Joseph Colin Smith (Joe) was a consultant urological surgeon in Oxford. Born on 9 February 1931 in Lancaster, he was the son of Francis Brian Smith, a master grocer with the family firm T D Smiths, and his wife Kathleen Mary née Parkinson. At any loyal toast he could always be relied upon to add a t

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

Malcolm was born into a medical family in 1928. His father, Malcolm (Senior), was an ear nose and throat surgeon, one of Malcolm's brothers became a paediatrician and the other a psychiatrist. Malcolm was educated at Medbury Preparatory School and at Christ's College. After spending a year at Canter