History of Medical Care in NE Scotland

Professor Elizabeth Russell coordinated collection of oral and written histories of specialties since 1945.

The records are held and catalogued by University Collections at the University of Aberdeen (MS 4042). A summary of a each interview is available on-line. Recordings can be made available to reseachers.

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 OBE 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 Professor 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

 

Written Histories

MS 4042/3/1 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
MS 4042/3/2 History of Medical Genetics
MS 4042/3/3 Haematology in the North East
MS 4042/3/4 Infectious Diseases in Grampian since WWII
MS 4042/3/5 Oncology in the North East
MS 4042/3/6 History of the Department of Ophthalmology at University of Aberdeen
MS 4042/3/7 Pathology in Aberdeen
MS 4042/3/8 History of the University of Aberdeen Department of Mental Health
MS 4042/3/9 Evolving Story of Public Health in Aberdeen over 125 years
MS 4042/3/10 The Institute of Environmental and Offshore Medicine
MS 4042/3/11 Renal Medicine in Aberdeen
MS 4042/3/12 The Story of Respiratory Medicine in Grampian in the 20th Century
MS 4042/3/13 Postgraduate Medical Education in Aberdeen 1972-2021
MS 4042/3/14 Medical Specialties – Adult Diabetes
MS 4042/3/15 Radiology History in North East Scotland in the 20th and 21st Centuries
MS 4042/3/16 Children’s Surgery
MS 4042/3/17 Pharmacological Research
MS 4042/3/18 The Birth and Evolution of Gastroenterology as a Medical Specialty in Aberdeen
MS 4042/3/19 URAD (The Race to Discover Endorphins: When Aberdeen Took on the World and Won)
MS 4042/3/20 Rheumatology in Aberdeen 1945-2024