| Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
| Arthur Stanley Woodwark | |
| Birth Date: | 1875 |
| Death Date: | 11 May 1945 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Occupation: | Physician |
| Known For: | Dean of Westminster Hospital Medical School |
| Work Institutions: | |
Sir Arthur Stanley Woodwark (1875 – 11 May 1945), was a British physician who served as dean of the medical school at Westminster Hospital.
He authored the Manual of Medicine, first published in 1912, before reaching a fourth edition. His main work involved being a medical examiner, compensation cases and being a medical witness.
Stanley Woodwark was born in 1875, the third of six sons of George S. Woodwark of King's Lynn, and was educated at Felsted, Essex.[1]
After studying medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital and gaining his MRCS and LRCP in 1902, he spent some time as a ship's surgeon and took resident appointments at the Royal Free Hospital.[1] In 1906 he passed the MBBS after spending some time in general practice.[2] He completed junior posts at the Great Northern Central Hospital, the Hospital for Sick Children, St. Bartholomew's, where he was casualty physician, and King's College Hospital, where he was medical registrar.[1] [2] In 1909 he gained his MD.[1] At the Throat Hospital, Golden Square, and the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women, he held honorary appointments.[2] During the First World War, he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and held the position of D.A.D.M.S., London District, deputy assistant director-general at the War Office.[2] At the Queen Alexandra Military Hospital he was appointed consulting physician.[2]
In 1912 he authored the Manual of Medicine, which reached four editions.[2] His main work involved being a medical examiner, compensation cases and being a medical witness.[2]
In 1919 he was appointed assistant physician to the Westminster Hospital and dean of its medical school.[2] He gained his FRCP the following year.[1] He had been an examiner for both the LMSSA and Conjoint board.[1]
He was awarded the CMG in 1918 and the CBE in 1919.[2] [3] He was made deputy lieutenant in 1931.. In 1932 he was knighted, and was also made knight of St John of Jerusalem.[1] He served as master of the Society of Apothecaries between 1941 and 1943, was master of the Barbers from 1942 to 1944, and master of the Turner's company in 1943.[1] He was president of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene.[2] He was also a member of the BMA, the Savage Club, and on council for the MDU.[1]
In 1911 he married Hilda, daughter of Sir Richard Robinson, and they had a daughter and three sons, including George Millington Woodwark.[2] [4]