Dr Terence Ross Steen
Personal Details
Dr Terence Ross Steen MB BChir FFARCS MRCS LRCP DA
16/10/1919 - 20/03/1987
Place of birth: Romford, Essex, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 723969
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General education |
Clifton College, Bristol. Clare College, University of Cambridge and Medical School at the London Hospital. |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MB, BChir, University of Cambridge, 1943 MRCS England, LRCP London, 1943 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1953 |
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Other qualification(s) |
DA (RCP&S), 1948 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After qualifying Steen undertook house jobs at the London Hospital. In 1944 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, where he engaged in anaesthetics at general hospitals and a field surgical unit and attained the rank of Captain. After demobilisation in 1947 he was senior resident anaesthetist at The London Hospital, and then entered general practice with his brother in Weymouth, Dorset. In 1950 he decided to specialise in anaesthesia and worked as a registrar at St George’s Hospital, followed by Senior Registrar in Anaesthetics at Bristol Royal Infirmary. He was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist to Southmead Hospital and the Bristol Clinical Area in 1952, remaining in this post until his retirement in 1980.
Professional interests and activities
He was a member of the British Medical Association and served as President of the Society of Anaesthetists of the South Western Region. In 1959 he obtained secondment for two years to Makerere College and Mulago Hospital in Uganda, where he trained medical assistants to administer anaesthesia. After returning to Southmead Hospital, he served as chairman of the medical staff committee and set up an epidural service in the newly formed university department of obstetrics. Regarded as an expert in the science and art of anaesthesia, he published several papers including a case report of hypertension due to an unsuspected phaeochromocytoma.
Other biographical information
He married Ingeborg Gamper and they had three sons. A bibliophile with a gift for writing humorous verse, he had a ready and kindly wit which engendered success. He died at the age of 67 years, survived by his family.
Author and Sources
Author
Alistair McKenzie
Sources and Comments For material which does not fit other categories
[1] Obituary TR Steen MB, BChir, FFARCS, DA (with photograph). BMJ 1987; 294: 1296-7.
[2] Medical Registers and Directories.
[3] ancestry.co.uk