Professor Harold Richard Gamsu FRCP, FRCPCH (1931–2004) was a neonatologist.

Professor
Harold Gamsu
Born
Harold Richard Gamsu

(1931-01-23)23 January 1931
Died31 August 2004(2004-08-31) (aged 73)
NationalityUnited Kingdom

Gamsu was born in Windhoek, Namibia, on 23 January 1931.[1] His father, a Russian Jewish émigré, Barnet Isaac Gamsu, was a businessman.[1]

He attended Windhoek High School, and then studied at the University of Witwatersrand, graduating in 1954.[2]

He continued training in paediatrics at the University of Sheffield and Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital.[2]

In 1965 he obtained a position as Wates Fellow at King's College Hospital, and was Reader in Neonatal Paediatrics and Director of the Regional Neonatal Unit there from 1979, and Professor of Neonatology from 1994. Upon his retirement in 1995, he became Emeritus.[2]

He served as honorary secretary of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine from 1980 to 1983.[1]

He died on 31 August 2004.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Munks Roll Details for Harold Richard Gamsu". Munk Roll. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2005). Prenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality after Preterm Birth. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-102-8. OL 11612223M. Wikidata Q29581697.
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