Patrick Forrest
Professor Sir Patrick Forrest Kt FRCS FRCPEd FRSEd | |
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| Born | 25 March 1923 Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 7 August 2021 (aged 98) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
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| Awards | Lister Medal (1987) |
Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest FRCS FRCPEd FRSE (25 March 1923 – 7 August 2021) was a Scottish surgeon.[1]
After qualifying in medicine from the University of St Andrews and completing a Fellowship at the Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota, he took up surgical posts first in Glasgow, then in Wales, followed by a position as Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh.
His achievements in the field of breast cancer earnt him the Lister Medal in 1987.
Life[]
Forrest was born in Lanarkshire and educated at the High School of Dundee.[2] He then studied Medicine at the University of St Andrews.[3]
Following military service with the Royal Navy as a medical officer, he spent a year in Rochester, Minnesota as a Mayo Foundation Fellow, then in 1955 obtained a position at the University of Glasgow.[3]
He became Chair of Surgery at the Welsh National School of Medicine in 1962.[3] He moved to the University of Edinburgh to take up the Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery in 1971,[3] where he eventually became emeritus.[4]
He also served as Chief Scientist to the Scottish , and chaired the Department of Health working group on the implementation of the NHS Programme on breast cancer screening.[3]
He was elected a member of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1976.[5]
He died on 7 August 2021, at the age of 98.[6]
Awards[]
Forrest received the Umberto Veronesi Award for the Future Fight Against Breast Cancer (2000).[7] In 1987, he received the Lister Medal, "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to surgical science, particularly in the field of breast cancer".[8]
Publications[]
- Principles and Practice of Surgery
- Breast Cancer: The Decision to Screen (1990)
References[]
- ^ THE INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO: 1992-93. Europa Publications. 1992. p. 527. ISBN 9780946653843. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ History of the Chair of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 23 June 2017
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2002). Peptic Ulcer: Rise and Fall. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-084-7. Wikidata Q29581663.
- ^ "Sir Patrick Forrest". The Nuffield Trust. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Births, marriages and deaths: Friday August 13, 2021". The Times. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Prize Winners - IEO Award". Umberto Veronesi Milan Breast Cancer Conference. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ College and Faculty News, Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1987 July; 69(4): supplement: College and Faculty Bulletin, page 3.
External links[]
- Patrick Forrest on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- Portrait of Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (Art UK)
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