Peter John Ryan
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Peter John Ryan, OAM (25 November 1925 - 3 June 2002) was a consultant surgeon at St Vincent's 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.[1][2]
Ryan was President of the 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[3], which was partially responsible for the introduction of compulsory seat belts in cars in Victoria, in 1970.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
A very short textbook of surgery, Publisher: Chapman & Hall Medical, London, 1994. ISBN: 0412615304 DDC: 617
[edit] References
- ^ British Medical Journal online obituary, retrieved 2008-06-03, also in the printed journal, March 2003 edition.
- ^ Medical Journal of Australia, August 2002, p177
- ^ Road Trauma Committee website
- ^ In May 1965 Ryan supported a motion to investigate the causes of road accidents in Australia, cited in Road Trauma Committee history
