Harold Gamsu
Professor Harold Gamsu FRCP, FRCPCH | |
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Born | Harold Richard Gamsu 23 January 1931 |
Died | 31 August 2004 | (aged 73)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Professor Harold Richard Gamsu FRCP, FRCPCH (1931–2004) was a neonatologist.
Gamsu was born in Windhoek, Namibia, on 23 January 1931.[1] His father, a Russian Jewish émigré, Barnet Isaac Gamsu, was a businessman.[1]
He attended Windhoek High School, and then studied at the University of Witwatersrand, graduating in 1954.[2]
He continued training in paediatrics at the University of Sheffield and .[2]
In 1965 he obtained a position as Wates Fellow at King's College Hospital, and was Reader in Neonatal Paediatrics and Director of the Regional Neonatal Unit there from 1979, and Professor of Neonatology from 1994. Upon his retirement in 1995, he became Emeritus.[2]
He served as honorary secretary of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine from 1980 to 1983.[1]
He died on 31 August 2004.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Munks Roll Details for Harold Richard Gamsu". Munk Roll. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ a b c Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2005). Prenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality after Preterm Birth. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-102-8. Wikidata Q29581697.
External links[]
- Harold Gamsu on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- 1931 births
- 2004 deaths
- Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
- Fellows of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- British neonatologists
- People educated at Windhoek High School
- University of the Witwatersrand alumni
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- Medical biography stubs