Dr Robert Leonard McMillan
Personal Details
Dr Robert Leonard McMillan MB ChB FFARCS DA
Known as: Bob
21/03/1918 to 03/02/1999
Place of birth: Dunfirmline, Scotland
Nationality: British
CRN: 510741
Education and qualifications
| General education | Medical School, University of Edinburgh 1935-40 |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | MB ChB, University of Edinburgh, 1940 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | DA (RCP&S), 1947 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
Soon after graduation McMillan joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served in Normandy at a casualty clearing station shortly after ‘D Day’ in 1944. In 1945 he was transferred to the Far East and served as a Captain (graded Specialist Anaesthetist) in the 67th Indian General Hospital, ending up in Singapore. After demobilisation he was appointed (by 1948) as a visiting annaesthetist at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle. Soon after, he was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist to Cumberland Infirmary and associated East Cumbria hospitals, in which post he remained until his retirement in 1983.
Professional interests and activities
In Carlisle he served on the hospital management committee and for a period was chairman of the medical staff committee. He was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists, and he served a term as President of the North of England Society of Anaesthetists. Through his friendship with Professor Pask at Newcastle upon Tyne, he personally constructed an anaesthetic ventilator (based on Pask’s design), which was the first to be used in east Cumbria.
Other biographical information
While in Singapore he married a nursing sister named Monica and they had two daughters. For recreation he enjoyed clock making and sailing, building his own boat. Predeceased by his wife, he died at the age of 80 years, survived by two daughters (one a doctor) and four grandchildren.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Stuart P. Obituary Robert Leonard McMillan (with photograph). BMJ 1999; 318: 946. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] scotlandspeople.gov.uk [4] ancestry.co.uk