Post-operative Complications (Oxford Specialist Handbooks) - Softcover

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Leaper qualified from Leeds Medical School in 1970, before training in general surgery. He has the Fellowship in Surgery of the Royal Colleges of Edinburgh (1974), England (1975) and Glasgow (1999) and gained the CCST in 1980. He has two higher degrees by thesis; MD (1979) and ChM (1982) and was awarded the Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons in 1998. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Bristol (1981-1995) with Honorary Consultant status at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Southmead Hospital in Bristol. He was Professor of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong (1988-1990) and at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1995-2004), and is now Emeritus Professor, with Visiting Chair status, at Cardiff University, where he works in the Wound Healing Research Unit. He has published over 10 books, 50 chapters and 200 original research and review papers. Iain Whitaker read medicine at Trinity Hall College, University of Cambridge, where he also obtained the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. He completed his sub internship in plastic surgery at Harvard Medical School, USA, followed by his surgical house officer post at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. After serving as an anatomy demonstrator at the University of Cambridge, he completed his general surgery training in the Yorkshire School of Surgery, and subsequently became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. During his specialist training he has spent time overseas in both clinical and research activities in Uppsala (Sweden), Louisville and Connecticut (USA). Iain has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, several book chapters and books and has won academic awards from Cambridge University, the Royal College of Surgeons, the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and Commercial Bodies.