Isabella Forshall
Isabella Forshall Paediatric Surgeon | |
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Medical career | |
Institutions | Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital |
Isabella Forshall FRCSE (2 October 1900 – 10 August 1989) was an English paediatric surgeon who played a leading role in the development of the speciality of paediatric surgery in the United Kingdom. She took a particular interest in neonatal surgery and was instrumental in the establishment of the Liverpool Neonatal Surgical Unit, the first neonatal intensive care unit in the UK[1] and indeed in the world.[2]
Early life
Forshall was born in
Surgical career
She worked as house surgeon at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, and later at
Further qualifications and awards
In 1957 she gained the diplomas of
Later life and legacy
She retired to Sussex and died in Chichester on 10 August 1989.[3] She was commemorated by the Forshall Lecture given at the Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons.[7]
References
- ^ a b Taylor, Joshua. "The history of Alder Hey Children's Hospital from 1910 to 2015". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ PMID 22244388.
- ^ a b "Isabella Forshall; Birth and death registration". www.familysearch.org.
- ^ a b c "Forshall, Isabella (1902–1989)". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ PMC 1661896.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9503620-9-0.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ a b "Isabella Forshall". British Association of Paediatric Surgeons. Retrieved 7 May 2019.