Dr Trevor Bleddyn Lloyd Roberts
Personal Details
Dr Trevor Bleddyn Lloyd Roberts MRCS LRCP FFARCS DA
29/08/1914 to 23/09/1999
Place of birth: Islington, London, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 515746
Education and qualifications
| General education | Medical School, University College Hospital, London |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | MRCS Eng., LRCP Lond., 1941 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | DA (RCP&S), 1946 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation Roberts was a house surgeon at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, followed by house physician at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary in Truro. In 1942 he was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps; he served in India and Burma as medical officer to the 3/9th Gurkhas. Achieving the rank of Major, by 1946 he was demobilised and appointed as an assistant anaesthetists at University College Hospital, London. In 1948 he was appointed as an Anaesthetist to the West London (National) Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Queen Square, and Willesden General Hospital, as well as 1st Assistant Anaesthetist to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. In the 1950s he also had sessions at other hospitals. By the 1960s he became a Consultant Anaesthetist at Charing Cross Hospital in addition to the National Hospital (Queen Square), in which posts he continued until his retirement about 1981.
Professional interests and activities
He was a member of the British Medical Association, the Association of Anaesthetists and the Royal Society of Medicine. Notably, he served as President of the West London MedicoChirurgical Society. His administrative roles included chairman of the West London Hospital Medical Committee and serving on the board of governors of Charing Cross Hospital. Although a general anaesthetist, he had a special interest in anaesthesia for neurosurgery. He wrote chapters within textbooks on anaesthesia for intracranial surgery and stereotactic surgery, and he pioneered the use of a G-suit in neurosurgery. His calm competence in neurosurgical anaesthesia was appreciated by both colleagues and trainees
Other biographical information
He married Thelma Sinclair in 1939 and they had a daughter. His non-medical interests involved the Honourable Artillery Company, being a Governor of St Felix School in Southwold, and the local branch of the British Legion. For leisure he enjoyed travelling and fishing in Scotland. In retirement he lived in Kent until the age of 85 years, survived by his family.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Rubin A. Obituary Trevor Bleddyn Lloyd Roberts (with photograph). BMJ 1999; 319: 1580-1. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk