Albert Saimah Shalom was a consultant ENT surgeon for the North West Surrey Hospital Group. He qualified in 1954 and gained his FRCS in 1961. Prior to his consultant appointment he was a senior registrar at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in Gray’s Inn Road, London. He retired i

Alan Peter Ardouin was a consultant ENT surgeon at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Born on 6 October 1930 in London, he was the second son of Herbert Charles Ardouin LDS, RCS, a dental surgeon and his wife Joyce Marion née Edmett. He was educated at Franklin House School in London, Vermont Academy in

Lancelot Newton Dowie was born in Aberdeen on 13 August 1930, the son of Alexander Morrison Dowie, a banker and his wife Frances Elena née Newton. He had a brother who later became a GP in Scotland. After attending the Glasgow Academy he trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, qualifying in

William (Bill) Spencer Lund was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. He was born on 19 July 1926 to non-medical parents, Reginald James Spencer Lund and Beatrice Alice Lund née Cudemore. He thought he might join the Navy and was accordingly educated at Pangbourne College. Bef

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