Peter Mason: leading surgeon and gynaecologist

bmj;386/jul17_10/q1542/FAF1faWilliam Peter Mason was born on 19 April 1947 in Abertillery, Wales, the second son of Herbert Mason, a civil engineer, and Eileen (née Williams), a primary school teacher.Educated at Abertillery Grammar School, Mason was admitted to Bristol as a dental student in 1965 and switched to medicine after the first year. He qualified in 1972, then undertook junior hospital jobs in Bristol and Cardiff, showing a particular skill for surgery. He qualified in general surgery before sitting for membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. While a registrar in Southampton in 1976 he met his future wife, Judy Taylor, a medical student. She went on to become lead of the paediatric transplant service at St Thomas’ Hospital in London.At the time there was a recognised rotation between Cambridge and St Mary’s Hospital, London, and Mason moved to Cambridge in 1979 and became a senior registrar, trained by…
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