Background
Sykes, Malcolm Keith was born on September 13, 1925 in Clevedon, Somerset, England. Son of Joseph and Phyllis Mary (Greenwood) Sykes.
Sykes, Malcolm Keith was born on September 13, 1925 in Clevedon, Somerset, England. Son of Joseph and Phyllis Mary (Greenwood) Sykes.
Bachelor of Medicine BChir, University Cambridge, 1949. Master of Arts, University Cambridge, 1951.
Senior house officer, registrar, senior registrar, University College Hospital, London, 1952-1958; lecturer, senior lecturer, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1958-1967; reader in clinical anesthesia, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1967-1970; professor in clinical anesthesia, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, 1970-1980; Nuffield professor anesthetics, U. Oxford, 1980-1991; emeritus, U. Oxford, since 1991.
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1950-1952. Member Royal Society Medicine (president section of anesthetics 1989-1990), Association Anesthetists Great Britain & Ireland (vice president 1990-1992), European Academy Anesthesiology (vice president 1980-1984).
Married Michelle June Ratcliffe, January 14, 1956. Children: Karen Madeleine, Virginia Lorraine, Jonathan Marc, Susan Michelle.