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First Title value, for Searching Montgomery, Richard John (1955 - 2023)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2023-10-17
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Occupation Trauma and orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details Richard John Montgomery was a consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesborough and the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
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First Title value, for Searching Evans, Gwyn Amman (1944 - 2022)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Clive Inman
Publication Date 2022-08-26
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Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Trauma surgeon
Details Gwyn Amman Evans was a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Oswestry. He was born in Denbigh, in the Vale of Clwyd, on 24 March 1944, the son of Owen John Evans, a presbyterian minister, and Annie Gwyneth Evans née Edwards, the daughter of a farmer. At the age of three the family moved to Bon-y-maen in Swansea, and he attended Bishop Gore Grammar School. He was keen on music and an accomplished pianist, accompanying school assemblies. He passed the associate of the London College of Music exam before leaving Swansea in 1962 to study medicine at Barts. In London he joined the London Welsh Youth Choir and continued to accompany services, his father taking on a church in Clapham. When he qualified in 1967, the dean, Ellison Nash, chose Gwyn to be his surgical house officer. In 1969 he worked at Birmingham Accident Hospital, where he was impressed by the humility of his boss. Returning to Barts to do surgical and anatomy demonstration jobs, he passed his FRCS. He joined a surgical rotation in Cardiff, where he wrote a paper on an incentivising spirometer for postoperative pulmonary complications, for which he won the Moynihan medal at the age of 30 (‘The evaluation of the incentive spirometer in the management of postoperative pulmonary complications’ *Br J Surg* 1974 Oct;61[10]:793-7). In 1974, he went to Oswestry, where he joined the orthopaedic rotation: to Hereford, Stoke-on-Trent for trauma, and then children’s orthopaedics under Rowland Hughes. He also gained a fellowship at Newington Children’s Hospital in Connecticut. The new Australian professor at Oswestry, Brian T O’Connor, asked him to write a job description for an ideal paediatric orthopaedic surgeon and six months later he was appointed to the job. He also worked at Wrexham Maelor in trauma and elective orthopaedics until 1999. Contributing enormously to the teaching of paediatric orthopaedics, he was the regional specialty adviser in north Wales and postgraduate tutor for the West Midlands. He served on the councils of the British Orthopaedic Association and the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society. He received the Sharrard medal for children’s services and the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery named its travel fellowship in his honour. He retired in 2004 and during his retirement, for nine months a year, he worked as a volunteer at the Dr H G Roberts Hospital in Shillong, Meghalaya, in northeast India, where he arranged for a generator to be installed and, with the help of funding from the Presbyterian Church of Wales, an intensive care unit was established at the hospital. At home he helped at the citizen’s advice bureau in Wrexham. He was strongly supported by his wife, Mary (née Tudor), his three children and seven grandchildren, and was strengthened by his deep faith which sustained him throughout his life. He died on 20 July 2022 at the age of 78.
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First Title value, for Searching Witherow, Peter James (1935 - 2020)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Martin Gargan
Publication Date 2021-01-07 2021-10-25
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Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details Peter James Witherow was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Bristol Children’s Hospital, Bristol Royal Infirmary and Winford Orthopaedic Hospital. He was born in Birmingham in 1935, the son of James Witherow, a doctor, and Greta Eileen Witherow née Roberts. He was educated at Epsom College and studied medicine at Birmingham University, where he became chairman of the University Medical Students’ Society and represented the university at judo. He qualified in 1958. After three junior hospital appointments, he carried out his National Service in the Colonial Service in Basutoland in southern Africa for three years. He returned to surgical training in Birmingham and Oswestry, where he was seconded for six months to the Rheumatism Foundation Hospital in Heinola, Finland. He was appointed as successor to Arthur Eyre-Brook in Bristol in 1973 and took over and developed an extensive single-handed paediatric and young adult orthopaedic and spinal deformity service. He was a first-class surgical teacher and head of the Bristol training programme; the Witherow post was always considered one of the ‘must do’ attachments for any trainee in the south west. He was forward thinking and, with radiology colleagues, established the first skeletal dysplasia clinic and database in the country, which still largely exists in its original format. The most telling metric of his significant clinical workload is the fact that he has now been replaced by 10 paediatric and five spinal deformity surgeons. In addition to his extensive clinical workload, he was an international leader, serving with distinction on the executive of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, the British Scoliosis Society and the Cerebral Palsy Surgical Society. He was also president of the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery. He had an extensive research interest and published widely, with a particular interest in cerebral palsy. His collaboration with Jane Pyman was before its time and he would have been delighted to know that the long-term study of his initial cohort of multilevel surgery patients in cerebral palsy has been published since his death (‘Long-term outcomes following multilevel surgery in cerebral palsy’ *J Pediatr Orthop*. 2020 Aug;40[7]:351-356). Peter was a superb role model for any surgeon. He had a first-class brain and was a well-prepared and informed clinician. He was a meticulous and gifted operative surgeon with the calmest of temperaments and thoroughly committed to training. He was a kind and caring doctor who had a profound influence on several generations of children’s orthopaedic surgeons. Outside work Peter had many interests. He became an expert in each and exhibited the same desire for perfection in his hobbies as he did in his work. He was well read and loved music and played the recorder to a very high standard. He loved working with his hands, whether it was mending things or developing and printing his black and white photographs, making fibreglass kayaks or his beautiful cabinet making, lovingly crafting toys for his grandchildren. He was a member of the South Wales Potters and became an accomplished ceramicist with a potter’s wheel and kiln in the garage. His ceramics were highly valued by others but not by himself: his own high standards often led to him consigning the pots to the bin, only to be retrieved by his wife. However, occasional pieces were felt to be of a sufficient standard to be exhibited in the South Wales Potters exhibitions. He developed Parkinson’s disease in 2000 and died on 5 January 2020 after a protracted illness. He was nursed at home by Pat (née Sutton), his wife, whom he married in 1959. He left two children, Helen, a maxillofacial surgeon, and Tim, a classics scholar, and four grandchildren, who remember him not as an eminent orthopaedic surgeon but as the model aeroplane maker, the teacher of making pottery animals and for his kite flying prowess.
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First Title value, for Searching Paterson, John Mark Hamilton (1954 - 2013)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Sarah Gillam
Publication Date 2013-12-16 2016-02-02
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Occupation Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details John Mark Hamilton Paterson was a key figure in the development of children's orthopaedic services in the East End of London. He was born in Hong Kong on 21 January 1954 into a family with a long medical missionary tradition. His father, Edward Hamilton Paterson, was medical director of the United Christian Medical Service, Hong Kong, and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. His mother was Barbara Blanche Paterson née Knight. He was educated at Glenealy Junior School and King George V School, both in Hong Kong, and was then sent as a boarder to Eltham College in London for his sixth form years. After a gap year working in medical laboratories in Hong Kong, he went to Middlesex Hospital Medical School and qualified MB BS in 1977. He held house posts in Norfolk and Norwich, and then worked for two years in Papua New Guinea as a medical officer, in charge of Kavieng Hospital. Once he returned to the UK, he trained in Guildford and Portsmouth. In 1984 and 1985 he was a registrar in orthopaedics at Portsmouth and Lord Mayor Treloar's Hospital, Alton, and in 1986 he was appointed senior registrar on the London Hospital training programme, working between the London Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. In addition, he undertook electives in San Diego and Newington, Connecticut, USA. In 1990 he joined the staff of the London Hospital. Here he developed his interest in children's orthopaedic surgery, particularly neuromuscular disorders, including cerebral palsy. He was also a visiting consultant in Jersey and regularly visited Hong Kong to teach orthopaedic trainees. He published around 60 papers, presented at numerous conferences and meetings, and examined for the FRCS (orthopaedics) and for the European Board of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. He was a member of the editorial board of *The Bone and Joint Journal* from 2005 and became chairman of the electronic publishing committee in 2008. From 2009 to 2012 he was honorary secretary of the British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery and in 2006 he was president of the orthopaedic section of the Royal Society of Medicine. He took early retirement from the NHS and from 2009 to 2012 took part in six trips to Albania, assessing and operating on children with disability. Outside medicine, his greatest love was flying and he had a private pilot's licence. He was also a keen skier, diver and musician. In 1977 he married Sarah Henson, a Middlesex Hospital nurse. They had two sons, Luke and Jamie. On 15 October 2013 Paterson died of neoplastic disease, aged 59. He had been unwell for 18 months. The Mark Paterson Travelling fellowship, initiated and funded by the British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery and supported by the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and the British Orthopaedic Association, has been named in his memory.
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First Title value, for Searching Lightowler, Charles David Richard (1936 - 2019)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Richard Pusey
Publication Date 2019-11-27 2021-02-18
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Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details David Lightowler was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Billericay and Basildon, Essex. He was born in Horsforth, Leeds, on 30 January 1936, the son of Charles Lightowler, a company director, and Isabel Mary Lightowler née Buttle, and obtained a scholarship to Giggleswick School, where he excelled academically and at sport, especially rugby, which became a lifelong passion. After school, he gained a commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps whilst doing National Service between 1954 and 1956. He then entered the London Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1961. As a rugby player David was a formidable forward and was captain of the London Hospital team and vice captain of the United Hospitals and had a trial for the Eastern Counties. Later he was to become president of the London Hospital Rugby Club and life vice president of the Royal Hospitals Rugby Football Club. He decided on a career in orthopaedics and stayed at the London for resident and registrar posts, gaining his FRCS in 1966. In addition, he worked in Johannesburg, which stimulated his interest in paediatric orthopaedics. He was appointed as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Billericay and Orsett hospitals in south Essex in 1971 and also to the new Basildon Hospital when it opened in 1973. His main interests were hip and paediatric surgery; he was a strong Charnley disciple and was one of the main instigators of hip replacement surgery in the area. He loved teaching and his enthusiasm stimulated a whole generation of junior rotating registrars to take up orthopaedics. He was a strong supporter of the Royal Society of Medicine and was president of the orthopaedic section and, after retirement, was chairman of the senior fellows’ society of the Royal College of Surgeons. As a colleague, he was delightful to work with, but of strong character and was always available for constructive advice, which was given in his brusque no nonsense Yorkshire way! He was a snappy dresser – always with polished shoes – probably a throwback from his National Service days. He lived in Stock, in Essex, and served as vice president of the local branch of the Royal British Legion. Away from work, shooting and fishing played a big part in his recreational life both in Essex and in Yorkshire and Scotland. He travelled widely on fishing trips to British Columbia, Ireland, Iceland, Slovenia, Russia and Kenya. He was a keen cricket follower and supporter of Yorkshire Cricket Club. David retired from the NHS in 1997 and moved back to his roots on the river Ure at West Tanfield, North Yorkshire, where he was able to host friends at the local angling club. He had a powerful bass voice and sang in the choir at Ripon Cathedral. He was married, first to Eileen (née Larkin), a GP, with whom he had four children, Caroline, Robert, Anna and Josephine, two of whom became doctors. David was a devoted father and grandfather to his 12 grandchildren and made sure his children had the best education possible. In June 2016, he married Margaret. Sadly, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and died on 26 October 2019. He was 83.
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First Title value, for Searching Williams, Peter Frederick (1922 - 2009)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Bob Dickens
Publication Date 2016-08-25
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Occupation Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details Peter Frederick Williams AO FRACS was educated at Melbourne Grammar and graduated in medicine from Melbourne University in 1946. He was an intern at the Royal Melbourne Hospital after which he proceeded to the United Kingdom where he obtained his Fellowship and trained in Orthopaedics at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic hospital in Oswestry. It was while at Oswestry that Peter designed the Williams Screw driver, a device designed to lock the screw in to the driver thus freeing up the surgeons hand. Upon his return to Australia he obtained his Australian Fellowship and held appointments at both the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and Royal Children's Hospital (RCH). He became Director of the Department of Orthopaedics at the RCH in 1963 and was involved in the transfer of the hospital from Carlton to its current site, opened in 1963 by Her Majesty the Queen. Under his leadership the department was to become one of the leading hospitals in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery in the English speaking orthopaedic community. As a consequence of his expertise he was invited to participate in training faculties in the USA and was an invited guest to a number of orthopaedic institutions. He was an outstanding surgical technician. Those fortunate enough to have seen him operate will attest to the deftness of his operating skill and the gentleness with which he handled tissues. There was a paucity of movement; a characteristic of all great surgeons. Having seen the methods of training in North America, Peter set about developing a program along similar lines to train orthopaedic surgeons in Australia. This was the genesis of the current program so highly regarded by those fortunate enough to have been selected to participate. As an educator he ran conferences at the RCH to which virtually all trainees in Victoria were privileged to attend. It was to no avail to hide in the back row with the eyes averted, in order to avoid his probing questions. He would fix the trainee with his steely blue eyes and ultimately extract an answer. He did not expect the newcomer to know everything but once taught would be critical if the information was not remembered at a later date. He ran Workshops where staff members in the department would present "How I Do" various aspects of paediatric orthopaedic surgery to trainees and anyone willing to attend. These evolved in time in to a more formal meeting which was the genesis of what is now the Australian Paediatric Orthopaedics Association. He developed a Fellowship Program at the RCH which involved post graduate training in orthopaedics for local and overseas trainees. It was a matter of great pride to Peter and to the entire department to see these fellows go on to become eminent in orthopaedics in many other countries. He was the prime mover in motivating the Department members to contribute to the *Text Book of Paediatric Orthopaedics*. Peter Williams was the author of many articles in the orthopaedic literature his major interests being Cerebral Palsy, Arthrogryposis, Dislocation of the Patella and all aspects of paediatric orthopaedics in general. He was an examiner for the College in Orthopaedics and served in this capacity for a number of years. He was ultimately appointed Chief Sensor of the College. He became President of the Australian Orthopaedic Association at the time of the Combined Meeting of Orthopaedic Associations of the English Speaking World in London in 1975. He was invited with the other Presidents to a gathering arranged by the Queen Mother patron of the meeting. He was the Presidential Guest Lecturer at the Scoliosis Research Society meeting in Hong Kong in 1976. He was the Presidential Guest Lecturer at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1983. All of these attest to the high regard in which Peter was held by his colleagues not only in Australia but Internationally. He was recognized for his contribution to Australian when he was awarded an Officer in the Order of Australia in 1986. At a personal level Peter was a great mentor to many of us privileged to have known him. He was a hard task master and expected perfection from all who were involved with him. He was a private man and it was for many an eye opener to hear of his exploits and interests at his funeral. He was an expert wood turner and carpenter, had a keen interest in motor cars and for many years ran a farm in Red Hill which he was able to shape in to a magnificent establishment "Pirralilla". He was also a yachtsman and was Commodore of the Point Leo Yacht Club for a time. In later years he renewed his acquaintance with golf. He was very guarded in his philanthropy, anonymously providing financial assistance to a number of projects. He endowed the first chair in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne in 1987. Peter is survived by his wife Prue, his children Tim, Mitty (Andrea), Susan and Richard and ten grandchildren. Those of us who were his friends will miss the opportunity to call upon him and benefit from his wise counsel.
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First Title value, for Searching May, Peter Cameron (1947 - 2008)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Sir Barry Jackson
Publication Date 2012-02-13 2016-02-02
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Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Trauma surgeon
Details Peter May was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. He specialised in children's orthopaedics, foot and ankle surgery, the shoulder and rheumatoid arthritis. He hailed from the West Country, where he attended Torquay Boys' Grammar School and then studied medicine at King's College London and Westminster Medical School, qualifying in 1971. He was good at sports, particularly rugby and hurdling, and in his youth had won a gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award. After early jobs in Southampton and Plymouth, he passed the primary fellowship and moved into orthopaedics, always his first love, first at the Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital in Cardiff, where he passed the final FRCS in 1977, and then in Southampton and Bath. In 1975 he spent some months in the Middle East to gain extra experience, and in 1984 won a travel and research scholarship to study paediatric surgery at the Toronto Sick Children's Hospital. This stimulated his special interest in paediatric orthopaedics, which remained throughout his life. He was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon in 1989 to the new Princess Royal Hospital in Telford before it had officially opened and enthusiastically set about developing a new unit with the help of two other newly appointed colleagues. Owing to the effects of reduced hours of work for trainees, he lacked the support of junior staff for much of the time and therefore worked extraordinarily long hours. He initiated a trauma rota with his two colleagues, such that every third week he covered trauma exclusively, leaving the elective orthopaedics to others. This was an early example of a practice which has now become commonplace. In Telford he was known for his desire to maintain high standards, for he cared deeply about the welfare of his patients. He abhorred bureaucracy; Government targets, performance indicators, and especially joint waiting lists, which were anathema to him. His concern for high standards of care and good outcomes did not make him an enthusiast for day surgery, as can be surmised from the title of one of his papers 'Is day care good care?' Robust in argument and with strongly held views, he did not always endear himself. He loved writing lengthy provocative letters (known as 'Petergrams'), which were sometimes thought exasperating, but they always highlighted genuine concerns about patient care. When the Internet arrived, he took to it with enthusiasm and loved experimenting with different colours and multiple typefaces and sizes such that some of his lengthy emails appeared to be modern works of art! Jargon was another dislike; he considered blue-sky thinking should be restricted to walks in his beloved West Country! In his early 40s, against fierce competition from others more senior, Peter was comfortably elected to the Royal College of Surgeons' council in 1993 and served diligently for two terms, demitting office in 2005. He was especially active on the RCS training board, becoming chairman of the hospital recognition committee and making many visits of inspection at hospitals throughout the country. He was ahead of his time in arguing for regionalisation of RCS activities at a time when its activities were exclusively London- based. Indeed, he argued that the College building itself would be better based in Birmingham or Manchester, but in this he failed to persuade council. Peter was blessed with a loving and supportive family. Married to Jan, they had three sons Jonathan, Daniel and Nathan. He died suddenly at home on 7 July 2008, aged 61.
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First Title value, for Searching Fixsen, John Andrew (1934 - 2014)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by David Jones
Publication Date 2014-09-19 2015-06-19
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Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details John Fixsen was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; by the time of his retirement he was unsurpassed as a children's orthopaedic surgeon in the UK and in great demand as a teacher, lecturer and surgeon worldwide. John was brought up in Altrincham and excelled at Manchester Grammar School. After gaining an open scholarship to Cambridge to read classics, he decided he wanted to pursue a medical career. He joined the sixth form biology class and, having studied no science after his second year at the school, with one year's study obtained an open scholarship to Cambridge in biology. After leaving school he carried out his National Service and was commissioned into the Royal Navy, where he learned Russian and worked as an interpreter. In 1955 he went up to Cambridge to read medicine, going to the Middlesex Hospital for clinical studies and qualifying in 1962. During his house jobs there he came under the influence of Philip Newman in particular and settled on a career in orthopaedics. He trained at the Middlesex and on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital circuit, gaining his FRCS and MChir on the way. In 1969 he was appointed as a consultant at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney. Following a reorganisation, the latter became part of the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, and John served there with distinction for the rest of his career, virtually single-handed for many years. He was also a civilian consultant to the Army, Navy and RAF, and visiting consultant to Chailey Heritage, St Margaret's, Tadworth, and St Bernard's, Gibraltar. As his practice grew, so did his reputation as a surgeon, teacher and mentor. In his clinics the children referred to him as 'Mr Fixit' and he took on the most complex cases across the whole spectrum of children's orthopaedics, apart from spinal surgery. This gave great support to not only the children and their families, but also the surgeons who referred cases from far and wide. Even if a case had gone badly wrong for the referring doctor, John's letters were supportive and never critical of previous management. In the operating theatre he was a methodical and consistent surgeon with phrases and tricks to accompany each stage of the operation. These were well remembered by his trainees, who in turn could pass them to the next generation; a true example of apprenticeship. Apart from his clinical and surgical abilities, he published widely in books and journals and gave countless presentations and invited lectures nationally and internationally, including the Robert Jones lecture in 1994. He also served the British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery and the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society with distinction. His international reputation was cemented as a member of the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Think Tank. He was a voracious reader with an encyclopaedic memory and his knowledge of the orthopaedic literature was one of his hallmarks as a teacher and participant in clinical conferences. He was a long-term examiner for the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and later the intercollegiate orthopaedic fellowship. He also gave sterling service to the *Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery* as a career-long reviewer, editorial secretary of the British Orthopaedic Association (from 1982 to 1984), board member (from 1982 to 1985) and a highly-valued associate editor and rewriter from 1997 to 2011. He retired from the NHS in 1996 but remained active as a teacher, lecturer and consultant adviser. In 2002 he was invited to Afghanistan as medical adviser to Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal, working with Afghan nationals trained by the charity as physiotherapists, orthotists and prosthetists in clinics in Kabul, Jalalabad and elsewhere. John quickly realised that little attention was being given to children who presented with untreated conditions, including congenital disorders, polio and cerebral palsy. His contributions during biannual visits over 10 years included the introduction of screening programmes for congenital clubfoot and development dysplasia of the hip and, more importantly, by identifying, helping to train and supporting the few Afghan orthopaedic surgeons who showed an interest in paediatric cases. For all his achievements during his orthopaedic career, including his work in Afghanistan, he was awarded the honorary fellowship of the British Orthopaedic Association in 2010. Outside of orthopaedics he read widely, followed the arts and music, especially ballet, and was a keen climber (latterly walker), skier and sailor. He also had a love for fast cars and was an avid follower of Formula One racing. He was endlessly generous in encouraging others to join in and enjoy these hobbies. His daughter Sarah remembers him as a modest and unassuming person: '…as children we had no real awareness of how successful he was in orthopaedics nor how competitive he was (although this became apparent when we were foolish enough to play squash with him when we were in our teens). His competitive side was driven by a need to do his best in all activities in which he participated rather than being *the* best... He was kind and compassionate - believed in treating others as you would like to be treated yourself. He rarely criticised or judged others - if people did things that seemed terrible he would always consider how he would have behaved in the same circumstances. He was in some respects unworldly and a little eccentric - he definitely was not concerned with material comforts or belongings… He seemed to live in a slightly different (and rather lovely) world doing the things he loved and "tolerating" the modern world of mobile phones, emails and computers. He was always supportive of us his children, whichever path we chose and with his grandchildren he attended pantomimes and theatre productions and genuinely enjoyed them. He never quite mastered the art of a conversation being a two-way dialogue with both parties contributing equally…. However this was only because his knowledge was so wide and diverse and he had so much to impart! In summary, he was a modest, kind, compassionate, generous, eccentric and supportive Dad - his approach to life was one we much admired and will continue to recall.' In his lifetime John Fixsen achieved so much in so many ways. He died on 11 August 2014, aged 79. He was survived by his ex-wife Judy and their three children. After his death his family found a quote from Marcus Aurelius written in his diary: 'A man's true delight is to do that which he was made for' - which John certainly did.
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First Title value, for Searching Lloyd-Roberts, George Charles (1918 - 1986)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2015-06-08
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Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details George Charles Lloyd-Roberts was born in Liverpool on 23 November 1918, the son of Griffith Lloyd-Roberts (MD Edinburgh) and the Hon Gwendoline Frances (née Wynn). He was educated at Eton College, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and St Thomas's Hospital qualifying in 1942. He then joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and was graded surgical specialist with the rank of Major serving with the partisan forces in both Italy and Yugoslavia. On his return to civilian life in 1947 he continued his surgical training at St George's Hospital, at first in thoracic surgery before finally deciding on a career in orthopaedic surgery. He became clinical research assistant to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in 1952, was awarded the Robert Jones Gold Medal of the British Orthopaedic Association in 1953 and was first assistant to the orthopaedic department of St George's Hospital under Mr B H Burns in 1954. He was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street in 1955 and was the sole orthopaedic consultant there until 1972. He was also appointed orthopaedic consultant to St George's Hospital from 1956 to 1972 when he resigned from his post in order to concentrate on his especial interest in childrens' orthopaedics. He had an active professional life serving as civilian consultant to both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force as well as being President of the Orthopaedic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and of the British Orthopaedic Association. His earliest published work on the uptake of dye by the synovial reflections of the knee joint formed the basis of many aspects of research into arthritis carried out at other centres, but later he developed a wide experience in all aspects of congenital and neonatal abnormalities and encouraged many young surgeons in clinical research with ideas generating from his particular interest in hip disorders, scoliosis, cerebral palsy and club foot. He had a large following of devoted trainee surgeons, nurses and young patients from all countries in the world. His wit, humour and great intellect would bring life to any meeting. He was a prodigious writer, publishing *Orthopaedics in infancy and childhood* in 1972, *The hip joint in childhood* in 1977 as well as writing many articles for the *Journal of bone and joint surgery*, and acting as editor of *Orthopaedic surgery* in 1968. He served as a member of Council 1976-84 but did not seek re-election. In 1947 he married Catherine Lansing Ray by whom he had one son and two daughters and in 1980 he married Edome Broughton-Adderley. His main interests were the country pursuits of fishing and shooting and he was a member of the council of the Game Conservancy from 1977 until the time of his death. He died on 12 January 1986, survived by his wife Edome, his children George, Susan and Rosanna, and step-daughter Rowena.
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First Title value, for Searching Eyre-Brook, Arthur Lewis (1908 - 1999)

2024-05-03T04:27:38Z

by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2015-10-29
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Occupation General surgeon Orthopaedic surgeon Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
Details Arthur Lewis Eyre-Brook, or 'E-B', was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Bristol. He was born in Inverness, a son of the manse. The family moved south when his father retired, and Arthur was educated at Colyton Grammar School in Devon. He went on to Bristol Medical School, where he did junior posts, ultimately becoming the senior resident officer at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. While he was studying at Bristol he also took examinations in London as an external student, ultimately qualifying from both universities. He was a registrar at the Royal Cancer Hospital, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, and the Wingfield Morris Hospital, where he was a Nuffield scholar, and was much influenced by G R Girdlestone, who arranged for him to spend a year at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York under Phillip Wilson. He was appointed consultant general surgeon to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children in 1938. At the same time, he also worked as an orthopaedic registrar for the fracture service at Bristol Royal Infirmary. He served in the Emergency Medical Service at Winford Hospital, dealing with air raid casualties in Bristol, until 1942, when he joined the RAMC and became surgeon in charge of a 1,000 bed hospital in Oribi near Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. He was subsequently an adviser in orthopaedic surgery to the 21st Army Group in Brussels, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel After the war he returned to Bristol, and was recognised as an orthopaedic surgeon, the first in Bristol. He was later the senior orthopaedic surgeon to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, and the Winford Orthopaedic Hospital. His main interest was in children's orthopaedics. He wrote more than 30 papers, founded the Bristol Bone Tumour Registry, and was deputy chairman of the planning committee for the new building at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He was a member of the Court of Examiners from 1965 to 1971, and President of the British Orthopaedic Association from 1972 to 1973. After he retired, he travelled extensively, helping to start orthopaedic services in developing countries, and was a leading figure at the foundation of World Orthopaedic Concern. He spent two and a half years in the Sudan, shorter periods teaching and operating in Malaysia and Burma, and after 1977 made annual visits to Malawi and Bangladesh, only giving up work in 1986 when he suffered a small stroke. He published a memoir in 1990. He married Edith Meriel née Wagstaff in 1946. They had six children and 13 grandchildren. He died on 16 August 1999.
Resource Identifier RCS: E008589
Collection Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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