Brandur T Hermann Marteinsson graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1931. He joined the surgical staff at St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, and then became clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia and a life member of the CMA. He died on 27 August 1981 aged 74, survived by his w

Komaluru Radhakrishna Visvanathan, known as ‘Vishy’, was a general surgeon in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India on 3 September 1929, the second of eight children of K V Radhakrishna and Mahalakshmi. He studied medicine in Madras and qualified in 1954. He trave

William Ernest Waterfall was a surgeon in Ontario, Canada. He was born in Manchester in 1943. His mother’s maiden name was Taylor. He qualified MRCS LRCP in 1969 and gained his FRCS in 1974. He emigrated to Canada and at the time of his death lived in Dundas, Ontario. He was married to Janet and

James Rodway Kirkpatrick was a professor of surgery at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He was born on 27 June 1927 in Dundee. Both of his parents, Henry Joseph Rodway Fitzpatrick and Nora Fitzpatrick née Lister, were doctors. He had a twin brother, John Lister Kirkpatrick, who became a

Robert George was born on 12 August 1944 in Hemel Hempstead. After attending St Dunstan’s College, London, he studied medicine at King’s College and St George’s Hospital. He graduated MB,BS in 1967 and did house jobs at St Georges, the Hammersmith and the Royal Marsdon Hospitals in London. In 1968

Donald Patrick Robertson qualified MD from Manitoba University in 1938. He passed the FRCS in 1947. He was surgeon to the Public General Hospital and St Joseph's Hospital in Chatham, Ontario, before joining the surgical staff of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital in Huntsville, Ontario. He

Jacques Turcot came from a Canadian family with a long medical tradition. He was Associate Professor of Surgery at Laval University, where he had trained at the medical school. He gained a great reputation for his work as a skilful general surgeon at L'Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec, especially for his long-t

Roger Graham Keith was the first Fred H Wigmore professor of surgery at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on 14 August 1940, the son of Wilson and Evelyn Keith. He attended Western Canada High School in Calgary, Alberta and then studied medicine at the U

John Ping Fai Chin was a general surgeon from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born on 20 December 1929 in Hong Kong, the son of Wilmot Cecil Chin and Yung Tai Chin Cheung. His father was born in Jamaica. Chin studied medicine in London and gained his MB BS in 1956. He became a fellow of the Roy

Hal Morton was born on 18 August 1905 in Port Greville, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Charles S Morton, a physician in Halifax, and Marie née Stafford. He was educated at St Andrews College, Toronto, and then Dalhousie University, where he became a member of the Phi Rho Sigma Fraternity of Canada.

George Wilson was a urologist and chief of staff at the Welland Hospital, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Edinburgh on 29 October 1914, the son of George Stewart Wilson, a civil servant, and Catherine Wilson née Campbell. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and then went on to stu

Terence Verma (known as Terry) was a general practitioner and general surgeon on Prince Edward Island, Canada. He was born in Kalaw, Burma, on 6 October 1936, into a devout Brahmin Hindu family. His father, Bhagwan Das Verma, was a civil engineer; his mother was Devi Verma née Achara, the daughter o