| Professor Sir FRCS FRCPE FRSE | |
|---|---|
| Born |
25 March 1923 Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died |
7 August 2021 (aged 98) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Employer |
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| Awards | Lister Medal (1987) |
Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest FRCS FRCPE 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 Department of Home and Health, 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. https://www.google.com/books/edition/THE_INTERNATIONAL_WHO_S_WHO/zEp1LT7dQMoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Sir+Andrew+Patrick+McEwen+Forrest++march+1923&dq=Sir+Andrew+Patrick+McEwen+Forrest++march+1923&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ↑ History of the Chair of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 23 June 2017
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- ↑ "Sir Patrick Forrest". The Nuffield Trust. 27 January 2017. https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/person/sir-patrick-forrest. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ↑ "Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh" (in en-GB). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/patrick-forrest/.
- ↑ "Births, marriages and deaths: Friday August 13, 2021". The Times. 13 August 2021. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-friday-august-13-2021-h8pk889sr.
- ↑ "Prize Winners - IEO Award" (in en-GB). http://www.breastmilan.com/general-info/scientific-committee/prize-winners/.
- ↑ College and Faculty News, Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1987 July; 69(4): supplement: College and Faculty Bulletin, page 3.
External links[]
- Template:History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group ID
- Portrait of Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (Art UK)
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