Michael John Tynan MD FRCP (born 18 April 1934) was Professor of Paediatric Cardiology at Guy’s Hospital (1982–99) and is a member of Cambridge University’s Paediatric Cardiology Hall of Fame.[1] [2]
Tynan was born on 18 April 1934, the son of Jerry Joseph Tynan (a Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force) and Florence Ann Tynan.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the London Hospital.[1]
Tynan was a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Medical School (1962)and a Senior Assistant Resident at the Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts (1962).[1] He was Registrar of Westminster Hospital (1964) and Registrar (later Lecturer) at Great Ormond Street Hospital (1966).[1] Tynan was also consultant paediatric cardiologist at Newcastle University Hospitals (1971) and at Guy’s Hospital (1977) before taking up his professorship at Guy’s Hospital in 1982.[1]
Tynan married Eirlys Pugh Williams in 1958.[1] He is a member of the Athenaeum Club, London.[1]