Peter John Ryan

Peter John Ryan

Peter John Ryan, OAM (25 November 1925 - 3 June 2002) was a consultant surgeon at St Vincent%27s Hospital, Melbourne. He was born in Shepparton, Victoria in 1925; qualified in medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1948; MS, FRCS, FRACS, FISA (Hon)); and died from cancer on 3 June 2002. [ [http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/554/b/DC1 British Medical Journal online obituary, retrieved 2008-06-03] , also in the printed journal, March 2003 edition.] ["Medical Journal of Australia", August 2002, p177]

Ryan was President of the [http://www.isucrs.org/ International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons] from 1986 to 1988 and colorectal cancer was a major medical study of his professional life. Ryan chaired the ISUCRS's Congress in Melbourne in 1980.

Another of his medical lifetime interests was road safety and driving. He was a founding member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Road Trauma Committee [ [http://www.surgeons.org/Content/NavigationMenu/FellowshipandStandards/FellowshipServices/Trauma/RoadTrauma/default.htm Road Trauma Committee website] ] , which was partially responsible for the introduction of compulsory seat belts in cars in Victoria, in 1970. [In May 1965 Ryan supported a motion to investigate the causes of road accidents in Australia, cited in [http://www.surgeons.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=20592 Road Trauma Committee history] ]

Bibliography

"A very short textbook of surgery", Publisher: Chapman & Hall Medical, London, 1994.ISBN: 0412615304 DDC: 617

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