Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm,

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, MRCS (30 September 1931 – 10 November 1994) was a New Zealand-born, British urologist. He made extensive advances in renal x-rays. He was also a strong advocate of kidney transplants, promoting the advantages of live donors.

Life

Chisholm was born of Scots descent in

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, on 30 September 1931, the son of Ellen Marion Friston and Sedman Arthur Chisholm, manager of the

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. Chisholm was educated first at

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and then went to the UK with his parents to live in

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around 1946, and completed his studies at

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. Chisholm then received a place at the

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graduating with an

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in 1955. As a medical student this also included much time at the Medical School in Dundee. Chisholm returned to London soon after graduating and began specialising in urological subjects with a strong academic component. In 1961, Chisholm began a three-year period of work and study in the US, under a Medical Foundation Travelling Fellowship, beginning at the Brady Urological Institute and then moving to

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before finally ending in the White Memorial Hospital in

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. Here he learned further specialisation on surgery concerning the

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. On returning to the UK, Chisholm took up the post of Consultant Urologist at

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Hospital. In 1972, Chisholm returned to Scotland as a lecturer the

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, becoming a full Professorship in 1977, replacing the recently retired Sir

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. He also began surgery at Edinburgh's

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. In 1988, Chisholm was elected President of the

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. He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent

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(CBE) in the

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. In 1994 he was elected a Fellow of the

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, his main proposer being Sir

. Chisholm died of a tumour in

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on 10 November 1994.

Publications

Chisholm was editor of the British Journal of Urology from 1977 and also editor of the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. *''Scientific Foundations of Urology'' (three editions) *''Clinical Practice in Urology'' *''Tutorials in Postgraduate Medicine (Urology)''

Family

He married Angela Jane Holden in 1962. He had met her in Hammersmith when she was working as a biochemist in the Department of Surgery.

Artistic recognition

Chisholm portrait, painted in 1959 by Victoria Crowe, hangs in the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chisholm, Geoffrey Duncan 1931 births 1994 deaths People educated at Scots College, Wellington Alumni of the University of St Andrews New Zealand emigrants to the United Kingdom Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh British surgeons New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh People from Hāwera 20th-century surgeons British urologists Recipients of the St Peter's Medal