Ernest Kirwan

bmj;386/sep06_6/q1938/FAF1faErnest (Curly) Kirwan was born in Kolkata, India, to an Anglo-Irish ophthalmic surgeon father and an American mother. He spent his first six years in India before moving to London in 1935. In 1939 he was evacuated during the blitz to Portland, Oregon, with his brother. He returned to London in 1944, before attending Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire.He gained a place to study medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, qualifying from the Middlesex Hospital in 1953. After two years of national service with the Royal Army Medical Corps he reached the rank of captain. He continued surgical training in Manchester before moving to London. At the age of 37, and now a father, Ernie became a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and was appointed to the staff of University College Hospital (UCH) and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH).During his consulting career he was responsible for trauma and general orthopaedics at…
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