Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories

Derek Hockaday interviews Hung Cheng, consultant ophthalmological surgeon, 11 February 2015. Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) first visit to Oxford for Oxford Congress, 1967; (00:03:10) Xenon Arc photocoagulation and use for treatment of maculothapy; (00:11:06) why HC decided to come to Oxford; (00:12:53) grant from the Wellcome Trust to study effects of glucose control; (00:15:03) lens implantation; (00:16:02) biochemistry of lens, cataract surgery ;(00:19:49) diabetic interests; (00:20:45) involvement with UK Prospective Diabetes Study, working with Robert Turner and Philip Awdry; (00:22:30) diabetic retinopathy lecture; (00:24:02) changes in Oxford Eye Hospital over years; (00:26:34) teaching clinical students; Oxford alumna; (00:32:20) tower block facilities, development of the craniofacial unit; (00:34:38) standard of nursing at Oxford, priority conditions and waiting times; (00:39:34) relationships with anaesthetists and comparison with anaesthesiology in London; (00:42:33) work with pathologists and bacteriologists (00:44:10) busiest time of career; (00:47:36) work at Banbury; (00:49:53) private work; (00:53:20) national meetings, OSUK before college established ; (00:58:49) publications; (00:59:56) travel.

Derek Hockaday interviews Nick Dudley, consultant surgeon and founder member of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 26 March 2014. Topics discussed include: (00:00:15) Why Dudley came to oxford in 1968 as a registrar, surgical firms worked with; (00:01:55) involvement in paediatrics; (00:03:10) memories of registrar years in general surgery; (00:05:09) comparison of Oxford hospitals to London hospitals; (00:07:15) thoughts and memories of George Edward 'Ted' Maloney and other surgeons; (00:09:23) work in Melbourne including developing a new operation for oesophageal atresia; (00:10:31) teaching at Oxford, comments on the old firm system and comparisons of student contact; (00:11:45) paediatric surgery; (00:15:12) thyroid work; (00:18:26) difference between being a consultant and senior registrar; (00:20:06) research as a consultant, anorectal anomalies focus; (00:22:37) surgical travelling clubs; (00:29:55) views on Oxford pre-clinical and clinical training school; (00:31:59) linking up with local district hospitals, becoming regional adviser for the Royal College of Surgeons; (00:34:53) meetings for Chairman of The Court of Examiners; (00:37:37) publishing; (00:39:25) Peter Morris; (00:42:10) anaesthetists and theatre sisters; (00:45:02) moving to the John Radcliffe; (00:46:56) effect of imaging; (00:48:16) visiting clinics in North America; (00:49:48) impressions of United States; (00:53:00) breast screening; (00:54:17) involvement of administrators; (00:58:59) people of influence; (01:01:39) going to Lille; (01:04:20) changes in nursing; (01:05:47) final thoughts including grand rounds and lecturing in Beijing. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:07:19-00:07:29; 00:56:20-00:56:49; 01:10:19-01:10:36.

Derek Hockaday interviews David Paterson, physiologist and Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, 8 January 2019. Topics discussed include: (00:00:09) coming from Western Australia to Oxford for doctoral studies; (00:01:58) switching from breathing to the heart and focus on cardiac electrophysiology; (00:03:35) comparison of initially coming as a tutorial fellow to teaching now at Oxford; (00:07:51) administration and divisionalisation; (00:09:51) interactions between clinicians and pre-clinicians past and present; (00:12:24) how funding has changed (not just for Oxford but for Briitsh science); (00:14:13) changes in subjects and information being taught at Oxford; (00:15:00) teaching using HoloLens; (00:18:15) role as professor and head of department; (00:20:30) undergraduate medical students and funding; (00:23:34) admissions to Oxford medical school; (00:28:48) decisions on clinical placements; (00:31:06) work outside of Oxford including editor-in-chief of the Journal of Physiology; (00:33:40) moving from Otago to Western Australia; (00:40:22) comparing medical schools in the United States.

Derek Hockaday interviews Peter Burge, hand surgeon and consultant, 8 August 2014. Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre; (00:02:28) working for John Goodfellow; (00:04:45) meeting his wife, Susan, (00:05:31) moving to Bristol for Senior House Officer job; (00:06:50) Bristol hospitals compared to Oxford hospitals; (00:07:44) osteomyelitis; (00:09:40) decision to go to Oxford; (00:11:31) tutors at Pembroke college; (00:13:16) interest in music; (00:17:12) clinical lectures; (00:20:28) night work; (00:21:24) the Trauma Service [formerly the Accident Service] and neurosurgeons; (00:24:11) effect of Robert Duthie on Nuffield orthopaedic centre; (00:30:20) visa qualifying exam to practice medicine in the United States; (00:31:12) time in the United States and microsurgery; (00:34:50) interest in hand surgeries; (00:41:56) Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre becoming independent and operating theatres at the centre; (00:50:34) the Accident Service and difference between Oxford and Birmingham Hospital concepts; (00:53:39) intensive care units at the Radcliffe Infirmary; (00:55:05) hand surgery colleagues; (01:01:01) endoscopy in the shoulder; (01:10:34) Metabolic Bone Research Unit; (01:11.40) research at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre; (01:14:06) microvascular surgery; (01:18:44) clinical students at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre; (01:20:30) involvement in national and international societies including research and articles on Dupuytrens disease and non-union of the scaphoid; (01:28:39) choosing to do clinical training in Oxford, contact with Pembroke College; (01:32:30) work load as a clinical student compared to pre-clinical years; (01:37:18) the 1990s as the busiest time of career. Note the following section of audio is redacted: 00:03:54-00:04:02.

Peggy Frith interviews John Ledingham, professor of Clinical Medicine and former Director of Clinical Studies, 23 April 2012. Topics discussed include: (00:03:45) grand rounds and Concilia; (00:04:43) George Pickering and growth of Oxford Medical School; (00:08:15) other main drivers of the growth of the medical school including influx of young and liaison with Cambridge Medical Society and Theo Chalmers, success of medical school; (00:10:50) university and NHS; (00:12:38) student uptake; other key elements of Oxford Medical School success including: (00:15:00) alumni; (00:15:45) Osler house, teaching; (00:17:40) student opinion encouraged and equal part of team, as opposed to 'worship of the consultant'; (00:19:19) juggling teaching and research balance; (00:21:22) Medical Research Society; (00:22:35) Dphil students, including Peter Ratcliffe; (00:24:43) time as Director of Clinical Studies including what the role is there for (00:33:16) Evan Harris, MP (00:36:30) Osler House Boat Club; (00:37:30) College fees and meeting estate bursars relating to Green College; (00:38:39) women in medicine; (00:39:49) women physicians in the family, women in professorships; (00:43:25) career of mother, Una Ledingham; (00:44:37) career of wife, Elaine Ledingham; (00:45:47) treat people not diseases, what makes a good doctor or clinician; (00:49:48) the Clinical gift; (00:52:00) careers and the importance of role model; (00:55:44) particularly inspirational role model – Michael Kremer; (00:58:39) advice from his father; (01:00:26) general conversation, memorable patients, Munchausen syndrome; (01:05:00) Dick Bayliss; (01:06:50) decision to study medicine; (01:09:00) clinical school at Middlesex; (01:10:45) career path, returning to Oxford; (01:11:27) funding for Osler House refurbishment, Wing Tat Lee; (01:17:56) rowing and John Bell; (01:20:30) application decisions as Director of Clinical Studies. Note the following sections of audio are redacted: 00:13:08-13:58; 29:21-32:32; 00:33:48-00:33:58; 00:34:05- 00:36:32; 00:37:37- 00:38:22; 01:00:46-01:00:54; 01:11:38-01:13:30; 01:14:31-01:15:25.

Part 4 of Derek Hockaday's interview with Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. Final part of the interview with Susan Burge continued from part 3. Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) education and examinations; (00:06:02) teaching dermatology nationally; (00:08:20) British Association for Dermatology; (00:11:08) British Society for Medical Dermatology; (00:16:15) activities in retirement; (00:20:15) women and working part time; (00:23:30) worst experience in medical career. (00:26:55) best thing in medical career.

Part 3 of Derek Hockaday's interview of Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015 Continuing from part 2. Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) dermatology in Oxford including treatments and the Slade Hospital; (00:06:08) teaching at Oxford; (00:08:55) time as Director of Clinical Studies, 1998.

Part 2 of Derek Hockaday's interview of Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. Continuation of part 1 of interview. Topics discussed include: (00:00:38) Darier disease; (00:03:01) lupus research; (00:05:36) time as a consultant at Stoke Mandeville; (00:07:30) writing project of book on surgery; (00:08:38) time at Duke University, United States; (00:11.25) Stoke Mandeville; (00:14:27) return to Oxford.

Derek Hockaday interviews Susan Burge, consultant dermatologist and former Director of Clinical Studies, 22 July 2015. Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) interest in, and journey into, dermatology; (00:05:17) transformation dermatology at Oxford; (00:06:34) pre-clinical student years; (00:08:58) clinical student years; (00:12:45) fast track medical course; (00:15:25) Radcliffe hospital compared to other hospitals; (00:17:20) dermatology surgery; (00:18:18) nursing in Oxford compared to Bristol.

Derek Hockaday interviews Joan Trowell, consultant physician and former deputy Director of Clinical studies, 5 March 2015 Topics discussed include: (00:00:00) How and why Trowell came to oxford; (00:04:00) memories of Paul Beeson; (00:08:00) comparison between Royal Free and Hammersmith hospitals and Oxford hospitals; (00:11:34) comparison of clinical standards and nursing between Oxford and Hammersmith; (00:13:40) views on the Huts at Walton street; (00:14:55) liver research, anaesthetics; (00:22:50) moving to Headington and travelling around the area; (00:32:12) further research; (00:38:16) role as deputy Director of Clinical Studies and becoming representative for General Medical Council on behalf of Oxford and Cambridge; (00:46:25) gender discrimination in early years and at senior appointment level, racial discrimination; (00:50:15) support and counsel of male students; (00:54:38) Medical Women's Federation; (00:55:25) Oxford Prison Board; (00:57:00) treating of esophageal varices condition; (00:59:43) various roles at the General Medical Council; (01:06:55) medical colleagues; (01:10.40) reflection on career, retirement years, work of Royal Medical Benevolent Fund.