Find below obituaries celebrating the lives of eminent Members and Fellows. For medical biographies, visit our Gallery & Library site below. Medical Biographies Hem Chandra Kumar Laljee MB PhD FRCPE A consultant neurophysiologist born in rural India, who worked his way to Vellore Christian medical school, and came to England for further qualifications, hoping to return. After difficulties in both returning to India and obtaining a medical senior registrar post, he worked as an innovator in general practice, but eventually obtained a consultant post in neurophysiology. Read more Dr Judith Steel MBE, FRCPE An Edinburgh graduate, expert on the clinical management of diabetes who, while bringing up her family, made important international contributions to the prevention of complications associated with pregnancy in diabetics . Despite increasing disability and the need for a wheelchair from the early 1990s, she continued an active academic and social life. Read more Dr Muriel Elizabeth Sidaway FRCP Edin, MRCP London, FRCRad A Cambridge physics graduate who then qualified in medicine in Birmingham in 1949 and, in a series of firsts for women, worked in chest medicine then transferred to radiology and became a pioneer in invasive investigations, including coronary arteriography. Read more Dr Peter Whaley Kershaw MD, FRCPE, FRCPsych Obituary of Dr Peter Whaley Kershaw, consultant psychiatrist who pioneered addiction services. Read more Dr Myre Sim FRCP Edin Renowned and published psychiatrist who became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1970. Read more Dr Brian John Chapman FRCP Edin Dr Brian John Chapman found time to contribute to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh as Chair of the Symposium Committee , a regular Host Examiner in the PACES exam and latterly Assistant Registrar of the College. Read more Dr Alison Margaret Kerr FRCPE Dr Alison Margaret Kerr OBE MD FRCPE FRCPaed Paediatrician and researcher into Rett syndrome Born 28th July 1938, in Changzhi, China Died 4th March 2024, in Wengen, Switzerland, of... Read more Dr George Jamieson Ross McHardy FRCPE Dr George Jamieson Ross McHardy BM, BCh, FRCPE, FRCP Born 17th November 1930, Edinburgh Died 29th March 2024, in Edinburgh, aged 93, of pneumonia. A Scottish chest physician and... Read more Professor Lawrence Whalley FRCPE Emeritus professor of Psychiatry at Aberdeen University and internationally acclaimed researcher into age-related cognitive decline, who drew attention in his books and papers to the risk factors in life... Read more Professor Rory Fisher FRCPE Died January 7th 2024, Toronto, Canada, of congestive cardiac failure A physician who was born in England, qualified in Ireland, obtained his MRCPE in Scotland, and became a pioneering... Read more Professor George Charles Jenkins FRCPE Born: August 2nd 1927, Leicester Died: July 23rd 2023, Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire, of pancreatic cancer A clinical and forensic pathologist who collaborated closely with his medical and paediatric colleagues,... Read more Professor Vincent Marks, FRCPE Born: June 6th 1930, London Died: November 10th 2023, London. Cause of death: metastatic thyroid cancer A pioneer in clinical chemical pathology and non-diabetic hypoglycaemia who became founder and dean... Read more Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page
