin award was introduced for the winning team of the men's swimming freestyle relay.
Sources:
World Transplant Games Federation WTGF Sports Awards www.wtgf.org/search.asp?keywords=Griffin&x=15&y=9&groupInView=000100010024 - accessed 24 February 2015
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/E001000-E001999/E001700-E001799
Media Type:
Unknown
