Dr Robert Nielson Sinclair
Known as: Roy
09/08/1909 to 29/05/1990
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality: British
CRN: 715864
Education and qualifications
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General education |
High School of Glasgow 1920-24 |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MB ChB, University of Glasgow, 1938 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1953 |
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Other qualification(s) |
DA (RCP&S), 1939 MD, University of Glasgow, 1951 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
Between 1939 and 1944 Sinclair did house jobs followed by a year as resident anaesthetist at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow. From 1944 he was anaesthetist at several hospitals in the Glasgow area, and was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the Victoria Infirmary in 1948. He also anaesthetised for thoracic surgery at Mearnskirk and Hairmyres Hospitals until his retirement in 1971. Next he worked through 1972-73 at the Facio-Maxillary Unit in Kaduma, Nigeria. From 1974 to 1976 he was a Locum GP on two Scottish Isles: Islay and Jura.
Professional interests and activities
In Glasgow he was a leader in spinal anaesthesia and the intensive care of the severely injured. His few publications were on neurological complications following anaesthesia, and a study of the oesophageal cardia and regurgitation. He served on the Consultants and Specialists Committee (Scotland) throughout the 1960s. For the Scottish Society of Anaesthetists he served as Hon. Secretary-Treasurer 1950-53 and President for 1958-59. He was President of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Society of Anaesthetists in 1962.
Other biographical information
He married Janet Kilpatrick, a medical doctor, in December 1939 and they had two sons, one of whom became a general practitioner. In retirement he went on geological expeditions.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Dr Sinclair’s self submitted biographical college “Boulton form” dated 1988.
[2] Obituary. BMJ 1990; 301: 40.
[3] Medical Directories.
The photograph is courtesy of the Scottish Society of Anaesthetists