Background
Symon, Lindsay was born on November 4, 1929 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Son of William Lindsay and Isabel (Shaw) Symon.
Symon, Lindsay was born on November 4, 1929 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Son of William Lindsay and Isabel (Shaw) Symon.
Bachelor of Medicine, ChB with honors, Aberdeen University, Scotland, 1951. Diplomate, Royal College Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1957. Diplomate, Royal College Surgeons, London, 1959.
Junior specialist, house surgeon Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1952-1953, surgical registrar, 1956-1958. Clinical research fellow medical research council neurosurgical registrar Middlesex & Maida Vale Hospital, London, 1958-1961, senior registrar in Neurosurgery, 1962-1965. Rockefeller travelling fellow in medicine Wayne University, Detroit, 1961-1962.
Consultant neurosurgeon National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, 1965-1978. Consultant St. Thomas Hospital, 1970-1978, honorary consultant, 1978-1995. Professor Neurological Surgery Institute Neurology University London National Hospital Queens Square, 1978-1995.
Consultant (honorary) Hammersmith Hospital, London, Royal Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, London. Civilian advisor in Neurological Surgery, The Royal Navy.
Volunteer Mobile Neurosurg. Unit, Territorial Army, Keogh Barracks, Mytchett, 1975-1981. Major Royal Army Medical Corps, 1953-1955.
Fellow American College of Surgeons (honorary), Royal College Surgeons (Edinborough), Royal College Surgeons (London), Royal Society Medicine (honorary). Member Society British Neurological Surgeons, World Federation Neurosurg. Societies (president 1989-1993), Caledonian Slub, St. andrews Royal and Ancient Golf Club, others.
Married Pauline Barbara Rowland, August 14, 1953. Children: Lindsay Fraser, Barbara Rosemary, Fiona Margaret.