James Meredith Buchanan was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Sunderland Royal Hospital. Born on 4 March 1943, he studied medicine at London University qualifying MB BS in 1967 and passing the conjoint examination the same year. At St George’s Hospital in Tooting he did house jobs and became a senior registrar in orthopaedics. He was also part of the South West Thames Regional Orthopaedic Training Scheme. In 1972 he passed the fellowship of the College. On moving to Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne he joined the staff of the Sunderland District General Hospital (now the Sunderland Royal) as a consultant. He was also a clinical lecturer at the University of Newcastle. A fellow of the BOA, he published several papers on post-operative analgesia using NSAID. He died on 18 March 2017 aged 74 and was survived by his wife.