Background
Potter, John McEwen was born on February 28, 1920 in London. Son of Alistair Richardson Potter and Mairi Chalmers Dick.
neurosurgeon and medical educator
Potter, John McEwen was born on February 28, 1920 in London. Son of Alistair Richardson Potter and Mairi Chalmers Dick.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Medicine, BChir., University Cambridge, 1943. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, 1945. Master of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, BCh, University Oxford, 1963.
DM, University Oxford, 1964.
Lecturer, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1948-1950;
junior chief assistant surgical professorial unit, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1950-1951;
graduate assistant to Nuffield professor surgery, U. Oxford, England, 1951-1956;
director postgraduate medical education, U. Oxford, England, 1972-1987;
consultant neurosurgeon, Manchester (England) Royal Infirmary, 1956-1961;
consultant neurosurgeon, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, 1961-1987;
fellow, professorial fellow, sub-warden, Wadham College, Oxford, 1969-1987;
emeritus fellow and dean of degrees, Wadham College, Oxford. Vice president Fourth International Congress Neurological Surgery. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1967.
Examiner in medicine Universities Oxford and Cambridge, 1970-1974. Board of Governors United Oxford Hospitals, 1973. Member General Medical Council, London, 1973-1989.
Lecturer Cairns Trust, Adelaide, Australia, 1974. Member Oxfordshire Health Authority, 1982-1989, hebdomadal county U. Oxford, 1983-1989, Medical Appeals Tribunal, London, 1987-1990.
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1944-1947. Fellow Royal College Surgeons (Hunterian Professor 1955). Member American Association Neurological Surgeons (lifetime inactive), Royal Society of Medicine (president section neurology 1975-1976), Society British Neurological Surgeons (senior, formerly honorary secretary and archivist), Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Neurochirurgie (correspondent), Sociedad Luso-Espanhola De Neurocirurgia (correspondent), Egyptian Society Neurological Surgeons (honorary).
Married Kathleen Gerrard, April 21, 1943. Children: James Gerrard, Andrew John, Simon Stephen.