Robert Pickard was professor of urology at Newcastle University. He was born on 23 June 1961 in Chessington, Surrey, the second of three sons. His father, Peter Pickard, was a laboratory administrator, and his mother, Margaret, was a nurse. The family lived in Leatherhead and Rob attended Kingston G

Clive Gingell was a consultant urological surgeon at Southmead Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Mark Phillip James Wright was a consultant urological surgeon at Bristol Royal Infirmary. He was born on 15 September 1965, the son of Phillip J Wright and Margaret Jean R Wright née Hern. He had a brother, James. He studied medicine at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School in London, qualifying in 19

Clive Parker was a consultant urological surgeon at the Royal Infirmary in Sunderland. Born in 1933, he studied medicine at Edinburgh University and graduated MB ChB in 1957. He became a fellow of the college in 1966. On 24 March 2016 he died aged 83.

Eric Leslie Gilliland was a consultant urologist at the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton-on-Tees. Born on 2 January 1948, he studied medicine at London University. After training at Saint Mary’s Hospital as a registrar in surgery he moved to a more senior position at the Queen Elizabeth

Grant Williams was a urological surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

John Pritchard Williams was a consultant urological surgeon to St Peter’s Hospital, Greenwich District Hospital and King Edward VII’s Hospital for Officers in London. He was also an honorary consultant urologist to the Army. ‘JP’, as he was always known to friends and colleagues, was born on St V

Boushra Riad Mikhael was chief of urology at Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Born in Assyout, Egypt on 2 June 1936, his parents were Riad and Labibal Mikhael and he was the tenth of their eleven children. After attending medical school in Cairo he travelled to the UK and studie

John Steyn was a consultant urological surgeon in Aberdeen. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Phil Thomas was a consultant urological surgeon in Brighton. A Welshman of exceptional ability, he made particular contributions to his specialty interest in transgender surgery and to the development of urology in East Africa. He was born in Cardiff on 30 September 1958, into a strongly medical fam

Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies was head of clinical urology at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

Raymond Anikwe was a leading urological surgeon in Nigeria. He was born on 5 June 1935, the son of Chief Lawrence Akunwanne and Helen Oyeigwe Anikwenze in Nnobi, Anambra State, Nigeria. He was educated at St Mary Primary School, Umulu, and St Joseph Primary School, Onitsha. In 1951 he entered th