Dr Edith Joan Millar
Personal Details
Dr Edith Joan Millar MBBS FFARCS DA
27/03/1910 to 21/07/1978
Place of birth: Bishop Auckland, Durham, England
Nationality: British
Maiden name: Thomson (married in 1937)
CRN: 715387
Education and qualifications
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General education |
School unknown; Durham University Medical School |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MBBS, Durham, 1932 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1948 |
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Other qualification(s) |
DA(RCP&S), 1936 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
Early appointments were all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne: house surgeon, Fleming memorial Hospital for Sick Children; resident anaesthetist, Royal Victoria Infirmary; and house physician, General Hospital. She then became anaesthetist at the latter hospital, adding duties to the thoracic department during WW2. After the war she moved to Shotley Bridge Hospital where the Regional Chest Surgery Centre was based, and where she became senior anaesthetist, also being visiting anaesthetist at the RVI in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and retiring circa 1975.
Professional interests and activities
Published a number of papers on anaesthesia for thoracic surgery.
Other biographical information
Married William Duncan Millar, a GP in Newcastle, and they one had son, William.
Author and Sources
Author: Prof Tony Wildsmith
Sources and any other comments: Death notice. Anaesthesia 1978; 33: 861 | Medical Directory | Durham & Newcastle Universities more information would be welcome.