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Asset Name:
E004867 - Blach, Rudolph Karl ( - 2013)
Title:
Blach, Rudolph Karl ( - 2013)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E004867
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-01-10

2016-01-15
Description:
Obituary for Blach, Rudolph Karl ( - 2013), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Blach, Rudolph Karl
Date of Death:
14 November 2013
Titles/Qualifications:
BA Cambridge 1952

BChir 1955

MB 1956

FRCS 1962

MD 1965

FCOpth 1988
Details:
Rudolph Blach was dean of the Institute of Ophthalmology, London, and a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He was the son of Hedwig Jeanette Blach, a nurse companion. She was originally from Germany, but became a British citizen in 1948, at the same time as her son. Blach studied at Cambridge University and St Thomas' Hospital Medical School. He qualified with his BChir in 1955 and the MB in 1956. In 1962 he gained his FRCS. He was a house physician at St Thomas' Hospital and carried out his National Service as a captain in the RAMC. He then held training posts in ophthalmic surgery at Moorfields. Prior to his appointment to the staff at Moorfields he was a consultant in ophthalmic surgery at St Mary's Hospital, London, and an honorary consultant at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital. He wrote papers and chapters on diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, degenerative myopia, vitreous surgery and macular disease, among other subjects. He was a former deputy master of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. Rudolph Blach died on 14 November 2013.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004800-E004899
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