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Asset Name:
E007441 - Macdonald, Eric Ian Alan (1901 - 1984)
Title:
Macdonald, Eric Ian Alan (1901 - 1984)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007441
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-06-08
Description:
Obituary for Macdonald, Eric Ian Alan (1901 - 1984), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Macdonald, Eric Ian Alan
Date of Birth:
30 October 1901
Place of Birth:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death:
28 February 1984
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1930

MB ChB Auckland 1924

FRACS 1936
Details:
Eric Ian Alan Macdonald was born in Melbourne on 30 October 1901 but soon moved to New Zealand, where he was educated at Remuera District School,Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University where he graduated MB, ChB in 1924. From 1926 to 1930 he obtained specialist training in a number of London hospitals including Golden Square. After obtaining the FRCS he returned to Auckland where he practised as an ENT surgeon for 41 years, first at Auckland Hospital and later at Green Lane Hospital where he introduced the chest physicians and Sir Douglas Robb to the skills of bronchoscopy. In 1936 he became FRACS and in 1952 became the first New Zealand member of the Collegium Otorhinolaryngologicae Amicitiae Sacrum - the most prestigious international body in his specialty. He is fondly remembered for his surgical skill and his patient and sympathetic manner. He died on February 28 1984 survived by his wife Winifred, a well-known local historian, his son Graham, a neurosurgeon in Auckland, his younger son Gerard, a physicist in Sussex, his daughter Alison, an advertising executive in the USA, and five grandchildren.
Sources:
*NZ med J* 1984, 97, with portrait
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007400-E007499
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