Miles Horsfall Irving

Background

Irving, Miles Horsfall was born on June 29, 1935 in Southport, Lancashire, England. Son of Frederick William and Mabel Irving.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine ChB, Liverpool University, England, 1959. Doctor of Medicine, Liverpool University, 1962. Chairman, Liverpool University, 1968.

Doctor honorary (honorary), Sibiu University, Romania, 1996. Doctor of Science (honorary), Salford University, England, 1996. Master of Science (honorary), Manchester University, England, 1977.

Data Control Language (honorary), Northumbria University, 2007.

Career

House physician Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, England, 1959—1960, house surgeon, 1960. Anatomy instructor Liverpool University, 1960—1961, Robert Gee fellow in human anatomy, 1961—1962. Senior casualty officer Liverpool Royal Infirmary, 1962—1963, senior house officer in orthopedic, 1963, registrar in general surgery, 1963—1964.

Senior house officer in plastic surgery Newcastle General Hospital, 1964—1965, senior house officer in neurosurgery, 1965. Phyllis Anderson surgical research fellow Sydney University Medical School, Australia, 1965—1967. Registrar in general surgery Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, England, 1967—1968.

Senior registrar in general surgery North Middlesex Hospital, 1968—1969, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1969—1971, assistant director professional surgical unit, reader in surgery and honorary consultant surgeon, 1972—1974. Regional director research and development North Western Regional Health Authority, 1992—1994. Professor surgery University Manchester, 1974—1999, emeritus professor surgery, since 1999.

Visiting professor surgery University Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1998—2006. Chairman Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospital National Health Service Trust, 1998—2006, Research Stratgy Group Intensive Care Society and ICNARC, National Health Service Innovation, since 2003, St. John Council Northumbria, since 2006. Honorary colonel Northern Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1999—2006.

Director National Health Service Health Technology Assessment programme, 1994—1999. Honorary consultant surgeon Hope Hospital, Salford, England, 1974—1999. Lecturer, consultant in field.

Member council Institute Accident Surgery.

Achievements

• Miles Horsfall Irving has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (president 1995-1996, Moynihan medal 1968), Royal Society Medicine, Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Academy Medical Sciences, Royal College Surgeons England, Faculty of Emergency Medicine (honorary), Manchester Medical Society (honorary. 1999—2000), Royal College Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (honorary), American College of Surgeons (honorary), American Association for Surgery of Trauma (honorary), Southport Medical Society (honorary), Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh. Member: James IV Association of Surgeons, Romanian Society Surgeons (honorary), French Surgical Association (honorary), British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine (life), British Society Gastroenterology (honorary President's medal 1999), Surgical Research Society (honorary), Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (honorary.

1997-1998), British Columbia Surgical Society (honorary), British Orthopaedics Trainees Association (honorary), Ileostomy Association of Great Britain and Ireland (honorary. 1982-1992, Bryan Brooke medal 1996), N.Pacific Surgical Association (honorary), Asian Surgical Association (honorary), Society for Social Medicine (honorary), International Surgical Group (honorary president 1995-1996), Liverpool Medical Institution, Academy of Medical Sciences, International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care, North of England Surgical Society, Cheselden Club.

Interests

• Opera, mountain climbing, genealogy.

Connections

Married Patricia Margaret Blaiklock, November 13, 1965. Children: Katherine, Jane, Peter, Simon.

Father:

Frederick William

Mother:

Mabel Irving

Spouse:

Patricia Margaret Blaiklock

child:

Katherine Irving

child:

Simon Irving

child:

Peter Irving

child:

Jane Irving