Russell Rees

bmj;385/jun21_5/q1366/FAF1faRussell was born in Swansea, the only child of a ship chandler, and was educated at Swansea Grammar School. His headmaster recognised his academic potential and he gained entry to Trinity College Cambridge.His clinical training was in London at Guy’s, Westminster, and Royal Brompton hospitals, and he spent a year in the US as a Fullbright scholar at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. He also undertook military service in Africa.His main research was on myocardial blood flow, ischaemia, and infarction, authoring around 100 publications. He published his doctorate on the metabolic effects of chlorothiazide, which had become commercially available that year.When he took up his consultant post, the south west of England had no regional cardiology services and he was the only cardiologist. He contributed to the extensive development of services in the region over the subsequent 20 years.Russell was chairman of the regional cardiac committee and council member of the…
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