Gábor Péley was a consultant breast surgeon at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. He was born on 24 March 1961 in Hungary, and studied medicine at Szegad before completing his training in Budapest. He worked in the department of surgical oncology in Budapest, where he helped pioneer the

Nicholas Coe was associate director of surgical education at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts and a professor of surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. He was born in Surrey on 8 May 1946, the son of Stuart Coe and Joan Coe née Whittley. He attended school in Abingdon and

Chris Pegg was a Nottingham surgeon who made notable contributions to the surgical management of the thyroid gland and endocrine tumours, including the pancreas, and operated skilfully despite childhood burns to his hands, which required much plastic surgery. Born in Norfolk, he was educated at Taun

Born on 1 June 1880 at Haverhill, Massachusetts, son of Thomas Lahey and Honora Frances Powers, he qualified in 1904 and served as intern at Boston City Hospital and Long Island Hospital 1904-05 and resident surgeon at Haymarket Square Relief Station in 1908. He became surgeon to the New England Bap

Richard Welbourn was professor of surgery at Belfast and then at the Hammersmith Hospital, London, where he developed a reputation for endocrine surgery. He was born in Rainhill, Lancashire, on 1 May 1919, the son of Burkewood Welbourn, an electrical engineer, and Edith Annie Appleyard, a teacher. F

Selwyn Francis Taylor, an internationally known surgeon and postgraduate teacher, was born in Sale, Cheshire, on 6 September 1913. His mother, Emily Edwards, was a teacher and his father, Alfred Petre Taylor, a headmaster. He was educated at Peter Symond's School, Winchester, before proceeding to Ke

Tony Goode was a professor of endocrine and metabolic surgery at the Royal London and St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical Schools with Queen Mary College. He was also an honorary professor at the centre for biological and medical systems, Imperial College. He was born on 3 August 1944 in Newcast