Gerald Westbury
Gerald Westbury OBE FRCS (29 July 1927 – 12 June 2014), usually known as Charley Westbury, was an English surgeon who pioneered treatments for cancer, particularly sarcoma, developing techniques for preserving muscle function after surgery. He also developed new techniques of reconstructive surgery for cancers of the head and neck, and championed a multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment. Education and career Westbury was born in London and was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School, followed by studying medicine at Westminster Hospital Medical School. His National Service was carried out in the Royal Air Force, following which he became the resident surgical officer at the Brompton Hospital, then registrar at Westminster Hospital. Here he worked with Sir Stanford Cade, a pioneer in performing radical surgery for cancer, and combining this with radiotherapy. Following a fellowship at Harvard Medical School, he was appointed consultant surgeon at Westminster Hospi ...
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Westminster Hospital
Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded. In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school opened in Horseferry Road, Westminster. In 1994 the hospital closed, and its resources were moved to the new Chelsea and Westminster Hospital at the old St Stephen's Hospital site in Fulham Road. History Foundation The Westminster Hospital was established in 1719 as a charitable society "for relieving the sick and needy at the Public Infirmary in Westminster", and promoted by Henry Hoare (1677–1725), otherwise "Good Henry", son of Sir Richard Hoare and a partner in Hoare's Bank, and his associates the writer William Wogan, a vintner called Robert Witham, and the Reverend Patrick Cockburn. In 1719, a house was rented in Petty France, to accommodate the new Infirmary for the Sick and Needy, which opened in 1720 with 10 beds. The following document, which may be styled the firs ...
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