John Goligher Explained

John Cedric Goligher (1912–1998) was a British surgeon who specialised in diseases of the rectum and colon and in coloproctology.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He was "renowned worldwide"[1] and had "a national and international reputation"[5] He is considered to have been "one of the preeminent clinical investigative surgeons" of his time.[4]

Early life

John Cedric Goligher was born on 13 March 1912 in Derry, Ireland.[2] [4] [5] [6] [3] He was educated at Foyle College.[2] [5] He went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh where he qualified with the MB ChB degree in 1934.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1]

Career

Goligher studied at the University of Edinburgh where he attained postgraduate qualifications as a surgeon (MRCS) in 1938, and attained his professional fellowship qualifications the same year (FRCS and FRCSEd).[1] [2] [3] [5] [6] He attained his Master of Surgery qualification nine years later in 1947 (ChM).[1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [7] His career began at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.[1] [2] [4] [5] [6] During World War II he worked first at St Mark's Hospital[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and then for five years (from 1941) in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[1] [2] [5] [6] After the war, he worked at St Mary's Hospital in London.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He left London in 1955 to take up a post as Professor of Surgery at the University of Leeds and Director of the Professorial Surgical Unit at Leeds General Infirmary.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He worked at Leeds until his retirement in 1978.[4] [8]

Professional bodies and societies

Goligher was a member of the following professional bodies:

Fellowships and memberships

Goligher was a member or fellow of numerous British and foreign medical societies and organisations:[4]

Lectures

Goligher was in great demand as a lecturer, giving over 20 named lectures during his lifetime.[5]

Later life

Goligher retired to Wetherby[4] in West Yorkshire where he established a successful private practice.[5] He died aged 85 on 18 January 1998.[2] [3]

Honours and awards

Goligher's honours and awards include the following:

Goliger also received honorary doctorates from: Queen's University Belfast,[5] the University of Gothenburg,[5] [14] [15] the University of the Republic (Uruguay),[5] and the University of Hull.[16]

Legacy

The John Goligher Colorectal Surgery Unit at Leeds Hospital is named after Goligher.[17] Memorial medals and lectures have been named for him.[18] The Goligher retractor is named for him.[19]

Works

Notes

  1. September 1987 . BSG Golden Jubilee 1937–87: John Goligher: President 1975–6. Gut . British Society of Gastroenterology. 28 . supplement . 32 . 3260681.
  2. Professor John Goligher . 16 February 1998 . 23. 66126.
  3. Monty Seymour. Losowsky . 20 June 1998 . John Cedric Goligher. British Medical Journal . 316 . 7148 . 1908 . 1113383. 9632432 . 10.1136/bmj.316.7148.1908 .
  4. Marc A.. Shampo . January–February 2001 . A Cohort of Three Early Colorectal Surgeons: Goligher, Ravitch, and Nigro. Journal of Pelvic Surgery . 7 . 1 . 8–10.
  5. Encyclopedia: Goligher, John Cedric (1922 - 1998). Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. 30 October 2015. The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 13 August 2016.
  6. Fábio Guilherme . Campos . Sérgio Carlos . Nahas . Ivan . Cecconello . August 2016 . The life of John Cedric Goligher (1912-1998) revisited . Journal of Medical Biography . 24972616 . 24 . 3 . 380–383 . 10.1177/0967772014532896. 42025654 .
  7. Book: Goligher, John. Cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid. 1948.
  8. http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/12786/1/LUA-PUB-003-3-86_000.pdf University of Leeds, Calendar, 1961/62, page 191
  9. Web site: Honorary Fellows of the American College of Surgeons. American College of Surgeons. 18 August 2016. 24 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161224031335/https://www.facs.org/about%20acs/archives/acshistory/honoraryfellows. dead.
  10. J. C. . Goligher . May 1979 . Bradshaw lecture, 1978. Recent trends in the practice of sphincter-saving excision for rectal cancer . Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England . 485045 . 61 . 3 . 169–76 . 2492785.
  11. Web site: Honorary Graduates 1904-2016. University of Leeds. pdf. 13 August 2016.
  12. May 1981. College and Faculty news. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 63. 3. 223. 2493931.
  13. J.. Goligher. May 1984 . The Skeptical Chirurgeon. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England . 6372628. 66. 3. 207–210. 2492557.
  14. Book: Olsson, Claes-Olof. 2007. Hedersdoktorer vid Göteborgs universitet under 100 år 1907-2007. sv. Honorary Doctors at the University of Gothenburg for 100 years from 1907 to 2007. University of Gothenburg. 9789173603546.
  15. Web site: sv. Hedersdoktorer i bokstavsordning. Honorary doctorates in alphabetical order. Göteborgs universitet. 18 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150712192346/http://sahlgrenska.gu.se/om-fakulteten/hedersdoktorer/bokstavsordning. 12 July 2015. dead.
  16. Web site: Honorary degrees. 14 February 1997. Times Higher Education. 31 December 2017.
  17. Web site: John Goligher Colorectal Surgery Unit. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. 31 December 2017.
  18. Marvin L.. Corman. September 1999 . John C. Goligher Memorial Lectureship: Traditions, trials, and treatises. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 10496551. 42. 9. 1130–1135. 10.1007/BF02238563. 71380784.
  19. Book: Konje, Justin. SAQs, MCQs, EMQs and OSCEs for MRCOG Part 2, Second edition: A comprehensive guide. 2009. CRC Press. 9781444121278. 1434.
  20. Mortensen . N. . 1 October 2001 . Surgery of the Anus, Rectum, and Colon . Gut . British Society of Gastroenterology . 49 . 4 . 598 . 10.1136/gut.49.4.598a . 1728477 .

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