Geoffrey Mizbah was a consultant surgeon in Ontario, Canada. Born on 13 September 1931, he studied medicine at Liverpool University, qualifying in 1945 and later gaining his FRCS. He emigrated to Oakville, Ontario, where he worked at St Michael’s Hospital. He spent much time in charitable work ove

Keshav Devdatta Shastri was a general surgeon at Mid Ulster Hospital, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland. He studied medicine at Grant Medical College, Bombay, India, gaining his MB BS in 1946 and his FRCS in 1953. Prior to his appointment in Northern Ireland he was head of the department of surgery at t

John Victor Leonard Colman graduated from Sydney University in 1946 and commenced his internship at Sydney Hospital. He always wanted to be a surgeon. He followed the well established track of the day to Great Britain and commenced surgical training at Trindal Hospital in Aylesbury. He remained in E

Colin Kirkham was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and Newbury District Hospital. He was born on 14 January 1924 and studied medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University, qualifying in 1947. Prior to his consultant appointment, he held posts in London,

Jason Giles Brice was born on 24 January 1927. Initially educated at a two-roomed Church of England School in the North Downs, he moved on to Gravesend Grammar School for Boys and started two years ahead of his age group. Due to the lack of science teachers during the second world war, he was more o

Betty Underhill was born on 22 December 1908, the only child of William Wood and Elizabeth Roberts, both head teachers. She was educated at North London Collegiate School and Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a first class honours degree in zoology. She remained at Oxford doing research i

James Snyder was born on 3 November 1918 at Narberth, Pennsylvania. His father, Oscar, was a physician and founder of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy and his mother was Aline Ambrose Cantwell, the daughter of a physician. Oscar Snyder was responsible for the ruling by Congress that in the USA

Alan Anderson was senior surgeon at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. He was born in Wellington on 28 May 1926. His father, Ewart Gordon Anderson, was a surgeon who had qualified in Durham and went to New Zealand after the end of the first world war. His mother was Elsie Craig neé Ardrey. Alan was e

David Simpson Cole was dean of the Auckland School of Medicine for fifteen years. Born in Waihi on 25 October 1923, he was the son of James McMurray Cole, a general surgeon, and his wife Doris Elizabeth Cole, née Alcock. His mother passed the conjoint examination of the college while at the Royal Fr

Emmanuel Augustus Badoe was one of the founding fathers of the Ghana Medical School and the West African College of Surgeons. He was part of a generation which, through hard work and dedication, contributed to the foundation of Ghana as an independent nation. He was born in Asokore, in the Ashant

Eugene Anthony McVerry was a surgeon based on the Isle of Man. He was born on 16 September 1921 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He gained his FRCS in 1953 and married Olwen Croft in Bath, Somerset in 1957. He died in December 2014 at the age of 93. His last-known address was on the Isle of Man.

Ian Murray Grant was a surgeon in Winnipeg and then medical administrator of Vancouver General 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