Victor Chang was born in Sydney in 1936 and received his medical training at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. After qualifying in 1960 he came to London to train in cardiothoracic surgery at the Brompton Hospital, spent a year at the Mayo Clinic, and returned to St Vincent's in 1972, where he won an i

Åke Senning was a pioneering heart surgeon. He was born in Raettvik, Sweden, on 14 September 1915. He studied medicine in Uppsala and Stockholm, qualifying in 1944. In 1948, he joined the innovative cardiovascular surgeon Clarence Crafoord at the Sabbatsberg Hospital, Stockholm, with whom he helped

Smarn Muntarbhorn, the father of cardiac surgery in Thailand, was the first Thai to become a Fellow of the College. He was born in Surathani, Thailand, on 20 November 1914. His father, Wan Muntarbhorn, was a book-store owner and druggist. His mother was a Miss Chuan. He matriculated from Suan Kularb

Kenneth Grant Reid was born in Glasgow in 1938 and after early education entered St Mary's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1962. He was appointed house surgeon at Paddington General Hospital, house physician at St Mary's and later senior house officer in the casualty department at Central Mid

Kunhi Nair studied medicine at the Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore and, after qualifying, came to England to specialise in surgery. He did registrar posts at Harefield, and the National Heart Hospital before being appointed senior registrar at Guy's Hospital. He was appointed consultant cardiac

John Parker was a consultant cardiac surgeon at St George's Hospital, London. He was born in Harrow on 1 February 1938, where his father, Kenneth Kershaw Parker, was a civil servant and a town planner. His mother was Mary Moore. He was brought up in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), where

Bruce Leckie was a cardiac surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. 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

Graham Venn was a consultant cardiac surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and, for the last decade of his life, at the centre of British cardiac surgery. He was part of all aspects of the discipline, from being passionate about training junior surgeons, to overseeing cardiac surgical

Henry Matthew John Windsor, known as ‘Harry’, the eldest of five children of Dr Henry Joseph Windsor, a medical practitioner, and of Norah Agnes Matthew Windsor née Carroll, was born on 27 October 1914 in Cork, Ireland. His father had left for Australia before his birth and arrived there on 6 August

Harry Annamunthodo was born on 26 April 1920 in British Guiana, now Guyana. He was proud to claim as an ancestor an Indian Sepoy transported after the Mutiny. He was educated at Queen's College, Georgetown, before entering the London Hospital Medical College in 1941, at that time evacuated to Cambri

Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes was one of New Zealand's foremost cardiac surgeons. He was born on 13 January 1924, the son of Gerald Cave Boyes and Edna Myrtle, née Barratt. After qualifying, he was a lecturer in anatomy at Otago, and then house surgeon and registrar at Wellington Hospital. He was subseque

Ian McMillan was born on 14 June 1922 in Birmingham, the second son of Kenneth Holl MacMillan, (Lives 1974-82) consultant gynaecologist and obstetrician, and Elizabeth (née Smyth). His uncle was a chest physician, his wife a physiotherapist and her parents general practitioners. He was educated at t