William Graham, colloquially known as 'Harry', received his medical education at Glasgow University and King's College London, qualifying MB ChB Glasgow in 1927, and passing the FRCS in 1934. Deciding to specialise in urology after junior posts, he was surgeon at St Mary's Hospital, Islington, and a

Robert Pickard was professor of urology at Newcastle University. He was born on 23 June 1961 in Chessington, Surrey, the second of three sons. His father, Peter Pickard, was a laboratory administrator, and his mother, Margaret, was a nurse. The family lived in Leatherhead and Rob attended Kingston G

John Steyn was a consultant urological surgeon in Aberdeen. 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

Geoffrey Gibson was a urological surgeon from 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

Boushra Riad Mikhael was chief of urology at Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Born in Assyout, Egypt on 2 June 1936, his parents were Riad and Labibal Mikhael and he was the tenth of their eleven children. After attending medical school in Cairo he travelled to the UK and studie

John Leighton Williams was a consultant urological surgeon in Sheffield who had a major impact on the development of urological services both locally and nationally. He was born near Swansea and was brought up between Swansea and Gilwern in the Welsh valleys, where his father was a steel works engin

Norman William Struthers was chair of the urology department at St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He was born in Kilbarchan, Scotland on 31 December 1927. His father, Ian Loudon Struthers, was a soft drink manufacturer; his mother was Mary Elizabeth Struthers. He attended Spiers’ School in Bei

John Roberts was a consultant urological surgeon in Bristol. 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 Alex Stephen Green was a urological surgeon in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Born on 27 October 1916, he passed the fellowship of the college in 1946. He died on 1 September 2005 aged 88.

Joseph Colin Smith (Joe) was a consultant urological surgeon in Oxford. Born on 9 February 1931 in Lancaster, he was the son of Francis Brian Smith, a master grocer with the family firm T D Smiths, and his wife Kathleen Mary née Parkinson. At any loyal toast he could always be relied upon to add a t

Brian Ellis was a consultant surgeon at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex. He was of the old school, where general and urological surgery could still be practised as a consultant, although with the separation of urology from general surgery he subsequently became a urologist. Brian was always ahead of his

Phil Thomas was a consultant urological surgeon in Brighton. A Welshman of exceptional ability, he made particular contributions to his specialty interest in transgender surgery and to the development of urology in East Africa. He was born in Cardiff on 30 September 1958, into a strongly medical fam