Roger Owen Quin was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Glasgow. 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

Brian Bliss was a consultant vascular and general surgeon for Plymouth Hospitals. He was born on 21 June 1933 in Ilford, Essex, the son of Albert Reginald Bliss, a post office engineer, and Doris Alexandra Bliss née Young, a telephonist. As a child Brian’s life was dominated by the Blitz and two per

Jeff Dolphin was a senior consultant surgeon in Walsall. He was born on 11 October 1929 in Aldridge in the West Midlands, the son of Raymond Dolphin and Joyce Dolphin née Phipps. He grew up in Harborne, Birmingham and was educated at King Edward VI Five Ways School and King Edward’s School, Edgbasto

Magdi Obeid was a consultant general and vascular surgeon in Birmingham. He was born on 5 January 1943 to his Egyptian parents in Khartoum, Sudan, where his father was working at the time. He was educated in Sudan and Egypt, and studied medicine at Ain Shams University, Cairo. He excelled in all his

Neil Hulton was a consultant vascular and general surgeon at the Royal Oldham 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

Trevor Pickering was a consultant surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, a member of Australia’s first successful transplant team and president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the only child of Hilda Hale Bleckly and

Ramesh Nigam was founder professor and head of the department of surgery at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India, and a distinguished vascular surgeon. Born on 12 August 1920, his father had served in the Indian Medical Service, and then became professor of surgery at the King George's Med

Athula Withanage, a consultant general and laparoscopic surgeon, was lead clinician in the department of surgery and clinical director at Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest, Wales. He was born in Gonagalapura, southern Ceylon, the son of Paul De Silva and his wife Piyaseeli Kanahera Arachchi, and was

Born on 1 October 1916 in Ilford, Essex, the third child and second son of Archibald Campbell and Jessica Saunders, née Halsall, Campbell's early education was at Northwood Preparatory School and Berkhamsted School, from which he won an open scholarship (senior demy) to Magdalen College, Oxford, in

John Shoesmith, consultant surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary and Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, was one of the first vascular surgeons in the UK. He was a founder member of the Vascular Society in 1966 and subsequently president in 1988. He was born on 1 July 1925 in Halifax to Harold Percy Sh

Joseph Pett Turney was a consultant surgeon at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven, Cumbria. He was born in Hammersmith, London on 6 June 1918. His parents, Wilfrid Turney and Edith May Turney née Skinner, were both teachers. He had a brother, Wilfrid. Turney attended St Stephen’s Elementary School

Firoz Mistry was a general surgeon in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. 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