Alan Gilston
| Dr Alan Gilston FRCS, FFARCS |
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|---|---|
| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 2005 (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Anaesthesiologist |
Dr Alan Gilston FRCS, FFARCS (1928-2005) was a British anaesthesiologist. He was one of the team who performed the first heart transplant in the United Kingdom.
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Early life[edit]
His grandfather was Israel Gitlesohn, Bradford's first shohet, who was from Lithuania.[1]
Career[edit]
Gilston was Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist at the National Heart Hospital from 1967 to 1990.[2] On 3 May 1968, he acted as anaesthetist for the first heart transplant in the United Kingdom, which was also only the eleventh in the world.[2]
A founder of the World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, he also served as its president.[2]
He initiated the first World Congress on Intensive Care in 1974, and was its secretary-general.[2]
He was founder and chairman of the Intensive Care Society. He later gave the society's inaugural Gilston Lecture, named by the society in his honour, and received their silver Medal.[1][2]
He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), and a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFARCS).[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Dr Alan Gilston". Yorkshire Post. 16 July 2005.
- ^ a b c d e f Tilli Tansey; Lois Reynolds, eds. (1999), Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-1-84129-007-2 http://www.histmodbiomed.org/witsem/vol3 Missing or empty
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External links[edit]
- Alan Gilston on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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