Dr Peter Mary Edward Drury
24/09/1932 to 05/04/2017
Place of birth: Dublin
Nationality: British
CRN: 499372
Also known as: Peter
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Ampleforth College; Trinity College, Cambridge; Guy’s Hospital Medical School (Editor of Hospital Gazette) |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS LRCP, 1957 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Examination |
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Year of Fellowship |
1965 |
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Other qualification(s) |
BChir, Cambridge, 1957; MB Cambridge, 1958 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After pre-registration house officer posts in Lewisham & Beckenham, Peter spent a year in anaesthetics at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, before undertaking two years National Service - spent mostly in Catterick. He returned to Southmead as registrar and then moved to Liverpool to attend the fellowship courses. He was appointed consultant at the Royal Southern Hospital in Liverpool in 1967, moving to the then new University Hospital in 1978 and remaining there until retirement in 1997.
Professional interests and activities
An early worker in intensive care, collaborating with a physician (Ronnie Finn) with whom he wrote one of the first manuals on the subject; another publication was on anaesthesia for ENT surgery. A great supporter of the Liverpool Medical Institution (president 1989, the second anaesthetist to serve) and, in retirement, the History of Anaesthesia Society (editor proceedings 2000-6, honorary member 2013).
Other biographical information
Of a medical family although his father was a civil engineer. He married Veronica Gately and they had a son and three daughters. He had a deep faith and, blessed with perfect pitch, music (of many kinds) was a life long interest as was cricket. He also enjoyed fell walking in the Lake District.
Author and sources
Author: Dr Bob Palmer
Sources and any other comments: [1] Gilbertson AA. Obituary. The History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings 2017; 50: 151-3 [2] There are also obituaries on the websites of both Ampleforth College and the Liverpool Medical Institution. [3] Medical Directory [4] Photograph courtesy of the History of Anaesthesia Society