Salvatore Cassar
Professor of Surgery
Born: Birkirkara, 05/10/1861; died: 30/07/1938. Education:
University of Malta. Qualifications: M.D. [Malta, 1886]. Career:
Government Health Service - house surgeon at Civil Hospital
[1887]; appointed Junior Visiting Surgeon [1895] and Senior
Visiting Surgeon [1900-1926]. University of Malta - Professor of
Surgery [1900-1926]. Achievements: considered "Father of
Surgery" in Malta; played an active part in Maltese politics
contesting for the Senate in 1927 in interests of the Constitution
Party; appointed vice-president of Senate during Lord Strickland’s
premiership. Also served as president to the Chamber of
Medicine.
Portrait details: Painted by E. Caruana
Dingli, undated
References: A. Macmillan [ed.]: Biographical Notes – Malta. Malta and
Gibraltar Illustrated. Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and
Industrial, Facts, Figures and Resources. Collingridge, London, 1915,
p.389; C. Savona-Ventura: Cassar, Salvatore. Maltese biographies of the
twentieth century [eds. M.J. Schiavone; L.J. Scerri]. PIN, Malta, 1997,
p.163; Portraits at the Medical School. Maltese Medical Journal, 1998,
X[1]:p.48.
http://www.um.edu.mt/umms/museum/portrait
Wednesday, 03 December 2014