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E009051 - Kohli, Sheroo (1926 - 2007)
Title:
Kohli, Sheroo (1926 - 2007)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009051
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-02-19

2016-05-27
Description:
Obituary for Kohli, Sheroo (1926 - 2007), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Kohli, Sheroo
Date of Birth:
2 May 1926
Place of Birth:
Bombay, India
Date of Death:
5 September 2007
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS Bombay 1946

FRCS Edin 1950

MCh Liverpool 1955

FRCS 1955
Details:
Sheroo Kohli née Bharucha was an orthopaedic surgeon who lived in Maine, USA. She was born in Bombay, India, on 2 May 1926, the first child of Darabsha Bharucha, an architect, and Aria Bharucha née Dhun, the daughter of a professor of Persian. She was educated in Bombay, at St Teresa's High School, Girgaun, and St Xavier's College, and then went on to study medicine at the Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas (GS) Medical College and King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, also in Bombay. She held a Awanbai Rattanshaw scholarship in gynaecology and midwifery. She was a house surgeon and registrar at King Edward Memorial Hospital and the Wadia Children's Hospital, Bombay. She subsequently went to the UK, where she held posts at Oldham Royal Infirmary, the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital and Sefton General Hospital. She gained her FRCS from the Edinburgh College in 1950 and her FRCS from the English College in 1955. Also in 1955 she gained an MCh from Liverpool University. On her return to India, she became an honorary orthopaedic surgeon at the Grant Medical College and GS Medical College, Bombay. She was later an associate professor of orthopaedics at Maulana Azad Medical (MAM) College, New Delhi. Outside medicine she enjoyed mountaineering. In 1962 she married B S Kohli, who was also a doctor, and emigrated to the USA. She died in Jackman, Maine, on 5 September 2007. She was 81.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009000-E009099
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