Background
Scales, John Tracey was born on July 2, 1920 in Colchester, England. Son of Walter Laurence and Ethel Margaret (Tracey).
clinician engineering medical consultant
Scales, John Tracey was born on July 2, 1920 in Colchester, England. Son of Walter Laurence and Ethel Margaret (Tracey).
Haberdasher’s Askes School, London, King's College, London, University of Glasgow and Birmingham, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School.
Casualty officer, resident anesthetist Charing Cross Hospital, 1944. House surgeon Royal National Orthopaedics Hospital, London and Stanmore, England, 1944-1945, house surgeon to senior registrar England, 1947-1957, from lecturer to reader England, 1952-1974. Professor biomedical engineering Institute Orthopaedics, University London, 1974-1987, professor emeritus, 1987—2004.
Honorary director research RAFT Institute Plastic Surgery, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, England, 1988-1993, honorary director pressure sore prevention England, 1994-1997. Honorary consultant Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, 1968-1997, Royal Orthopaedics Hospital, Birmingham, 1978-1987, Royal National Orthopaedics Hospital, London, 1958-2004. Visiting professor Cranfield University, 1997-1998.
Contributor over 175 articles to professional journals and books.
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1945-1947. Fellow Biological Engineering Society (honorary), Institute Physics and Engineering in Medicine (honorary), Royal College Surgeons England (James Berrie prize 1973), Royal Society Medicine (Singapore Brown award 1974), British Medical Association, British Orthopaedic Association (senior companion), British Association Plastic Surgeons (honorary).
Dogs, Goss china.
Son of; married Cecilia May Sparrow, May 22, 1945 (deceased 1992). Children: Sally Anne Cecilia, Helen Rebecca.