Michael Patkin was a general surgeon at Whyalla Hospital, South Australia, who was recognised internationally for his pioneering and life-long work on surgical ergonomics, particularly for microsurgical and laparoscopic procedures. He was born in Melbourne on 22 May 1933, the son of Hemda and Benzio

Sir Peter Morris was the Nuffield professor of surgery, chairman of the department of surgery and director of the Oxford transplant centre at the University of Oxford and president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2001 to 2004. He was born in Horsham in the state of Victoria, Austral