Joseph Harris obtained a BSc (anatomy honours) in London in 1958, qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1961 and the FRCS in 1970. He studied at University College and University College Hospital, London, and there became lecturer in surgery and honorary surgical registrar. He had also worked as re

Ambrose Wasunna was head of the department of surgery at the University of Nairobi and director of the programme on health technologies at the World Health Organization (WHO). He was born on 4 August 1938 in the village of Nyahera, Nyzana province, Kenya and attended Maseno High School and then Make

David Baumber was a consultant surgeon in Bury. Born in 1942, he was educated at King's College Hospital, where he qualified in 1965 and was house surgeon and house physician. Specialising in surgery, he was a registrar at Sheffield Royal Infirmary before being appointed to Bury. In the year of h

Aldric Michael Chong Ping was a general surgeon in Ontario, Canada. He was born on 25 September 1939, the son of Michael and Joan Chong Ping, and studied medicine at University College, Dublin, Ireland, qualifying in 1963. He gained his FRCS in 1970. He practised general surgery in Ontario, and l

Peter McArthur went from Cambridge to St Bartholomew's to do his clinical studies and after doing house jobs did registrarships in Nottingham and Sheffield before becoming lecturer and honorary senior registrar to the United Liverpool Hospitals. He was appointed consultant surgeon to Stoke Mandevill

Shashikant Chaturbhai Patel – usually known as Sashi – was born on 18 March 1939 in Eldoret, Kenya. His father was Chaturbhai Patel, headmaster of a primary school and his mother’s maiden name was Maniben. He attended Allidina Visram High School in Mombasa before moving to the UK at the age of 16 an

Kerry Larkin was a consultant surgeon in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. 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

Peter John Fenn was a general surgeon at Maidstone Hospital. He was born on 6 May 1930 in Penge, London and spent his childhood in the Bromley area, attending Bromley Grammar School. As a child, he watched the Battle of Britain going on above his head and this sparked his first love, of aircraft. On

Ross McMillan Adie was a general surgeon in Victoria, Australia. He was born on 14 February 1938, the son of Godfrey David Adie, an accountant, and Beatrice Mavis Adie née Burgess. His uncle, William John Adie, was a neurologist in London. Adie was educated at Essendon High School and went on to stu

Ronald Sahoy was a pioneering cardiothoracic and general surgeon in the Caribbean. He was born on 3 January 1940, in Essequibo, British Guiana (now Guyana). His father was Kunandan Ramdial Sahoy, a business man who owned a trucking service, and his mother was Baidwattee née Narayan, who had worked a

Abul Fazal Muhammad Masood was a surgeon who lived and worked in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was born on 3 January 1935 and gained his FRCS in 1970. He died on 12 February 2014, aged 79.

David Robert Bainbridge was a general practitioner who lived in Cuckfield, West Sussex.