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.

Komaluru Radhakrishna Visvanathan, known as ‘Vishy’, was a general surgeon in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India on 3 September 1929, the second of eight children of K V Radhakrishna and Mahalakshmi. He studied medicine in Madras and qualified in 1954. He trave

John Hanson Hall was a consultant general surgeon in Peterborough and Stamford. He was born on 13 September 1937 at Stalybridge, near Manchester, the only son of George Sydney Hall and Lucy Hall née Hanson. His father spent several years away from 1939 to 1951, firstly in the Far East during the Sec

Brian John Stoodley was a consultant general surgeon at Eastbourne District General Hospital. 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

Noel Desmond Sherson was a general surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born on 26 February 1936 in Geelong, Victoria, the only child of Charles Stanley Sherson, a coach builder, and Ella Myrtle Sherson née Wilson. He attended Geelong College, where he was *dux* of the school in 1954. He went on

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.

David Owen was a surgeon who lived in Nairn, Scotland. 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

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

John Craven was a consultant general surgeon at York District Hospital. 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

Bryan graduated from Sydney University in 1961. He completed internship at Royal North Shore Hospital in that year. In 1962 he accepted his first appointment to Prince Henry, Prince of Wales Hospitals. These hospitals were to become his clinical home for his professional life. Like so many at tha

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