Terence Philip Brock, known as ‘Terry’, was a consultant general surgeon at the Harold Wood Hospital in Essex. He studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and qualified in 1962. He was a resident accoucheur and thoracic house surgeon at the London Hospital and then a surgical regi

Phoebus Perdikis was an eminent general surgeon in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born in Johannesburg on 1 July 1933, the son of Costa Perdikis, a manufacturer of sweets, and Amalia Perdikis née Sauuides, both members of the South African Greek community. He was educated at Park School and Fore

Roger Kirby was a consultant general surgeon at the University Hospital of Hartlepool. Born in Hartlepool in 1939, he was educated there and then proceeded to qualify MB, BS from Durham University in 1962 and to pass the fellowship of the College in 1969. He became senior surgical registrar at the R

Timothy Flew was a consultant general surgeon in Weston-super-Mare. 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

Robertson Doig was a consultant general surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary. 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

Keith Reynolds was a consultant surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London. He was born in 1939 and studied medicine at Charing Cross Medical School, where he graduated in 1964. He held junior posts at St James's Hospital, Balham, under Norman Tanner. Whilst at Balham, he reviewed 4,000 cases of haem

Melvin Calverly Jennings ('Mel') was a urologist and general surgeon at East Surrey Hospital. He was born on 21 June 1939, into a surgical family. His father, Calverly Jennings, was a fellow of the college and a GP surgeon who worked at Epsom Cottage Hospital before the advent of the NHS. His mother

Piyatissa Jayasuriya (known as 'Tissa') was an acclaimed medical professional and surgeon in Sri Lanka and Australia, credited with countless surgeries and medical advice he performed and provided. He was born on 21 September 1932 in Beruwala, Sri Lanka, to Simon Perera Jayasuriya and Cicilin Diming

Suleiman Saleem Dahabreh was a key figure in progressing medical and surgical training in Jordan and was the founder and first president of the Jordanian Association of Urological Surgeons. He was born in Shatana, a farming village in the north of Jordan, in 1933. His father, Saleem Issa, died wh

George Patrikios was chief of surgery at Sebokeng Hospital, Gauteng, South Africa. He was born on 13 February 1937 in Salisbury, Rhodesia, the third child and second son of Greek parents – Nestor Theodore Patrikios, a tobacco grader, and Eudokia Patrikios née Tselentis. He was educated at the David

Edward John Immelman was a consultant vascular surgeon at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. He was educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School and went on to study medicine at the University of Cape Town, where his academic ability was recognised with the award of the McCullogh and Aaron

Mohankumar Adiseshiah, known by all as ‘Mo’, was a consultant vascular surgeon at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He was born in Madras, India on 20 May 1941. His father, Malcolm Adiseshiah, was an internationally-renowned UNESCO educationalist. His mother, Helen née Pa