Consultant orthopaedic surgeon London (b 1949; q Cambridge/Guy's Hospital, London, 1973; FRCS), died from secondary melanoma on 7 May 2004.
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Paul became interested in the shoulder when shoulder surgery was still in its infancy. In 1985 he became consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, but he missed the excitement of a teaching department. It was almost unheard of then for a consultant to move posts, but Paul defied convention and was appointed consultant at St George's Hospital, London. In 1993 he took on sessions at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital to work on the shoulder unit. Paul negotiated with the Department of Health for an increase in the number of orthopaedic surgeons in training, and published several important papers, notably on shoulder topics and on the consequences of the 1988 Clapham rail crash, for which he had been the lead on-call surgeon at the track and also later at the hospital. He leaves a wife, Deborah, and two children.
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