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Ted Buckley: “father of Irish neurosurgery” who trained many specialists at home and abroad

February 20, 2025

Marie Louise McCrea

February 14, 2025

John Spincer

February 13, 2025

Ronald Martin Oliver

February 13, 2025

Anthony John Webb

February 11, 2025

Imran Ul Haq

February 11, 2025

David Brown: virologist who developed saliva testing for rubella and measles and led the virus reference department for the Health Protection Agency for almost two decades

February 10, 2025

Stephen Edward Barnes

February 6, 2025

Peter Brook Cadogan Fenwick: neuropsychiatrist who explored the limits of human consciousness and became an expert on near death experiences

February 5, 2025

Jillian Van der Knaap

February 5, 2025

Allison John: GP with cystic fibrosis who campaigned on organ donation

February 4, 2025

Alistair George Robert Rennie

February 4, 2025

Michael Howard Jamison

February 3, 2025

John Douglas Orr

February 3, 2025

John Geddes: early pioneer and advocate of rapid pre-hospital defibrillation

January 30, 2025

Tipu Zahed Aziz: resurrected functional neurosurgery in the UK in the face of a sceptical medical establishment

January 24, 2025

Matthew James Young

January 24, 2025

Richard Cash: public health doctor whose salt and sugar solution for cholera patients is estimated to have saved 70 million lives

January 23, 2025

Sanath Kumar Shetty

January 22, 2025

Raymund Michael Shearer

January 21, 2025

Judith Patricia Dawson

January 21, 2025

Mike Snow: infectious diseases specialist who treated the UK’s first HIV patients

January 16, 2025

Rupert Fawdry: obstetrician whose fascination with computerised medical records soon turned to disappointment

January 13, 2025

Tony Boycott: GP and caver whose knowledge of explosives made him an expert rescuer and explorer

January 9, 2025

George Delfas

January 8, 2025

Meena Manickam Mahendra

January 8, 2025

Ruth White: psychiatrist who pioneered the development of perinatal mental health services and had a passion for singing and antique textiles

January 8, 2025

Charles John Edmonds

January 7, 2025

John Howell Rogers

January 7, 2025

Peter Whaley Kershaw

December 20, 2024

Nishi Gupta

December 18, 2024

Leslie Bow Bartlet

December 18, 2024

Dewi Richards Brown

December 17, 2024

Mike Pawson: obstetrician and gynaecologist who reflected on the psychological aspects of fertility and pregnancy

December 12, 2024

John Matheson: GP and bridge champion, who put his success down to a combination of psychology and strategic thinking

December 10, 2024

John Hunter Dagg

December 9, 2024

Martin Sarner: gastroenterologist who explored the link between the gut and brain—and advised London Zoo on a panda with stomach problems

December 6, 2024

Jeremy Bradshaw-Smith: GP who pioneered computerised medical records and is thought to have produced the world’s first printed prescription

December 4, 2024

Francis Conrad Gormley

December 4, 2024

Jacob Kwadwo Afuakwah

December 4, 2024

Neville Robinson Rowell

December 3, 2024

John Gareth Llewelyn

December 3, 2024

Alexander Lister Forrest

December 2, 2024

Mark Ashworth: “cycling” GP and researcher who recognised the power of big data to transform healthcare

November 27, 2024

Maurice King: physician who proposed a one child policy to combat overpopulation

November 26, 2024

Robert Geoffrey Twycross: palliative care physician, pioneer of the modern hospice movement, and staunch opponent of assisted dying

November 25, 2024

Chris Brooks: flight surgeon and marine survival expert who designed lifesaving equipment for the Canadian navy and air force

November 21, 2024

David Watkin: General surgeon who improved surgical training and helped establish the Leicester Medical School

November 19, 2024

Alastair Carruthers: dermatologist who pioneered cosmetic use of Botox in partnership with ophthalmologist wife Jean

November 18, 2024

Godfrey David Ripley

November 15, 2024

Vinit Sheshnath Vedpathak

November 15, 2024

Charles Shaw

November 15, 2024

David Samuel Hopton

November 15, 2024

Emma Margaret Ellen Rankin

November 15, 2024

Olumade Adetola Okubadejo

November 15, 2024

Malcolm Donaldson: paediatric endocrinologist, musician, and proud collaborator with his wife Julia, author of The Gruffalo

November 12, 2024

Helen Jackson: GP who was dedicated to improving primary health care in the Maldives

November 11, 2024

David Sturgeon: consultant psychiatrist who provided counselling to victims of the 2005 terrorists attacks

November 1, 2024

David Paul Brandes Goldberg: social psychiatrist who highlighted the role of GPs in mental health treatment

November 1, 2024

David Norman Phear

October 29, 2024

Chuda Bahadur Karki

October 29, 2024

Annie Sara Mathew

October 29, 2024

John Day: diabetes specialist who seized on concept of patient education and helped establish a medical school in Mozambique

October 29, 2024

Gillian Lesley Rees

October 28, 2024

Kenneth David Hudson

October 28, 2024

Alexander Cresswell Thurlow

October 28, 2024

Mohiuddin Khan Umarkhanji Malik

October 23, 2024

John Alexander Thomson

October 23, 2024

John Matthew Wrightson

October 23, 2024

John Sarginson

October 23, 2024

Sikander Khan Umarkhanji Malik

October 22, 2024

Peter McRorie Higgins

October 22, 2024

Jane Alyson Scourfield

October 22, 2024

Chris Redman: professor of obstetric medicine whose fetal heart monitoring system has saved thousands of lives

October 22, 2024

Felicity Reynolds: professor of obstetric anaesthesia who could not understand the modern obsession with “natural” childbirth

October 17, 2024

James Ciaran Stone

October 16, 2024

Hugh Michael Wieselberg

October 16, 2024

Brian Reginald Wilkey

October 16, 2024

Robert Angus Frederick Bell

October 15, 2024

Pradeep Kumar Saksena

October 15, 2024

Talha Mohammad Al-Shawaf: advocated for fertility management as a routine part of cancer therapy for young people

October 15, 2024

Veronica Moss: early pioneer in the care of patients with AIDS

October 9, 2024

Michael Hale

October 8, 2024

Stuart Stanton: “father of urogynaecology in the UK,” who helped treat many women with stress incontinence

October 8, 2024

Russell Wood Ballantyne

October 8, 2024

Lionel Peter Balfour-Lynn

October 8, 2024

Murid Ahmed Chaudary

October 7, 2024

John Peter English

October 7, 2024

Satish Chander Chib

October 7, 2024

Grant Kelly: GP and IT expert whose work on clinical coding enabled health service to communicate smoothly

October 3, 2024

Mansel Aylward: public health specialist who highlighted links between poverty and poor health, and one of the first responders to the Aberfan disaster

September 30, 2024

Michael Scallan: anaesthetist whose career spanned the early days of paediatric heart surgery

September 27, 2024

Howard Allison

September 24, 2024

Sotirios Zalidis

September 24, 2024

Mazin Mirza

September 24, 2024

Michael McKendrick

September 23, 2024

Julian Mervyn Roberts

September 23, 2024

Dinah Barrie

September 23, 2024

Alistair Adams: ophthalmologist whose inventiveness and dexterity led to a new type of cataract surgery

September 20, 2024

Peter Cole: anaesthetist and researcher who highlighted the dangers of passive smoking years before it was considered a public health threat

September 19, 2024
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