Keith Ross (surgeon)
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_-_Sir_Keith_Ross.jpg) Ross in June 1997 | |
| Born | James Keith Ross 9 May 1927 |
| Died | 18 February 2003 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Consultant cardiac surgeon |
Sir James Keith Ross, 2nd Baronet,
Early life
Ross was born in London on 9 May 1927, the son of Sir James Paterson Ross, Surgeon to the Royal Household,[1] and Marjorie Burton Townsend, a former surgical ward sister at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[2]
Ross was educated at The Hall School, Hampstead and St Paul's School. He qualified in medicine at Middlesex Hospital prior to undertaking mostly sea-based National Service in the Royal Naval Reserve. He then returned to the Middlesex Hospital.[2]
In 1956, Ross passed the
Career
Ross worked as Senior Registrar at the Middlesex and
From 1972 to 1990, Ross was Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, for the Wessex Region, based at Southampton.[1]
Ross served as a member of the Council of the RCS from 1986 to 1994 and as President of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in 1988. He was chair of the RCS's Working Party on Cardiac Transplantation from 1990 to 1992.[3] He was awarded the Bruce Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1989, which is a recognition granted only occasionally since its inception in 1966.[1]
Personal life
Ross was an accomplished painter, who twice had pictures accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and sold both. He was also a keen angler, woodworker and sailor.[2]
On the death of his father in 1980, Ross became second baronet. He died suddenly at his former hospital in Southampton on 18 February 2003 after initially successful treatment for a dissecting aneurysm of the aortic arch. He is survived by his son and three daughters. His son, Andrew Charles Paterson Ross, succeeded him as third baronet.[2]
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References
- ^ a b c "Sir Keith Ross". The Scotsman. 13 March 2003.
- ^ a b c d e England, Royal College of Surgeons of. "Ross, Sir James Keith - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk.
- ^ Wikidata Q29581627.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
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