Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E009033 - Catts, Peter Frederick (1940 - 2015)
Title:
Catts, Peter Frederick (1940 - 2015)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009033
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-01-21
2018-11-28
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Catts, Peter Frederick (1940 - 2015), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Catts, Peter Frederick
Date of Birth:
12 April 1940
Place of Birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death:
10 November 2015
Place of Death:
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS
FRCS 1967
FRACS
FACS
Details:
Peter Catts was a general surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 12 April 1940, the son of Stanley Victor Catts and Vera Jean Catts née Reynolds.
He went to the UK for surgical training and gained his FRCS in 1967. He then returned to Australia, where he was in private practice in New South Wales from 1971 to 2001. He was chairman of the New South Wales committee of the Australian Association of Surgeons.
He wrote *How to knife the surgeons: the life and times of a crusading surgeon – a memoir* (Healthy Lifestyle Publishing), published in 2014.
He was married to Robyn. They had seven children – David (who predeceased him), Paul, Michael, Kate, Alexander, Nicola and Lucas – and two grandchildren, Jamison and Sebastian. Peter Catts was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme in February 2015 and died on 10 November of the same year. He was 75.
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/E009000-E009999/E009000-E009099
Media Type:
Unknown
