Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006797 - Thomas, Huw Owen (1941 - 2015)
Title:
Thomas, Huw Owen (1941 - 2015)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E006797
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-02-16
2017-06-20
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Thomas, Huw Owen (1941 - 2015), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Thomas, Huw Owen
Date of Birth:
1 January 1941
Date of Death:
4 January 2015
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BCh Wales 1966
FRCS Edin 1971
FRCS 1972
MCh Liverpool 1973
Details:
Huw Owen Thomas was an orthopaedic surgeon at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals on the Wirral. He was born in 1941 into a medical family. He gained his MB BCh in Cardiff in 1966 and was a house surgeon in the accident unit at Cardiff Royal Infirmary.
He went on to train in orthopaedic surgery in Liverpool, as his father had done before him. He was a senior registrar and senior lecturer in orthopaedics at Liverpool Royal Infirmary and Wrightington Hospital, Appley Bridge. He also spent some time as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Outside medicine, he was interested in classical music. Huw Owen Thomas died on 4 January 2015. He was survived by his widow, Judith (who is also a doctor), two sons and a granddaughter.
Sources:
*BMJ* 2015 351 4073 www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4073 - accessed 9 June 2017
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/E006000-E006999/E006700-E006799
Media Type:
Unknown
