John Parsons Shillingford Explained
John Parsons Shillingford (April 15, 1914 – September 16, 1999) was a British physician and cardiologist, known as a pioneer of the introduction of coronary care units in the United Kingdom in the 1960s.[1] [2]
Early life
Shillingford was born in London, England on April 15, 1914. He attended Bishop's Stortford College. He then studied at the London Hospital Medical School.
At the beginning of World War II, he won a Rockefeller Foundation scholarship to Harvard Medical School and graduated with an MD in 1943. He held medical residency appointments at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and at Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York.
Shillingford qualified for Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians in 1945. He graduated with a MB BS from the London Hospital Medical School.in 1945 and an MD in 1948.
Career
After the war, Shillingford worked at the London Hospital until 1950. In 1950, John McMichael recruited Shillingford to the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in Hammersmith. Shillingford's research team studied the narrowing of the arteries that occurs with aging. He promoted engineering and biophysics in cardiovascular research.
He headed the Medical Research Council's cardiovascular unit, and his engineering interests and skills led to several diagnostic innovations. His major contributions were in the study and care of patients in the acute stages of heart attack, at a time when little was offered beyond pain relief. In the 1960s, he realized that research into heart disease was underfunded and, together with McMichael, supported the recently formed British Heart Foundation. He became the chair of angiocardiography at the University of London in 1969.
He published over 400 articles that form the basis of much of the current understanding of heart disease.
Personal life
He married Doris Margaret "Jill" Franklin in 1947 in Brentford, Middlesex. They had two sons and a daughter. He died in 1999.
Awards and honours
Selected publications
- 1023339. 1950. Shillingford. J. P.. The Red Bone Marrow in Heart Failure. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 3. 1. 24–39. 15404597. 10.1136/jcp.3.1.24.
- 1974699. 1957. McMichael. J.. The Role of Valvular Incompetence in Heart Failure. British Medical Journal. 1. 5018. 537–541. Shillingford. J. P.. 13404228. 10.1136/bmj.1.5018.537.
- 503959. 1957. Cobbs. B. W.. The Size of the Left Atrium, in Conditions Other Than Mitral Valve Disease. British Heart Journal. 19. 4. 495–502. Shillingford. J. P.. Steiner. R. E.. 13471815. 10.1136/hrt.19.4.495.
- 1024164. 1958. Murray. J. F.. A Comparison of Direct and Extraction Methods for the Determination of T-1824 (Evans Blue) in Plasma and Serum. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 11. 2. 170–172. Shillingford. J. P.. 13513794. 10.1136/jcp.11.2.170.
- 1017608. 1959. Taylor. S. H.. Clinical Applications of Coomassie Blue. British Heart Journal. 21. 4. 497–504. Shillingford. J. P.. 18610134. 10.1136/hrt.21.4.497.
- 1953688. 1961. Harrison. R. J.. Perforation of Interventricular Septum After Myocardial Infarction. British Medical Journal. 1. 5232. 1066–1071. Shillingford. J. P.. Allen. G. T.. Teare. D.. 13711842. 10.1136/bmj.1.5232.1066.
- 1017789. 1961. Shillingford. J. P.. Clinical and Hæmodynamic Patterns in Endomyocardial Fibrosis. British Heart Journal. 23. 4. 433–446. Somers. K.. 18610159. 10.1136/hrt.23.4.433.
- 1017845. 1962. Bruce. T. A.. The Normal Resting Cardiac Output: Serial Determinations by a Dye Dilution Method. British Heart Journal. 24. 1. 69–75. Shillingford. J. P.. 13873822. 10.1136/hrt.24.1.69.
- 1817897. 1964. Calnan. J. S.. Venous Obstruction in the Aetiology of Lymphoedema Praecox. British Medical Journal. 2. 5403. 214.2–226. Kountz. S.. Pentecost. B. L.. Shillingford. J. P.. Steiner. R. E.. 14150911. 10.1136/bmj.2.5403.214-b.
- 1898962. 1965. Shillingford. J. P.. The place of measurement in the management of acutely ill patients. Measurement in the intensive care of heart disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 58. 10. 773–775. 10.1177/003591576505801006. 5836729.
- 1898347. 1965. Shillingford. J. P.. The Intensive Care of the Coronary Crisis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 58. 2. 101–103. 10.1177/003591576505800208. 14262009.
- 1749144. 1967. Shillingford. J. P.. Significance of the systolic murmur. British Medical Journal. 4. 5578. 539. 10.1136/bmj.4.5578.539.
- 1985716. 1968. Thomas. M.. Analysis of 150 patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to an intensive care and study unit. British Medical Journal. 1. 5595. 787–790. Jewitt. D. E.. Shillingford. J. P.. 5641483. 10.1136/bmj.1.5595.787.
- 1984930. 1968. Shillingford. J. P.. Considerations of Chest Disease. British Medical Journal. 1. 5583. 42–43. 10.1136/bmj.1.5583.42-b.
- 487377. 1970. Gabe. I. T.. Effect of respiration on venous return and stroke volume in cardiac tamponade. British Heart Journal. 32. 5. 592–596. Mason. D. T.. Gault. J. H.. Ross Jr. J.. Zelis. R.. Mills. C. J.. Braunwald. E.. Shillingford. J. P.. 5470038. 10.1136/hrt.32.5.592.
- 458420. 1971. Reid. D. S.. Surface mapping of RS-T segment in acute myocardial infarction. British Heart Journal. 33. 3. 370–374. Pelides. L. J.. Shillingford. J. P.. 5579153. 10.1136/hrt.33.3.370.
- 2467139. 1971. Shillingford. J. P.. Panel discussion. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 47. 543. 27–29. 10.1136/pgmj.47.543.27.
- 458665. 1973. Millar. R. N.. Studies of intra-atrial conduction with bipolar atrial and His electrograms. British Heart Journal. 35. 6. 604–609. Maurer. B. J.. Reid. D. S.. Wray. R.. Birkhead. J. S.. Shillingford. J. P.. 4712464. 10.1136/hrt.35.6.604.
- 484150. 1975. Zacharoulis. A. A.. Measurement of stroke volume from pulmonary artery pressure record in man. British Heart Journal. 37. 1. 20–25. Evans. T. R.. Ziady. G. M.. Coltart. D. J.. Shillingford. J. P.. 803378. 10.1136/hrt.37.1.20.
- 483394. 1977. Selwyn. A. P.. Loss of electrically active myocardium during anterior infarction in man. British Heart Journal. 39. 11. 1186–1191. Ogunro. E.. Shillingford. J. P.. 588374. 10.1136/hrt.39.11.1186.
- 483358. 1977. Selwyn. A. P.. Natural history and evaluation of ST segment changes and MB CK release in acute myocardial infarction. British Heart Journal. 39. 9. 988–994. Ogunro. E. A.. Shillingford. J. P.. 907778. 10.1136/hrt.39.9.988.
- 482808. 1978. Selwyn. A. P.. Natural history and evaluation of Q waves during acute myocardial infarction. British Heart Journal. 40. 4. 383–387. Fox. K.. Welman. E.. Shillingford. J. P.. 646905. 10.1136/hrt.40.4.383.
- 483527. 1978. Selwyn. A. P.. Loss of electrically active myocardium during inferior infarction in man. British Heart Journal. 40. 9. 1019–1024. Fox. K.. Welman. E.. Jonathan. A.. Shillingford. J. P.. 708527. 10.1136/hrt.40.9.1019.
- 483576. 1978. Fox. K. M.. A method for precordial surface mapping of the exercise electrocardiogram. British Heart Journal. 40. 12. 1339–1343. Selwyn. A. P.. Shillingford. J. P.. 737091. 10.1136/hrt.40.12.1339.
- 482176. 1979. Fox. K. M.. Projection of electrocardiographic signs in precordial maps after exercise in patients with ischaemic heart disease. British Heart Journal. 42. 4. 416–421. Selwyn. A. P.. Shillingford. J. P.. 508472. 10.1136/hrt.42.4.416.
Notes and References
- Web site: Munk's Roll, Volume XI, Royal College of Physicians. John Parsons Shillingford.
- Obituary. John ("Jack") Parsons Shillingford. BMJ. 27 November 1999. 319. 7222. 1438. 1117166. 10574885. 10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1438. Shillingford. M..
- Web site: CBE appointments. Supplement to the London Gazette. 11 June 1988.