Thomas Philp

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(19 April 1923 – 18 December 1994) was a Scottish consultant

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Early life

Philp was educated at

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in Perthshire and the

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, graduating ( MB, ChB) in 1945. Between 1946 and 1948 he completed his

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with the Royal Army Medical Corps serving in

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and India attaining the rank of major.

Radiologist

On his return to Edinburgh, Philp joined the Radiology Department at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh where he was appointed registrar 1951, senior registrar in 1952 and senior hospital medical officer in 1953. He became a Fellow of the

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and was appointed consultant at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh in 1956. Philp conducted extensive research in cardiovascular radiology at a time when traditional radiological techniques were undergoing an evolutionary period. In 1971, he was awarded a

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travelling fellowship to Japan where he researched new developments in gastrointestinal radiology. In 1975, Philp was

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of the IIIrd

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in Edinburgh. His signature contribution was to set up an investment trust for the benefit of radiologists. Philp was awarded the Boris Rajewsky Medal in the same year by the European Association of Radiology for his contributions to radiology. In 1980 he was elected a member of the

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. From 1978-1979, he served as president of the Scottish Radiological Society. Between 1978 and 1986 he was in administrative charge of the Radiology Department at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh; chairman of various radiological and medical committees, and an examiner for the Royal College of Radiologists. Philp served as treasurer of the Royal College of Radiologists from 1983-1988. He retired from the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh in 1986.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Philp, Tom 1923 births 1994 deaths People from Kirkcaldy People educated at Strathallan School Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British radiologists Fellows of the Royal College of Radiologists Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Royal Army Medical Corps officers 20th-century Scottish medical doctors Physicians of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh British expatriates in India 20th-century British Army personnel