Richard James Sellick was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was born on 21 November 1928 in Blackheath, London, the son of Richard Sellick, a medical practitioner, and Vera Sellick née Harvey, the daughter of a bank manager. He attended Dulwich College and then went on

Richard James Bennett (or 'Jim' as he was universally known) was a consultant ENT surgeon in Birmingham. He was born on 24 July 1921 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. His father, James Bennett, worked as a potter. Jim was educated at St Joseph's School in Stoke and later progressed to Birmingham Uni

Achyutananda Sinha was professor and head of the ENT department at Patna Medical College Hospital, Patna, India. Born on 4 October 1927 in Dhanbad, India, he was the son of Gaya Prasad Sinha, who worked in the Bihar Civil Service, and his wife Tara Devi. After attending Patna High School, he matricu

Omar Shaheen was recognised as one of the foremost head and neck cancer surgeons of his era in the UK. His reputation established the ENT department at Guy’s as a centre of excellence for head and neck cancer that attracted both British trainees and fellows from the USA and Australia. He influenced

David Chapman was a consultant ENT surgeon in Sheffield. Although his family were Londoners, he was born in Matlock, Derbyshire, where his mother Daisy Chapman, a Barnardo’s nurse, had been evacuated on account of the wartime air raids. His father was Bob Chapman, a building worker. They later retur

Fin Houlihan was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter 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

Heinz Stammberger was head of the department of oral, head and neck surgery at the Medical University of Graz, Austria. 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

Neil McGuire had a varied surgical career, ranging from active service in the RAMC during the Second World War, followed by general surgical training, 11 years in the Colonial Medical Service, further senior registrar posts (initially in cardiothoracic surgery, before changing to ENT surgery) and fi

Alan Fuller was an ENT surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He was born in Swansea on 18 March 1929, one of three sons, but the only one to survive more than 24 hours. His mother, Sarah Ann (née Williams), was later an hotelier and his father Frank Austin, who died when Alan was five years

Ghassan Hanna was a Palestinian who left his troubled homeland during the Six-Day War of 1967 to realise his dream of becoming a doctor; he subsequently made his home in Britain, where he became a successful ENT surgeon. He was born into a Palestinian Christian family in Nablus on 19 October 1949, o

Meher Derek Wells was a consultant ENT surgeon in Canterbury and Thanet, and a research fellow at the Institute of Laryngology and Otology, London. She was born Meher Mehta in Hyderabad, India, in 1937. She studied medicine at Osmania Medical College and qualified MB BS in 1960. After going to the

Thomas James Wilmot was a consultant ENT surgeon in Tyrone and Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He was born in 1920. His father was a general practitioner in Louth, Lincolnshire, but was originally from County Kerry. His mother was from Inverness. Wilmot was educated in Norfolk and at Epsom College, and