History of Medical Care in NE Scotland – Oral Histories
Professor Elizabeth Russell coordinated collection of oral and written histories of specialties since 1945. These are published in a new book, available from 16 April.
The oral interview recordings are catalogued and held by University Collections at the University of Aberdeen (MS 4042). Recordings and a summary of each interview are available on-line from the links below.
Written Histories, prepared by some specialists, are published below.
A number of earlier medical interviews are included in the University of Aberdeen Oral History Archive (MS 3620), which was begun in 1985.
Oral Interviews
| MS 4042/1/1 | Dr Andrew Hutcheon | Consultant Medical Oncologist |
| MS 4042/1/2 | Dr Derek King | Consultant Haematologist |
| MS 4042/1/3 | Professor Alison Murray | Professor of Radiology |
| MS 4042/1/4 | Professor Philip Hannaford | Professor of Primary Care |
| MS 4042/1/5 | Professor Neva Haites | Vice Principal for Equality and Diversity |
| MS 4042/1/6 | Professor Gillian Needham | Postgraduate Dean for NHS Scotland North |
| MS 4042/1/7 | Professor Steve Turner | Consultant Paediatrician, NHS Grampian |
| MS 4042/1/8 | Professor James ‘Jamie’ Grieve | Senior Lecturer in Forensic Medicine |
| MS 4042/1/9 | Professor Sir Graeme Catto | Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Universities of London and Aberdeen |
| MS 4042/1/10 | Professor Thomas Hugh Pennington | Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology |
| MS 4042/1/11 | Professor Elizabeth Russell | Professor of Social Medicine |
| MS 4042/1/12 | Dr William ‘Bill’ Reith | Principal in General Practice |
| MS 4042/1/13 | Professor James Friend | Consultant in Thoracic Medicine |
| MS 4042/1/14 | Dr Henry ‘Harry’ Millar | Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry |
| MS 4042/1/15 | Professor Anthony Seaton CBE | Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine |
| MS 4042/1/16 | Professor Ian Gould | Consultant Microbiologist |
| MS 4042/1/17 | Professor Christine Bond | Professor of Primary Care (Pharmacy) |
| MS 4042/1/18 | Professor Ashley Mowat | Chair of Medicine and Consultant Physician, Gastroenterology |
| MS 4042/1/19 | Professor Craig Ramsay | Director of Health Services Research Unit |
| MS 4042/1/20 | Dr Ken McHardy | Consultant in Diabetes |
| MS 4042/1/21 | Professor Peter Johnston | Consultant Pathologist |
| MS 4042/1/22 | Dr Donald ‘Donnie’ Ross | Director of Medical Informatics |
| MS 4042/1/23 | Professor Mandy Ryan | Professor of Health Economics and Director of the Health Economics Research Unit |
| MS 4042/1/24 | Professor Gary MacFarlane | Professor of Epidemiology |
| MS 4042/1/25 | Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie | Mackenzie Chair of General Practice and Government Clinical Advisor in Primary Care and Public Health |
| MS 4042/1/26 | Mr David Currie | Consultant Neurosurgeon |
| MS 4042/1/27 | Mr Robert Jeffrey | Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| MS 4042/1/28 | Mr John Holmes | Consultant in Plastic Surgery |
| MS 4042/1/29 | Mr Thomas ‘Tom’ Scotland | Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| MS 4042/1/30 | Professor Zygmunt Krukowski | Consultant Surgeon |
| MS 4042/1/31 | Mr Jetmund Engeset | Consultant Vascular Surgeon |
| MS 4042/1/32 | Professor James Ferguson | Consultant in Emergency Medicine, NHS Grampian |