J Kenneth Chong was a plastic surgeon in southern California. He was born in Ipoh, Perak state, Malaysia, on 4 April 1929, the son of Francis Tak-Nam Chong, a general practitioner, and Catherine Keng-Mun Chong née Lee. He attended Anderson School in Ipoh and then completed his A levels at Badingham

Paul Townsend was born on 27 December 1937 in Hendon. During his early years the family lived in Radlett, Hertfordshire and, during the early years of the second world war, he remembered that he could see the bombs falling on London during the Blitz. His father worked as an army officer and later be

Hunter Fry was a plastic surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. 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

Jack Mustardé founded and ran West Africa’s first reconstructive plastic surgery unit and established the charity ReSurge Africa. 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

Catina Katriona Bernardis was a consultant plastic surgeon St Thomas’ Hospital, London. 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

Benjamin Coplan Cohney was a consultant plastic surgeon in Perth, Western 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

Gearoid Lynch was born in Dublin on 17 February 1932, the son of Fionan Lynch and his wife Bridget née Slattery. He studied medicine at Belfast University, graduating MB, BCh, BAO in 1948. Travelling to London he worked as a surgical registrar at the Hammersmith Hospital and then as a registrar in p

Ronald Pigott, a consultant at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol was one of the most influential plastic surgeons of his generation, especially in the field of cleft lip and palate. Although he was the quintessential English gentleman, Ron actually carried an Irish passport. He was born on 16 September 193

Christopher Teik-Kooi Khoo was a hand and breast surgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wexham Park Hospital in Slough. 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

Professor Velupillai Sivaloganathan was a plastic surgeon who lived in Sydney, New South Wales. 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

Malcolm Deane was a consultant plastic surgeon at City Hospital, Nottingham. 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

Robert Arnold Fischl was chief of the plastic surgery section of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut. He was born in Dresden, Germany on 18 June 1928. His father, Emil Fischl, was a paper manufacturer; his mother, Bettina Hahn, was the daughter of a banker. They left Germany in 1939 and settled i