Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008248 - Parry, George Roland (1915 - 1991)
Title:
Parry, George Roland (1915 - 1991)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008248
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-09-25
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Parry, George Roland (1915 - 1991), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Parry, George Roland
Date of Birth:
1915
Place of Birth:
Liverpool
Date of Death:
28 November 1991
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1944
FRCS 1959
LRCP 1944
MB BS London 1948
Details:
Parry was born in Liverpool in 1915 and practised as a chartered masseur from 1933 to 1938 before studying medicine at University College Hospital, where he qualified in 1944. He subsequently held various posts at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and continued to attend weekly clinics there until his retirement in 1981. In 1958 he joined the artificial limb and appliance service as a medical officer, being based in Nottingham and then Roehampton. In 1968 he supervised the move of the artificial limb and appliance centre for Oxford region to the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre; he then became the first honorary consultant in the service. Roland took a keen interest in all aspects of rehabilitating amputees; perhaps his greatest contribution was to develop an expert service for the prosthetic rehabilitation of children with congenital limb deficiencies.
He died on 28 November 1991, survived by his wife, Audrey, a son and three daughters.
Sources:
*BMJ* 1992 304 1439
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/E008000-E008999/E008200-E008299
Media Type:
Unknown
