Gwyn Amman Evans

bmj;379/oct11_12/o2399/FAF1faGwyn Amman Evans was an eminent children’s and adult orthopaedic surgeon at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, and the Wrexham Maelor Hospital.Gwyn was born the son of a minister in north Wales, but the family then moved to Swansea. His religious conviction stayed with him throughout life. Gwyn studied medicine at St Bartholomew’s in London, qualifying in 1967. He impressed the dean of the medical school and became his surgical house officer. Training posts followed in Birmingham, London, and Cardiff. In Cardiff he was awarded the prestigious Moynihan medal in general surgery, for research into the postoperative chest complications of upper abdominal surgery, but decided on a career in orthopaedics. He was appointed to the Oswestry rotation in 1974. A fellowship at Newington Children’s Hospital, Connecticut, USA, completed his training. On his return to Oswestry, he was ushered into a consultant children’s orthopaedic post. He started…
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