Donald McIntyre studied medicine at Edinburgh University and graduated MB, ChB in 1951. He did house jobs at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and then moved as a registrar to the department of urology at the United Leeds Hospitals. Following a period as senior registrar in urology to the Salford Royal and Christie Hospitals in Manchester, he passed the fellowship of the college in 1959 and became a consultant urological surgeon. Besides working at the Salford Royal and Christie, he also worked at the North Manchester General Hospital and the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. He was a member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and a fellow of the Manchester Medical Society. He died on 7 September 2018, aged 90.