Born Gosforth, Northumberland 8/4/1934    

Educated at the Royal Grammar School, Gosforth

MB BS hons (Durh) 1957, FRCS (Eng) 1963, MS (Newc) 1971, FRACS 1978

HS / HP, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle 1958 - 1959
Anatomy Demonstrator, Durham University Medical School 1960

National Service in Malaya and Nepal 1961 - 1962

Surgical Registrar, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle 1963 - 1964
Surgical Registrar, oesophageal and cardiothoracic surgery Hammersmith Hospital, London 1965 - 1967
Senior Registrar, St Thomas' Hospital, London 1968 - 1969
Research and clinical work in San Fransisco in 1970, and in Boston in 1971
Senior Registrar, cardiothoracic surgery Guy's, St Thomas' and the Brook Hospitals 1972

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Guy's, St Thomas' and the Brook Hospitals 1973

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1973 - 1978

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle 1979 - 1993
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surger,y South Cleveland Hospital, Teesside 1993 - 1995
Visiting Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Colombo, Sri Lanka 1995 - 1996

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