Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E000252 - Grimley, Ronald Patrick (1946 - 2005)
Title:
Grimley, Ronald Patrick (1946 - 2005)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000252
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2006-09-22
2007-02-09
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Grimley, Ronald Patrick (1946 - 2005), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Grimley, Ronald Patrick
Date of Birth:
21 February 1946
Place of Birth:
Birmingham, UK
Date of Death:
26 September 2005
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1976
MB ChB Birmingham 1969
MSc 1972
FRCS Edinburgh 1975
LRCP 1976
Details:
Ron Grimley was born in Birmingham on 21 February 1946 and was educated at grammar school in Small Health and Birmingham University. After junior posts, mainly at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, he was a lecturer on the surgical unit under Sir Geoffrey Slaney. He was appointed vascular and general surgeon to the Dudley Health Authority in 1983, where he developed a busy vascular and endocrine practice, as well as a special interest in melanoma of the lower limb. He published extensively and was a keen teacher of young surgeons. He was an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Intercollegiate Board, and a member of the Specialist Accreditation Committee in General Surgery and the first clinical sub-dean. He was a prime mover in the foundation of the undergraduate teaching centre which was opened and named after him on 14 March 2006. He died from a myocardial infarct on 26 September 2005. He was married to Penny and they had three children.
Sources:
*BMJ* 2006 332 671
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000200-E000299
Media Type:
Unknown
