Terms of reference for
Fellowship, Election and Prize Committee
Description
The Committee will consider submissions and recommend to
Council nominations, consistent with the Ordinances and
Standing Rules, for honours and awards for individuals who have
made outstanding contributions to surgery.
Functions/
responsibilities
The following awards and honours are considered within this
Committee:
1. Fellowships and Memberships

Honorary Fellowship

Fellowship by Election

Fellowship ad eundem

Membership ad eundem
2. Court of Patrons
3. Lectureships and Medals

Stanford Cade Memorial Lectureship

Thomas Vicary Lectureship

Zachary Cope Memorial Lectureship

Tudor Edwards Memorial Lectureship

Jessie Dobson Memorial Lectureship (discontinued)

Sir Arthur Keith Medal

Cheselden Medal
4. The following in association with other organisations

Royal Colleges Bronze Medal

Gordon-Taylor Lectureship

Wood Jones Medal
5. The following in support of the President:

Clement-Price Thomas Award

Honorary Medal

Bradshaw Lectureship

Moynihan Lectureship

Hunterian Oration

Lister Medal and Oration

Sir Arthur Sims Commonwealth Travelling
Professorship
Number of meetings
2 per year
Quorum
Four members, of whom one must be the President or a VicePresident.
Chairman and date of
appointment
President
Membership and length
of tenure of any external
members
President – ex officio
Vice President – ex officio
Vice President – ex-officio
Mr Richard Collins
Professor Michael Horrocks
Professor Tony Narula
Professor David Neal
Professor Norman Williams
Term of Presidency
Sub-Committee
The Committee may appoint a sub-committee of the President and
Vice-President to consider ad eundem nominations where the
applicant is a Fellow of another UK surgical Royal College, on the
Specialist Register or passed the Intercollegiate Specialty
Examination.
Committee secretary
Mrs Judith Mitchell
Reporting to
Council
Date of approval by
Executive/Council
April 2009
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The Royal College of Surgeons of England
FELLOWSHIP ELECTION AND PRIZE COMMITTEE
REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES
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A.
FELLOWSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
1.
HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS
ORDINANCES 2.4 (1)
The Council may elect such persons as it shall deem to be sufficiently
distinguished for the purpose to be Honorary Fellows of The Royal College of
Surgeons and issue diplomas of Honorary Fellowship to those so elected.
Honorary Fellows may enjoy such amenities within The Royal College of
Surgeons as the Council may determine in Bye-Laws but shall not thereby:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
be qualified to engage in the practice of medicine or surgery;
be eligible as Council Members;
have any voting rights within The Royal College of Surgeons;
be subject to any of the obligations of Fellows.
STANDING RULE (SECTION C6) (1992)
(a)
The criteria and procedure for the election and admission of Honorary
Fellows of The Royal College of Surgeons shall be prescribed by
Regulations of Council.
(b)
The number of living medically qualified Honorary Fellows at any one
time shall not exceed 150, and those not medically qualified shall not
exceed 30.
(c)
The criteria, procedure and numbers for the election and admission of
Honorary Fellows of the Faculty of Dental Surgery are delegated to the
Faculty Board under the conditions of Ordinance 2.4(2) and (3).
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS
A one page letter of support (to be sent to the Committee Chairman, c/o
Membership & Events Department) defining distinguished contributions to
international surgery.
Principal headings
 Accepted international distinction in surgery
 Advances in their subject
 Service to British surgery or surgeons
 Pre-eminence in their field in their own country
 Present major appointments
(for which a brief curriculum vitae would be of assistance, with reference
to the nominee’s three [and no more than ten] most important
publications).
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SELECTION PROCESS
COMMITTEE SECRETARY
Sends notice to Council Members
for nominations
MEMBER OF COUNCIL
Submits nominations
FELLOWSHIP ELECTION AND
PRIZE COMMITTEE
Selects nominees
COUNCIL
Ballots
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2.
FELLOWSHIP BY ELECTION
ORDINANCES
2.2 (2)
Persons who are medically or dentally qualified may be elected by the Council as
Surgical Fellows without examination in recognition of outstanding professional
service to The Royal College of Surgeons or its Fellows.
9.1 (FEES)
Upon election or admission all Fellows (other than Honorary Fellows), Members
and Licentiates shall pay to The Royal College of Surgeons such fees as the
Council may, subject to the approval of the Fellows, Members and Licentiates in
General Meeting, from time to time direct (with power for the Council in any
case to remit the same in whole or in part).
9.3 (SUBSCRIPTIONS) (extract)
All Members (other than Honorary Fellows and elected Fellows admitted to
Fellowship after the first day of December 1957) and Members appointed under
Ordinance 3.2(b) shall pay annual subscriptions of such amounts (which may be
of differing amounts, or waived entirely, according to the class of membership
concerned) as the Council may from time to time determine.....
STANDING RULE (SECTION C4) (1992)
(c) Admission
No person, admitted to the Surgical Fellowship by Election, shall
exercise any right or privilege acquired as a Fellow until the following
declaration is signed in the presence of Council.
“I do solemnly and sincerely declare that, while a Surgical Fellow
of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, I will observe the
Ordinances thereof, that I will obey every lawful Summons
issued by order of the said College, having no reasonable excuse
to the contrary, and will, to the utmost of my power, maintain the
dignity and welfare of the College.”
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FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS
A one page letter of support (to be sent to the Committee Chairman (c/o
Membership and Events Department) defining distinguished contributions.
Principal headings
 Distinction in surgery or in the sciences relating to surgery
 Advances in their subject
 Services to surgery or surgeons
 Present appointments
(for which a brief curriculum vitae would be of assistance, with reference to the
nominee’s three [and no more than ten] most important publications).
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ELECTION PROCESS
COMMITTEE SECRETARY
Sends notice to Council Members
for nominations
MEMBER OF COUNCIL
Submits nominations
FELLOWSHIP ELECTION AND
PRIZE COMMITTEE
Selects nominees
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Notifies Council
COUNCIL
Ballots
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3.
FELLOWSHIP ad eundem
ORDINANCES
2.2 (3)
Qualified persons may be admitted as Surgical Fellows ad eundem provided that
the Council is satisfied that their standard of training is equivalent to the length
and type of professional study required for the Fellowship examination of The
Royal College of Surgeons (subject to compliance with any conditions
prescribed by the Council).
9.1 (FEES)
Upon election or admission all Fellows (other than Honorary Fellows) Members
and Licentiates shall pay to The Royal College of Surgeons such fees as the
Council may, subject to the approval of the Fellows, Members and Licentiates in
General Meeting, from time to time direct (with power for the Council in any
case to remit the same in whole or in part).
9.3 (SUBSCRIPTIONS) (extract)
All Fellows (other than Honorary Fellows and elected Fellows admitted to
Fellowship after the first day of December 1957) and Members appointed under
Ordinance 3.2(b) shall pay annual subscriptions of such amounts (which may be
of differing amounts, or waived entirely, according to the class of membership
concerned) as the Council may from time to time determine....
STANDING RULE (SECTION C5) (1998)
(a)
Eligibility
Qualified persons designated in Ordinance 2.2 who desire admission ad
eundem to the Surgical Fellowship, shall be required to be nominated by
a Fellow of this College. Qualified persons so nominated, and whose
nomination has been approved by Council, shall submit in writing to the
Secretary of the Fellowship Election and Prize Committee of this
College, an application to be so admitted, and a declaration signed by
himself or herself in the following terms.
I, A. B. of C., do hereby declare that I have previously passed the
following Examination or Examinations in surgery.
[List of Examinations and dates]
Together with the foregoing declaration shall be sent the following
certificate signed by appropriate referees.
We/I, the undersigned, who are in the bona fide practice of
surgery, do hereby certify that A. B. of C. is, of moral character
and professional attainments, a fit professional and proper person
to be admitted to the Surgical Fellowship of The Royal College
of Surgeons of England, and, accordingly, be recommended to
the Council of the said College to be admitted as a Surgical
Fellow thereof.
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For this purpose, appropriate referees are defined as follows.
For surgeons working in Great Britain or Ireland, this declaration should
be signed by two Fellows of this College holding consultant posts.
For surgeons working overseas, this declaration should be signed by the
head of the appropriate national Surgical College or specialist body,
identified by the Fellowship Election and Prize Committee.
The College may issue invitations to apply for the Fellowship ad eundem
to surgeons who participate in the activities of the College. Names shall
be submitted to the Fellowship Election and Prize Committee by the
Board Chairman with whom the activities of the surgeon are associated.
Applicants nominated in this way are not required to provide either of
the declarations above or supply appropriate referees. Once agreed by
the Fellowship Election and Prize Committee, their Fellowship is
confirmed by a single resolution at one meeting of Council.
(b) Fees
Fellows admitted ad eundem shall not be required to pay an admission
fee.
(c) Admission
No person elected ad eundem a Surgical Fellow of this College shall
exercise any right or privilege acquired by such election until their
Fellowship is resolved by Council.
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS
A one page letter of support (to be sent to the Committee Secretary) defining
contributions.
Principal headings
 Distinction in surgery or in the sciences relating to surgery.
 Identifying a link with this College in whose sphere of influence the nominee
is likely to spend the rest of his or her working life.
 Present appointments.
(for which a brief curriculum vitae would be of assistance with reference to the
nominee’s three [and no more than ten] most important publications).
Nominations from Board Chairman, of ‘surgeons who participate in the
activities of the College’, should include a brief curriculum vitae and specific
mention of the role or contribution the individual has made to the work of the
College that is the basis of the nomination.
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SELECTION PROCESS
COMMITTEE SECRETARY
BOARD CHAIRMAN
Sends notice to Council for
nominations
Issues invitations
MEMBER OF COUNCIL
OR FELLOW
NOMINEE
Submits nomination
Submits letter of application
and cv
FELLOWSHIP ELECTION
& PRIZE COMMITTEE
FELLOWSHIP ELECTION
& PRIZE COMMITTEE
Selects nominees
Confirms nominees
COUNCIL
Confirm invitations to apply
NOMINEE
Submits formal application
COUNCIL
Ballots
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4.
MEMBERSHIP ad eundem
ORDINANCES
3.2(2)
A medically-qualified practitioner may be admitted as a Surgical Member ad
eundem provided that the Council is satisfied that any diploma that he has
received from another institution, or his standard of training, is equivalent to that
required for Membership by examination of The Royal College of Surgeons
(subject to compliance with any conditions prescribed by the Council).
STANDING RULE (SECTION C2B) (1998)
(a)
Eligibility
Qualified persons designated in Ordinance 3.2 who desire admission ad
eundem to the Surgical Membership, shall be required to be nominated
by a Fellow of this College. Qualified persons so nominated, and whose
nomination has been approved by Council, shall submit in writing to the
Secretary of the Fellowship Election and Prize Committee of this
College, or person acting in that capacity, an application to be so
admitted, and a declaration signed by himself or herself in the following
terms.
I, A. B. of C., do hereby declare that I have previously passed the
following Examination or Examinations in surgery.
[List of Examinations and dates]
Together with the foregoing declaration shall be sent the following
certificate signed by appropriate referees.
We/I, the undersigned, in the bona fide practice of surgery, do
hereby certify that A. B. of C. is, from his moral character and
professional attainments, a fit professional and proper person to
be admitted to the Surgical Membership of The Royal College of
Surgeons of England, and, accordingly, be recommended to the
Council of the said College to be admitted as a Surgical Member
thereof.
For this purpose, appropriate referees are defined as follows.
For surgeons working in Great Britain or Ireland, this declaration should
be signed by two consultants who have overseen the applicant’s training
to date.
For surgeons working overseas, this declaration should be signed by the
head of the department in which the applicant is currently training.
(b) Fees
Members admitted ad eundem shall not be required to pay an admission
fee.
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(c) Admission
No person elected ad eundem a Surgical Member of this College shall
exercise any right or privilege acquired by such election until their
Membership is resolved by Council.
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS
A one page letter of support (to be sent to the Committee Secretary) defining
contributions.
Principal headings
 Distinction in surgery or in the sciences relating to surgery.
 Identifying a link with this College in whose sphere of influence the nominee is
likely to spend the rest of his or her working life.
 Present appointments.
(for which a brief curriculum vitae would be of assistance with reference to the
nominee’s three [and no more than ten] most important publications).
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SELECTION PROCESS
COMMITTEE SECRETARY
Sends notice to Council for
nominations
MEMBER OF COUNCIL
OR FELLOW
Submits nomination
FELLOWSHIP ELECTION
& PRIZE COMMITTEE
Selects nominees
COUNCIL
Confirm invitations to apply
NOMINEE
Submits formal application
COUNCIL
Ballots
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B.
COURT OF PATRONS
ORIGIN
The Court of Patrons was instituted in 1956 in order to give the Council additional
opportunities of honouring the benefactors of the College.
MEMBERSHIP
The Court of Patrons consists of individual men and women elected by the
Council in recognition of their outstanding services to the College. Election to the
Court of Patrons should be made very sparingly and active interest in the College
and encouragement of its affairs rather than acts of benefaction should be regarded
as grounds for election.
NOMINATIONS
Nomination is normally at the discretion of the President but Members of Council
may if they wish, submit a one page letter of recommendation to the Committee
Chairman in which contributions are defined.
Principal headings
 Outstanding services to the College
 Encouragement of the affairs of the College
 Major benefactions
COURT OF PATRONS
The Rt Hon The Lord Wolfson
Jeremy Pemberton (D)
Alexander Lindsay Stewart
Magdalena Cecilia Colledge (D)
Kenneth Reginald Kemp
Rosslyn Fairfax Huxley Cowen
Richard Edward Walter Lumley (D)
Henry Robert Lane Lumley
Sir Dennis Weatherstone (D)
Frances Moody Newman
Bruce Amager Dawson
Sir Arnold Elton
Dame Simone Prendergast
Sir Geoffrey Slaney
Professor Peter Gilroy Bevan
Sir Ian Todd
Sir Terence English
Sir Austin Bide
The Rt Hon the Lord McColl
Professor Sir Norman Browse
Sir Roger Hurn
Felix Eastcott
Sir Rodney Sweetnam
George Borthwick
Simon Keswick
Professor Sir Geoffrey Slaney
The Rt Hon The Lord Stevens of Ludgate
The Rt Hon The Earl of Eglinton and Winton
Mrs Ann Susman
Mrs Kay Glendinning
Arnold Burton
Jack Ladeveze
John Robinson
Mr John Ll Williams
The Rt Hon Lord Rathcavan
Mrs Tina Dresher
Mr Bernard Michael de Lerisson Cazenove TD
Sir Barry Jackson
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C.
LECTURESHIPS AND MEDALS
1.
STANFORD CADE MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP
ORIGIN
Founded in 1977 with an endowment contributed for the purpose, in memory of
Sir Stanford Cade KBE CB FRCS (Member of Council 1949-65; Vice President 19591961).
CONDITIONS
This lecture is awarded on a topic related to cancer; to be delivered triennially (annual
until 1993) either during the autumn College Surgery Course or during a meeting of
the British Association of Surgical Oncology. The Lecturer is awarded a College
Medal.
LECTURERS
1984 Arnold Lawrence Levene
1985 P S Boulter
1986 Sir Rodney Sweetnam
1987 N Rangabashyam
1988 Arthur K C Li
1989 No award
1990 Jean Claude Gazet
1991 P Stell
1992
1993
1997
2000
2003
2006
2009
2012
Charles Galasko
Pierre Guillou
Professor John Langdon
Professor Irving Taylor
Professor David F T Thomas
Mr R David Rosin
<Mr Graeme Poston>
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2.
THOMAS VICARY LECTURESHIP
ORIGIN
Founded in 1919 by the Barbers Company. A dinner is held after the lecture, hosted
alternately by the Council of the College and the Court of Assistants of the Company.
CONDITIONS
An annual historical lecture in anatomy or surgery to be delivered in the College on the
last Wednesday of October. The Lecturer is awarded an honorarium of £150.
LECTURERS
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Sir David Smithers
Christopher Hull
T Douglas Whittet
Harold Ellis
Professor Leslie Le Quesne
James Guest
Peter H Lord
Sir David Innes-Williams
Sir William Slack
Sir Geoffrey Slaney
Sir Barry Jackson
Sir Reginald Murley
Mr M K H Crumplin
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Mr Alan Lettin
Mr S J Cohen
Professor J C Buckland-Wright
Sir Norman Browse
Dr David Starkey
Mr Adrian Marston
William Shand
Mr Alan Green (not given/illness)
Mr David Dandy
Mr David Rosin
Mr Francis Wells
Mr Bernard Ribeiro
<Professor Harold Ellis>
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3.
ZACHARY COPE MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP
ORIGIN
Founded in 1982 with a gift from Mrs Phillipa Grace, daughter of Sir Zachary Cope
(Council 1940-49).
CONDITIONS
A lecture to be delivered at least once annually usually during the College Surgery
Course, the Lecturer to be awarded a College Medal.
LECTURERS
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
KEY:
Harold Ellis
No Award
Ian P Todd
Ivan D A Johnston
Sir Miles Irving
H A F Dudley
Oscar Craig
John Alexander-Williams
Sir Robert Shields
F T De Dombal
P Schofield
R J Heald
John Bancewicz
Professor A Johnson
1998
1999
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Prof Sir Albert Cushieri
Professor Paul McMaster
Professor David Leaper
Sir Donald Irvine
Professor Ara Darzi
Professor Alan Crockard
Professor Norman Williams
Professor Sir Peter Bell
Mr Bill Thomas
Mr Derek Roebuck
Mr David Rosin
Professor Kevin Burnand
<Professor Andrew Bradley>
<name> = lecture not yet delivered
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4.
TUDOR EDWARDS MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP
ORIGIN
Founded in 1948 when the Tudor Edwards Memorial Fund was entrusted jointly to the
Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England,
and administered by the Tudor Edwards Memorial Fund Committee of the two Royal
Colleges.
In 1997, the Tudor Edwards Memorial Fund was wound up and the Colleges agreed to
administer the Lecture independently, making awards in alternate years.
CONDITIONS
(From 1998) A lecture connected with the surgical aspects of diseases of the chest or
allied studies of anatomy, physiology, pathology and anaesthesia, normally delivered
biennially at the Royal College of Surgeons. The lecture is customarily delivered in
alternate years at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons.
LECTURERS
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub (S)
Professor A B Kay (P)
Mr J Stark (S)
Prof Anthony Seaton (P)
No lecture
Mr Peter Goldstraw (S)
Professor Christopher Haslett (P)
Mr John Dark (S)
No lecture
KEY:
(S) Surgical lecturer
2001
2002
2003
2004 Dr Saxon Ridley (P)
2005 Professor Tom Treasure (S)
2006 (P)
2007 Sir Bruce Keogh
2008 (P)
(P) Medical lecturer
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5.
JESSIE DOBSON LECTURE (discontinued)
ORIGIN
Founded in 1984 in honour of Jessie Dobson, archivist of the Barber Surgeons’ and
curator of the Hunterian Museum.
CONDITIONS
A triennial lecture on a historical subject, held alternatively at the Worshipful
Company of Barbers and at the College.
AWARD
Honorarium of £250.
LECTURERS
1988
1991
1994
1997
2000
2004
N A Rupke
Ann Wickam
Mr Mick K H Crumplin (C)
A J B Missen (B)
Dr J Prag (C)
Professor Mark McGurk (B)
DISCONTINUED
KEY:
(C) Held at the College
(B) Held at the Worshipful Company of Barbers
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6.
SIR ARTHUR KEITH MEDAL
ORIGIN
Founded in 1966 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Sir Arthur Keith FRS
FRCS, Conservator of the Museum of the College (1908-1934) and Master of the
Surgical Research Laboratories at Downe (1932-1955).
CONDITIONS
Awarded normally for distinguished service by staff or professional advisers of the
College, but also to other persons whom the Council wish to honour but for whom
other honours in the gift of the College are not deemed to be appropriate.
PRIZEWINNERS AND SUBJECT
1984
Ian Capperauld - In recognition of his contributions to the research and
teaching activities of the College.
1987
Ronald James Townsend - In recognition of his outstanding services to the
College over a period of thirty-three years and of his constant dedications to its
interests.
1988
Robert N Lane - In recognition of his outstanding services to surgery through
the medium of medical artistry.
1989
Charles John Lambert - In recognition of his long and loyal service to the
College.
1990
Professor A E W Miles - In recognition of his contributions generally in the
field of dental science and, in particular, for his valuable and extended service
as Honorary Curator of the Odontological Museum.
1994
Wilfred Webber - In recognition of his long and loyal service to the College.
1998
John Kirkup - In recognition to his valuable contribution to the historic
surgeons’ instrument collection.
1999
Chummy Sinnatamby - In recognition of his major contribution to the work of
the College, in particular to the Anatomy and Education Departments.
2004
Stella Mason - In recognition of her work with the redevelopment of the
Hunterian Museum.
2006 Tina Craig - In recognition of her long and loyal service to the College.
2007 Mike Samuel - in recognition of his long and loyal service to the College.
2008 John Smith - in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the College. As
author and external secretary of the following reports: The Peckham Report into
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the Hunterian Institute, The Doll Report into the Surgical Epidemiology and
Audit Unit, The Morris Transplantation Report and the 2007 Education Review.
2009 Richard (Dick) Rainsbury in recognition of his work as the first Director of
Education at the College.
7.
CHESELDEN MEDAL
ORIGIN
Founded by Council in February 2009.
CONDITIONS
Awarded to recognise unique achievements in, and exceptional contributions to, the
advancement of surgery. The award is made at irregular intervals to reflect the
outstanding qualities required of recipients. The medal is deemed one of the College’s
highest professional honours.
MEDAL
The medal is in gold with, on the obverse, the armorial bearings, crest, supporters and
motto of the College and, on the reverse, the profile of William Cheselden. The medal
is accompanied by a document declaratory of the award. The medal and the
declaration will be presented on the occasion of a ceremony of presentation of
diplomates at the College.
MEDALLISTS
2009
Mr David Dandy for his outstanding contribution to orthopaedic endoscopic
knee surgery.
Mr Chris Russell for his outstanding contribution to abdominal surgery in
particular heptobiliary pancreatic surgery.
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8.
ROYAL COLLEGES BRONZE MEDAL
ORIGIN
Founded in 1957 jointly by the Royal College of Physicians of London, The Royal
College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists.
CONDITIONS
Awarded annually on the nomination of the Medical Group of the Royal Photographic
Society for the outstanding example of photography in the service of medicine and
surgery.
MEDALLISTS
1979
1987
1988-2004
2005
2008
Ralph Marshall
Richard Morton
No award
Simon Brown
Professor Francis Ring
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9.
GORDON-TAYLOR LECTURESHIP (discontinued in 2009)
ORIGIN
Founded in October 1962 with the proceeds of an appeal by The Royal College of
Surgeons of England in conjunction with the Middlesex Hospital, Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in memory of
Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor, KBE CB FRCS (Council 1932-1948).
CONDITIONS
An annual lecture on any surgical topic. The lecturer is nominated in rotation by the
Presidents of the three Royal Colleges. Two lectures in three are delivered in Great
Britain and one in Australia. The lecturer is awarded a bronze medal bearing the
portrait of Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor on the obverse and emblems of the four
sponsoring bodies on the reverse. Expenses for travel and subsistence are also
awarded. (Honorarium of £105 discontinued in 1994).
LECTURERS
1984
1985
1987
1988
1989
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
KEY:
Mr Donald Gordon Macleish
Mr Richard Turner Warwick
Mr John Heslop
Prof H Dudley
Prof G Westbury
Mr R C G Russell
Prof Sir Peter Morris
No lecture
Prof Victor Fazio FRACS
J P Cobb FRCS
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
RCS Ed
Prof Donald Howie FRACS
RCS Eng
RCS Ed
Mr Sam Mellick FRACS
Mr David Rosin FRCS
Prof Miles Little FRACS
RCSEd
Mr Stephen Cannon
<name> = lecture not yet delivered
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10.
WOOD JONES MEDAL
ORIGIN
Founded in 1975 to commemorate Frederic Wood Jones FRS FRCS (Sir William
Collins Professor of Human and Comparative Anatomy and Conservator of the
Anatomy Museum 1945-52).
CONDITIONS
Awarded occasionally (triennially until 1994) by a Committee including two Members
of the Board of Trustees of the Hunterian Collection, for contributions to anatomical
knowledge or the teaching of anatomy in the tradition of Frederic Wood Jones.
The award consists of a medal in bronze bearing on the obverse the portrait of
Professor Wood Jones and on the reverse the Arms of the College.
MEDALLISTS
1984
1987
1990
1993
1997
2008
Professor Rex E Coupland MD PhD DSc FRSE
Professor Ruth E M Bowden OBE FRCS
Professor W J W Sharrard
Professor A E W Miles MRCS FDSRCS
Professor Phillip Tobias
The Worshipful Company of Barbers
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11.
CLEMENT-PRICE THOMAS AWARD
ORIGIN
Founded in 1958 with a gift of 1,000 guineas from members of the staff of the
Westminster Hospital in honour of Sir Clement Price Thomas, KCVO, FRCS (Council
1952-1964).
CONDITIONS
Awarded triennially, or at such other interval as the President may decide, by the
Council on the recommendation of the Fellowship Election and Prize Committee, in
recognition of meritorious contributions to surgery in its widest sense, without
restriction of candidature.
AWARD
A silver gilt medal bearing on the obverse the portrait of Sir Clement Price Thomas and
on the reverse the Arms of the College accompanied by a document declaratory of the
award. (Honorarium of £200 discontinued in 1994).
PRIZEWINNERS
1983 Donald Nixon Ross. For his original and important contribution to the development of
cardiac surgery in particular the application of biological tissue valves for the
replacement of diseased heart valves.
1986 Sir Terence Alexander Hawthorne English.
contributions to surgery.
In recognition of his outstanding
1989 Sir Magdy Yacoub. For his unique contributions to the fields of cardiac surgery and
cardiopulmonary transplantation.
1992 Mr John Parker. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Surgery.
1994 Mr John Henry Dark. In recognition of his development of transplant services.
2002 Professor Lewis Spitz. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to treatment of
conjoined twins.
2004 Mr Peter Goldstraw. In recognition of his significant contributions to the development
of thoracic surgery.
2006 Mr Brian Sommerlad.
palate surgery.
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to cleft lip and
2007 Mr Terry Lewis. For his outstanding contribution to the development of
cardiothoracic services in Plymouth.
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HONORARY MEDAL
ORIGIN
Founded under a Bye Law in 1802
CONDITIONS
Awarded for liberal acts or distinguished labours, researches and discoveries eminently
conducive to the improvement of natural knowledge and of the healing art. Members
of Council are not eligible. This medal is awarded at irregular intervals.
The award is medal in gold, with on the obverse the Armorial Bearings, Crest,
Supporters and Motto of the College, and on the reverse Galen contemplating a human
skeleton. The medal is accompanied by a document declaratory of the award.
MEDALLISTS
1984
Viscount Leverhulme. In recognition of his invaluable services to the College as
Chairman of the Fund-Raising Committee since 1976.
1987
Sir David Innes Williams CBE. In recognition of his services to the College and to
postgraduate medical education.
1989
Dr Reginald & Dr Catherine Hamlin. In view of their outstanding and dedicated
work amongst the women of Ethiopia.
.
1996
Mr Alan Apley. In recognition of his work in the development of the AO Fracture
Course.
1996
Mr R M Kirk. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Annals of the
College.
1998
Professor Harold Ellis. In recognition of his outstanding services to surgery and
surgical education.
1999
Professor Jack Hardcastle. In recognition of his outstanding work in developing the
Department of Education, and the International Office.
2000
Danny Hill. In recognition of his continued support of the College.
2002
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys. In recognition of his work on DNA at the University of
Leicester.
2005
Dr Barry J Marshall. In recognition of the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter
pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
2006
Professor John Wong. In recognition of his contributions to training of British
surgeons.
2006
Surgeon Vice-Admiral Ian Jenkins. For his outstanding contribution to Military
Surgery.
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13.
BRADSHAW LECTURE
ORIGIN
Founded in 1875 under the will of Mrs Sally Hall Bradshaw in memory of her husband,
Dr William Wood Bradshaw FRCS
CONDITIONS
A biennial (annual until 1993) lecture on surgery, customarily given by a senior
member of the Council on or about the day preceding the second Thursday of
December. (Given in alternate years, with the Hunterian Oration given in the
intervening years).
LECTURERS
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Sir David Innes Williams
Alan Graham Apley
Michael Tempest Reilly
Harold Ellis
Phyllis George
W J W Sharrard
Terence Kennedy
Robert Owen
John Alexander-Williams
Sir Rodney Sweetnam
KEY:
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Mr Adrian Marston
Mr H Brendan Devlin
Sir Barry Jackson
Prof Averil Mansfield
Miss Leela Kapila
Mr David Dandy
Prof Valerie Lund
Miss Anne Moore
<name> = lecture not yet delivered
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14.
MOYNIHAN LECTURESHIP
ORIGIN
Founded in 1936 under the will of Lord Moynihan of Leeds, FRCS (President 19261931).
CONDITIONS
At the discretion of the President.
AWARD
At the discretion of the President. A College medal is also awarded.
LECTURERS
1980 Norman E. Shumway
1987 Mark Killingbeck
Anne Bayley
1988 Pauline Cutting
1989 A J Walt
Dr Dhitivat
Dr Screenevasan
1994 Steve Strasbury
1995 Russell W Strong
1996 Howard R Champion
1997 Graham D Lister
Murray Brennan
1998 Professor John Terblanche
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Professor Peter Bell
Laurance W Way
Dr Stanley Goldberg
Professor K D Boffard
Professor Gerald O’Sullivan
Professor Hugo Obertop
Mrs Linda de Cossart
Dr Richard Reznick
Mr Anthony Giddings
Sir Bruce Keogh
<Professor Tony Mundy>
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15.
HUNTERIAN ORATION
ORIGIN
Founded in 1813 by Dr Matthew Baillie and Sir Everard Home, executors of John
Hunter, who made a gift to the College to provide an annual oration and a dinner for
Members of the Court of Assistants and others. In 1853 the oration and dinner became
biennial.
CONDITIONS
An oration to be delivered biennially (in alternate years, in rotation with the Bradshaw
Lecture) in the College, on 14th February, John Hunter's birthday, by a Fellow or
Member of the College (including Council Members), 'such oration to be expressive of
the merits in comparative anatomy, physiology, and surgery, not only of John Hunter,
but also of all persons, as should be from time to time deceased, whose labours have
contributed to the improvement or extension of surgical science'.
AWARD
John Hunter Medal.
ORATORS
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2005
2007
2009
2011
Professor Donald Campbell
Professor Sir Geoffrey Slaney
Professor Sir Roy Calne
Professor John Blandy
Professor Sir Miles Irving
Professor John Alexander-Williams
Mr H Brendon Devlin
Professor Bill Heald
Sir Peter Morris
Professor Anthony Mundy
Mrs Linda de Cossart
<Professor Norman Williams>
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16.
LISTER MEDAL AND ORATION
ORIGIN
This triennial award was founded by public subscription, with the object of showing a
lasting mark of respect to the memory of the Rt Hon Lord Lister OM FRS FRCS
(Council 1880-1888) and in grateful appreciation of his eminent services to the
science of surgery, and the signal benefit thereby conferred on mankind. In 1920, with
the approval of the General Committee of the Fund, the fund was entrusted to the
Royal College of Surgeons of England.
CONDITIONS
A bronze medal (now gold, since 1984) be awarded every three years, irrespective of
nationality, in recognition of distinguished contributions to surgical science, the
recipient being required to give an address in London under the auspices of the Royal
College of Surgeons of England, on a date close to the anniversary of Lord Lister’s
birth (5 April).
The awarding committee is constituted as follows:
Two members nominated by the Royal Society.
Two members nominated by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
One member nominated by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.
One member nominated by the University of Edinburgh.
One member nominated by the University of Glasgow.
One member nominated by the Association of Professors of Surgery.
LECTURERS
1991
1994
1998
Professor Harold Hopkins FRS
Professor Norman Shumway (Stanford)
Professor Sir Peter Morris
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17.
SIR ARTHUR SIMS COMMONWEALTH TRAVELLING PROFESSORSHIP
ORIGIN
The Professorship was endowed in 1946 by Sir Arthur Sims, a New Zealand
industrialist with business interests in New Zealand, Australia and England. The
objects are the establishment of closer links between scientific workers in the
Commonwealth Professors are appointed each year and will generally be a prominent
physician, surgeon or scientific worker resident in Great Britain or in Australia or New
Zealand. The appointing authorities are also empowered, however, to elect as a
Professor a distinguished teacher from one of the other Commonwealth countries.
CONDITIONS
The Professor is required to travel from the country where he or she is ordinarily
resident to Great Britain, or to Australia and New Zealand, to any other country of the
Commonwealth, or to South Africa, for the purpose of assisting in the advancement of
medical science either by lecturing, teaching, or engaging in research. The duty is
ambassadorial as well as academic. Appointment of the Professor is made by the
Royal College of Surgeons of England on the recommendation of the Advisory Board
which consists of the Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of London, the
Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians,
the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada and the Royal College of Medicine of South Africa.
PREVIOUS AWARDS
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2005
Professor Charles Galasko FRCS
Professor Phil Gold FRCS
Professor M C Sheppard FRCP
Professor Wayne Morrison
Professor Michael Kew
Professor Valerie Lund
Professor Guy Maddern FRACS
Professor Charles Pusey FRCP
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