Dr George Bellman

Personal Details

Dr George Bellman FFARCS MRCS LRCP DA 

08/05/1905 - 24/04/1954

Place of birth: Kirsanov, Russia 

Nationality: British

CRN: 715756

Known as: Gerald 

 

General education	Schooling from the age of 7 in Brighton, winning a scholarship. Medical School at King’s College in London winning the Johnson Prize in Anatomy, the Pollock Prize in Physiology, and the senior university entrance scholarship to St George’s Hospital in 1925.
Primary medical qualification(s)	MRCS England, LRCP London, 1928
Initial Fellowship and type	FFARCS by Election
Year of Fellowship	1953
Other qualification(s)	DA (RCP&S), 1943

 

Professional life and career

Postgraduate career

After graduation Bellman undertook house jobs at the Metropolitan Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Hospital followed by senior resident in surgery at All Saints Hospital, London. From 1931 he had a period of general practice in the West End  of London and near Regent’s Park, while also working as a clinical assistant at the Metropolitan ENT Hospital. By 1933 he was appointed Anaesthetist at the Metropolitan and also Hon. Surgeon at the Westminster General Dispensary. He was further appointed as Hon. Anaesthetist to Battersea General Hospital and Anaesthetist at Queen Mary’s Hospital for East End, Stratford by 1935. Additionally he became Anaesthetist to the Eastman Dental Clinic in 1936 and by 1937 he was appointed Hon. Anaesthetist to the Women’s and Children’s Hospitals in Plaistow (East London). During WW2 he was Anaesthetist to the Emergency Medical Service and Dental Anaesthetist for the L.C.C. By 1948 he was appointed Hon. Anaesthetist to Charing Cross Hospital where he continued to work until his untimely death in 1954.

Professional interests and activities

Bellman was a member of the British Medical Association, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland. He was remembered by his colleagues as skilled and reliable in both anaesthetics and administration.

Other biographical information

He married Leah Warshawski in 1936 and they had a daughter. In the 1950s he was reading for the Bar. Beset by ill health he died while on holiday in Portugal at the age of 48, survived by his family. 

Author and Sources

Author

Alistair McKenzie

 

Sources and Comments For material which does not fit other categories

[1] Obituary. BMJ 1954; ii: 474. 

[2] Medical Registers and Directories. 

[3] ancestry.co.uk