Walter Ganado
Professor of Medicine
Portrait details: Painted by William Apap;
donated by Mrs. C. Ganado in December
1990.
Born: Floriana, 21/04/1907; died: 26/10/1987. Education:
Lyceum [1917-23]; University of Malta [1924-31]; furthered
postgraduate studies at University College, London, UK [194647]; Research Fellow University of Michigan [1956-57].
Qualifications: B.Sc. [Malta, 1927]; M.D. [Malta, 1931]; M.R.C.P.
[London, 1945]; B.Sc. (hons.) [London, 1947]; F.R.C.P. [London,
1961]. Career: worked as Clinical assistant in the London
Hospital [1932]. Government Health Service – Medical Officer
[1932-34]; during World War II served as Temporary Assistant
Physician [1940-45]; Physician at St. Luke's Hospital [1947-63];
Consultant Physician at Victoria Hospital, Gozo [1948-66]; Senior
Physician [1963-67]. University of Malta – Assistant to Professor
of Medicine [1934-39]; Professor of Physiology [1939-63]; Dean
of Faculty of Dental Surgery [1954-56]; Professor of Medicine
[1963-67]. Achievements: Member of University Council, Malta
[1954-66]; member of Medical Council, Malta [1957-66]. Member
of various professional associations including the British Medical
Association, the Physiological Society of Great Britain, the Royal
Society of Medicine, and the Nutrition Society of Great Britain. In
Malta served on the committee of the Medical Officers Union.
Published several papers in referred professional journals.
References: Ganado, Professor Walter. Malta Who’s Who 1965. A
Biographical dictionary. Progress Press, Malta, 1965, p.132; Portraits at
the Medical School. Maltese Medical Journal, 1994, VI[1]:p.58; C.
Savona-Ventura: Ganado, Walter. Maltese biographies of the twentieth
century [eds. M.J. Schiavone; L.J. Scerri]. PIN, Malta, 1997, p.302.
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Wednesday, 03 December 2014