Patrick Forrest
{{Short description|Scottish surgeon (1923–2021)}}
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Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRCS|FRCPE|FRSE}} (25 March 1923 – 7 August 2021) was a Scottish surgeon.{{cite book |title=THE INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO: 1992-93 |date=1992 |publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=9780946653843 |page=527 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEp1LT7dQMoC&q=Sir+Andrew+Patrick+McEwen+Forrest++march+1923 |access-date=5 January 2021}}
After qualifying in medicine from the University of St Andrews and completing a Fellowship at the Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota, he took up surgical posts first in Glasgow, then in Wales, followed by a position as Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery at Edinburgh.
His achievements in the field of breast cancer earned him the Lister Medal in 1987.
Life
Forrest was born in Lanarkshire and educated at the High School of Dundee.[http://www.ed.ac.uk/files/imports/fileManager/History%20of%20the%20Chair%20of%20Clinical%20Surgery.pdf History of the Chair of Clinical Surgery], University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 23 June 2017 He then studied medicine at the University of St Andrews.{{cite Q|Q29581663}}
Following military service with the Royal Navy as a medical officer, he spent a year in Rochester, Minnesota as a Mayo Foundation Fellow, then in 1955 obtained a position at the University of Glasgow.
He became Chair of Surgery at the Welsh National School of Medicine in 1962. He moved to the University of Edinburgh to take up the Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery in 1971, where he eventually became emeritus.{{cite web|title=Sir Patrick Forrest|url=https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/person/sir-patrick-forrest|publisher=The Nuffield Trust|access-date=17 June 2017|date=27 January 2017}}
He also served as Chief Scientist to the Scottish Department of Home and Health, and chaired the Department of Health working group on the implementation of the NHS Programme on breast cancer screening.
In 1961 Forrest was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as president in 1984.{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Harveian Society|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fHAR%2f1%2f1%2f1&pos=17|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}} He was elected a member of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1976.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/patrick-forrest/|title=Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh|work=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|access-date=19 December 2017|language=en-GB}} In 1983 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club.{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fAEC%2f1&pos=2|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}}
He died on 7 August 2021, at the age of 98.{{cite news|title=Births, marriages and deaths: Friday August 13, 2021|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-friday-august-13-2021-h8pk889sr|access-date=20 August 2021|work=The Times|date=13 August 2021}}
Awards
Forrest received the Umberto Veronesi Award for the Future Fight Against Breast Cancer (2000).{{Cite web|url=http://www.breastmilan.com/general-info/scientific-committee/prize-winners/|title=Prize Winners - IEO Award|last=|first=|date=|website=Umberto Veronesi Milan Breast Cancer Conference|language=en-GB|access-date=11 October 2019}} In 1987, he received the Lister Medal, "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to surgical science, particularly in the field of breast cancer".[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2498472/pdf/annrcse01545-0028.pdf College and Faculty News], Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1987 July; 69(4): supplement: College and Faculty Bulletin, page 3.
Publications
- Principles and Practice of Surgery
- Breast Cancer: The Decision to Screen (1990)
References
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External links
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- [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/professor-andrew-patrick-mcewen-forrest-frse-dsc-hon-chm-frcs-eng-edin-glas-facs-hon-professor-of-surgery-university-of-wales-college-of-medicine-19621971-159305 Portrait of Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest] at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff (Art UK)
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