Peter Catts was a general surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 12 April 1940, the son of Stanley Victor Catts and Vera Jean Catts née Reynolds. He went to the UK for surgical training and gained his FRCS in 1967. He then returned to Australia, where h

Keith Okey was a general surgeon in Sydney, New South Wales. 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

Markandu Thambirajah was a surgeon in Hudson, New York. 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

Anthony Higham was a surgeon from Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. He studied medicine at Manchester University graduating MB ChB in 1962. Five years later, in 1967, he passed the fellowship of the college and of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He died in 2013.

Mohamed El-Sheikh was a professor of surgery in Alexandria, Egypt. He gained his FRCS in 1967 and was a Hunterian professor in 1997. He died on 24 June 2008.

David Thomas was a consultant surgeon at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and Derbyshire Children's Hospital. He was descended from four generations of Welsh coalminers. His father, Richard, had left Wales in the 1920s, looking for work, and ended up in Watford, where he met and subsequently married the w

Nani Gopal Kundu was a surgeon who worked in Sydney, Australia. He gained his FRCS in 1967. He died on 1 August 2014.

Robert Gordon Pickard was a general surgeon at Law and Stonehouse hospitals, Lanarkshire, and later at Wishaw General Hospital. He was born on 19 May 1939 in Sheffield, the son of Reginald Pickard and Eileen Pickard née Alexander. He had two younger brothers, Roy and John, who went on to become a un

Abdul Mannan was a surgeon who lived in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. 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

David William Guilford Budd was a consultant general surgeon at Horton General Hospital, Banbury. He was born in Cambridgeshire in 1937. He studied medicine at Birmingham University, qualifying in 1962. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior house officer in the accident service at

Stephen Karran was a consultant general surgeon and a senior lecturer at the University of Southampton. He was born in Berriew, Montgomeryshire, Wales. His father, John Denbigh Karran, was a banker, and his mother, Constance Henriette Karran née Tilsley, a nurse based at St Mary’s Hospital, London.

Dhananjay Goradia was a general surgeon. 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