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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2005-11-02 2012-03-08
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Occupation Colorectal surgeon Oesophageal surgeon Upper gastrointestinaI surgeon
Details Jens Witte, doyen of German surgery, was born on 4 February 1941 in Perleberg, Mark/Brandenburg, the eldest of three sons of a surgeon father. He studied medicine at the Universities of Homburg/Saar, Hamburg and Berlin. After qualifying, he became a medizinalassistent in Bielefeld and Hamburg, spent some time in a mission hospital in Tanzania, and returned to work under Egerhard Weisschedel in Konstantz. There followed a series of brilliant appointments under Georg Heberer, first in Cologne and then in Munich, becoming professor in 1982 and head of viszeralchirugie in 1984. His special interests were in oesophageal and colorectal surgery. He was a prominent member of the professional surgical organisation, becoming its President in 1998. Active in the European Union of Medical Specialists, he was President of the section of surgery in 2002 and devoted himself to the integration and training of surgeons in the former East Germany. He was the recipient of many honours, including that of our College. He died unexpectedly on 12 June 2003 in Augsburg.
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First Title value, for Searching Spencer, John (1933 - 2002)

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by Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date 2015-12-07
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Occupation General surgeon Oesophageal surgeon Upper gastrointestinaI surgeon
Details John Spencer was a reader in surgery at Hammersmith Hospital, London. He was born in Bedford on 17 July 1933, the son of Arthur George Victor Spencer, a soldier, and Nellie née Housden. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, whence he won a state scholarship to study medicine at Charing Cross Hospital. After junior posts at Harrow, Mount Vernon and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe, he went to Uganda, to serve in the Mengo district as a general surgeon and forensic medical officer. On returning to England, he specialised in surgery and in 1962 became a registrar at Bath. He then went to the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith, under Franklin, Welbourne, Bloomgart and Williamson, progressing up the academic ladder, until he was appointed reader. He spent a year at UCLA from 1969 to 1970 under Grossman and Longmire, studying the surgery of highly selective vagotomies. He became an international authority on oesophageal surgery, a pioneer in laparoscopic techniques, and an expert in the surgical management of radiation enteritis. He was in wide demand as a lecturer overseas, and contributed more than 100 papers and chapters in surgical journals and books. He married Gwyneth Ann Griffiths, a theatre nurse, in 1958. They had five children, Stephen Mark, Joanne Mary, Helen Clare, Timothy Paul and Anthony John. Stephen became a GP and Anthony is a house officer in Portsmouth. There are 11 grandchildren. Active in his local church, John had many other outside interests, including sailing and flying. In June 2002, he was found to have extensive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the bowel, for which he underwent laparotomy and was transferred to his old hospital, where he died in the intensive care unit on 22 July 2002.
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