Dr William John Patterson
Personal Details
Dr William John Patterson MB BCH BAO FFARCS
Known as: Pat
19/04/1905 to 17/03/1987
Place of birth: Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland
Nationality: UK (Ulsterman)
CRN: 715842
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Queen’s University Medical School, Belfast and the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MB BCH BAO Belfast 1927 |
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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), 1947 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation Patterson was House Surgeon, House Physician, Senior House Surgeon, and Assistant Casualty Officer at Royal Hospital, Sheffield. All his subsequent posts were in Sheffield. In 1930 he entered general practice. From 1937 onwards he was Honorary Anaesthetist at Sheffield Royal Hospital. During WW2 he served in the Emergency Medical Service including Sheffield Children’s Hospital. He gave up general practice in 1948 to become a full time consultant anaesthetist at United Sheffield Hospitals and Sheffield Region. He retired at 65 in 1970, but continued with locum sessions for some years.
Professional interests and activities
Member BMA, AAGBI, Fellow RSM, founder member Sheffield & East Midlands Society of Anaesthetists. Active in setting up academic anaesthesia in Sheffield.
Other biographical information
He married Dr Dorothy Colver in April 1931and they had four children; the eldest son became a general practitioner in Leicester. A low handicap golfer, he was a president of Hallamshire Golf Club. He was a founder member of Sheffield Bridge Club, and founder & first president of the Ulster Society in Sheffield.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Adrian Padfield
Sources and comments:
Sources and Comments For material which does not fit other categories
[1] Obituary. BMJ 1987; 294: 1169. [2] Medical Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk