Biography

The Early Years

• Born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Moved to the UK in same year
• School in Woodford Green, Essex: Penarth, Glamorgan and Fakenham, Norfolk

• For those who like to follow family trees the following genealogy will be of interest. The first family tree is based on the High family. High was the maiden name of my great, great grandmother. She married a Gibson and their son William married Mabel Bartaby (my great grandfather and grandmother). Mabel Gibson was known to me as 'Granny Gibson' and I can just remember her when I was an infant (early 50s). My grandmother was also Mabel (Gibson) and she married a Powell, Jack Powell, my grandfather who died in 1961. Mabel died in 1982. Both are buried in Fakenham cemetery on Queen's road. My great grandmother Mabel's family (the Bartabys) are mainly buried in Colkirk church graveyard. Mabel's father, Edmund (my great, great grandfather) married a Nelson which is the link with the famous Nelson family of Norfolk! The following link shows the family tree of the Highs and the Bartabys.

The next link shows the family tree of the Gibson, Powell and Cushing family. As you can see, the Cushing family were a religious family and there were two reverends in my great grandmother Eliza's family. J.W. Powell was my great grandfather and at one time had two or three sadler's shops in the Fakenham area of North Norfolk. My grandfather John (Jack) also owned two grocery shops in Fakenham, Powell and Butler (see James Butler on the family tree, he was a sleeping partner) and R.G. Pooley. I have included an image of the Powell Family (circa 1914). If you move the mouse pointer over the faces, the names are indicated (see the genealogy link above).

The final link is a small one showing more detail of my great grandfather William Gibson's brothers and sisters. These family trees were drawn up in the mid 70s with the help of my grandmother, Mabel. More work needs to be done to fill in the gaps!

 

The Middle Years

1968 to 1980

• Medical school at King's College London and King's College Hospital Medical School (1968-73)
• Anaesthetic, Intensive Care and Pain management training: KCH, Dallas Tx., East Grinstead and the Brook General Hospital, London
• Appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at King's College Hospital October 1980

Recent Events

1981 to date

• 1986 First textbook published in collaboration with Dr. Jose Ponte
• 1995 Second textbook published, also in collaboration with Dr. Jose Ponte
• February 1997 to August 1999 Master Business Administration (Technology Management) Open University Business School (MBA awarded December 1999)
• Hon. Sec. of the Osler Club of London, 1999 to 2004
• President of the Osler Club of London 2005 to 2007
• President of the South East Thames Society of Anaesthetists 2003 to 2005
• President of the Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Anaesthesia 2008 to 2009
• Retired from full time anaesthetics in September 2010
• See resume for other events (if interested!)