Dr Eric Kay Gardner
Personal Details
Dr Eric Kay Gardner LMSSA FFARCS DA MB BChir DA FRCS
24/03/1913 to 03/04/2005
Place of birth: Finchley (North London) England
Nationality: British
CRN: 529053
Education and qualifications
| General education | Medical School, University of Cambridge and St Bartholomew’s Hospital 1931-38 |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | LMSSA Lond., 1938 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | MB BChir, University of Cambridge, 1938 DA (RCP&S), 1944 FRCS Eng., 1948 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation Gardner was Resident Medical Officer at Finchley Memorial Hospital and Resident Surgical Officer at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping, Essex. By 1948 he had been appointed as an anaesthetist for Essex County Council and by the following year he has sessions at Whipp’s Cross Hospital, where he was appointed a Consultant Anaesthetist. In 1957 he moved to a Consultant Anaesthetist post at the Barnet Group of Hospitals in North London, where he remained until his retirement (somewhat early on health grounds) in 1976. He then worked for a while as Medical Adviser to the Council for Postgraduate Medical Education in England & Wales.
Professional interests and activities
Gardner was a member of the Royal Society of Medicine and of the Hunterian Society. At Barnet General Hospital he was much involved in the intensive therapy unit and resuscitation. These topics were the main focus of his few publications, but he also published on epidural analgesia for prostatectomy. With a colleague, James D Rochford, he advised on the establishment of an intensive therapy unit in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Other biographical information
He married Catherine Baker in 1939 and they had three children. In retirement he moved to Christchurch, Dorset. Predeceased by his wife, he died at the age of 92, survived by three children and three grandchildren.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Essex-Lopresti M. Obituary Eric Kay Gardner (with photograph). BMJ 2005; 330: 1213. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk