Vijay Kakkar, professor of surgical science at King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, established the importance of giving the anticoagulant heparin to surgical patients, saving thousands of lives by preventing fatal blood clots. He was born in Sialkot in the Punjab, India on 22 March 1937

Max Rendall was a consultant general surgeon and superintendent at Guy’s Hospital, London, who became an addiction specialist after he retired. He was born in London on 2 April 1934, the son of Richard Rendall, who worked at the BBC, and Anne Rendall née Moinet. He enjoyed his time at Winchester Col

Roger Hew Grace was a professor of colorectal surgery at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. 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

Maurice Feldman was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. He was born in Cardiff on 7 August 1927, the youngest son of Lewis Feldman, a retail and wholesale trader, and Leah Feldman née Volozhen, a housewife. He was educated at Wood Street and Roath Park elem

Alan McKinna was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. He was born on 13 August 1932 in Nottinghamshire, the youngest son of two GPs, Eva McKinna née Young and Henry Drummond McKinna. His father died suddenly at the age of 40, leaving his mother to bring up her sons while she c

John Stuart Bailey (or 'JCB') was a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in Leicester. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, and spent his early years in Cairo, before being evacuated in 1940 to Durban and on to England. He was educated at Sherborne School, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St

James Dalrymple was a general and orthopaedic surgeon in the UK, Canada, Peru and South Africa, and later in his career became a gender reassignment surgeon. He was born in Cardiff on 20 December 1931, the son of Samuel Beggs Dalrymple, a medical practitioner, and Marjorie Dalrymple née Oxenham. He