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First Title value, for Searching Goldwater, Stanley (1921 - 2011)

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by Sarah Gillam
Publication Date 2014-10-17 2016-12-08
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Occupation General surgeon Rheumatologist
Details Stanley Goldwater was a clinical assistant in rheumatology at Willesden General Hospital and medical officer at Jewish Association for the Physically Handicapped. He was born on 5 September 1921, the second son of Harry Goldwater, a wholesale clothier, and Sara Goldwater née Goldberg, the daughter of a travel agent. He was educated at Simsbury House Preparatory School, Grocers' School, University College School and City of London College. He then went on to study medicine at King's College, London, and Westminster Medical School. He qualified in 1946 with the conjoint diploma and gained his MB BS in 1947. He gained his FRCS in 1952. Prior to his appointment Willesden General Hospital was formally a surgical registrar at Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, a senior house surgeon at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Tottenham and a resident medical officer at the Wilson Hospital, Mitcham. In 1952 he married Naomi Smithson. They had two sons and a daughter. Stanley Goldwater died on 2 May 2011. He was 89.
Resource Identifier RCS: E006128
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First Title value, for Searching Goodman, Helene Valerie (1925 - 2010)

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by Michael Pugh
Publication Date 2011-12-09 2013-11-25
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Occupation Rheumatologist
Details Helene Valerie Goodman was a consultant rheumatologist at St Stephen's, Westminster and Royal Marsden hospitals, London. She was born in London on 18 October 1925, the daughter of Isaac Harris Goodman, a South African businessman and exporter, and Hilda Goodman née Lubetzki. She was known as 'Paddy' since childhood, a nickname allegedly given to her by her father, who had wanted a boy (when she was born there was a play running with the title *Paddy, the next best thing*). Paddy and her older sister Phyllis went to St Paul's Girls School and then to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Paddy read medicine and did her clinical training at St George's, qualifying in 1951. She was very keen to become a surgeon, at a time when women were not encouraged to follow a surgical career. In 1952 she joined the primary course at the Royal College of Surgeons, where she met Anthony Woolf. They became engaged and married on 3 September 1952, which coincided with the primary examination for the London fellowship. They decided to go up to Glasgow to sit for the exam: Paddy passed and Anthony did not. She became a house surgeon at the Miller Hospital, then at St James', Balham, where she came under the tutelage of Norman Tanner. Realising that a surgical career was difficult for a married woman, she chose to become a rheumatologist. She gained a registrar appointment at Middlesex Hospital under Archie Boyle and, through the Middlesex, came to the notice of Roger Gilliat, the consultant neurologist. In cooperation with him, she researched nerve production using electromyography. This work formed the basis of her DM thesis, and the work was seminal in the development of treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. She was awarded her DM in 1962 and, after this, she completed her fellowship of our College. She was then a registrar and a senior registrar at St Thomas' Hospital in the department of rheumatology under Phillipe Bauwens and James Cyriax. She was appointed as a consultant rheumatologist at St Stephen's Hospital, the Westminster and the Royal Marsden Hospital, and was an accredited teacher at the University of London. She was also on the staff of the Dispensaire Français, where consultations were conducted in French. After she retired she worked as a locum at Charing Cross Hospital, helping to clear their long list of patients waiting for electromyography. Paddy greatly valued her classical education and took a lifelong interest in Latin. Music for her was a special joy; she played the piano and she greatly enjoyed opera at Covent Garden and Glyndebourne. Her husband, Anthony, became a consultant gynaecologist and obstetrician in Hackney. They had two daughters, Serena Jane and Caroline Rosemary, and a granddaughter, Antonia. On holiday in South Africa, Anthony and Paddy were the victims of an armed holdup and car hijacking. This disturbed Paddy and, through an error of judgement, she stepped into a scalding bath. She was admitted to Morningside Mediclinic in Johannesburg, but died a week later, on 21 January 2010, of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She was 84.
Resource Identifier RCS: E001708
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First Title value, for Searching Wynn Parry, Christopher Berkeley (1924 - 2015)

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by Sarah Gillam
Publication Date 2015-03-13 2017-07-26
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Occupation Rheumatologist Specialist in performing arts medicine
Details Christopher Wynn Parry (known as 'Kit') was a rheumatologist who specialised in hand injuries and performing arts medicine. He was born on 14 October 1924 in Leeds, the son of Sir Henry Wynn Parry, a high court judge, and Shelagh Wynn Parry née Moynihan, daughter of the renowned surgeon and president of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lord Berkeley Moynihan. Wynn Parry was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford and qualified in 1947. His studies were interrupted by tuberculosis, from which he made a slow recovery, and he was advised not to continue with his surgical training. Instead, he became a rheumatologist, and was heavily influenced by Sir Herbert Seddon, professor of orthopaedic surgery at Oxford, who was researching into nerve injuries and neuropathic pain. After Oxford, Wynn Parry joined the Royal Air Force and became director of rehabilitation at the combined services rehabilitation centres at Chessington and Headley Court, where he established specialist services for neuro-rehabilitation and peripheral nerve injuries, and worked closely with hand surgeons in the RAF and at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH). He was also an early researcher into the use of EMG (electromyography) as a diagnostic tool. His work was summarised in *Rehabilitation of the hand* (London, Butterworth & Co, 1958), a pioneering text. After retiring from the RAF, he established a centre for neuro-rehabilitation and peripheral nerve injuries at the RNOH, which became nationally and internationally renowned. During this period, he co-wrote *Surgical disorders of the peripheral nerves* (Edinburgh, Church Livingstone, 1998) with Rolfe Birch and George Bonney. After retiring from the NHS, he continued to work privately in rehabilitation at the Devonshire and King Edward VII's hospitals, and also developed an interest in looking after the medical needs of musicians. With Ian James, he created the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) in 1989, a charity which provide medical advice and care to performers. In 1998, he collaborated with Ian Winspur to produce *The musician's hand: a clinician's guide* (London, Martin Dunitz), the first book of its kind in the English language. He was elected as an honorary member of the Royal College of Music in 2011, among many other national and international honours. In 1982, he was elected as president of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand, the only non-surgeon so honoured. In 1953, he married Morna Sawyer. They had three daughters and a son. Kit Wynn Parry died on 24 February 2015, aged 90. Predeceased by his wife and a daughter, his other children survived him.
Resource Identifier RCS: E006957
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