Raymond Maurice (Jerry) Kirk MS FRCS FRSM (born 31 October 1923) was Professor of Surgery at University College London and Honorary Consulting Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead NW3. The start of Kirk’s career was delayed by the Second World War. Between 1942 and 1946, he served as an ordinary seaman in a famous cruiser, HMS Ajax, during Operation Torch – the first combined American-British landings in North Africa – and ended up in charge of a minesweeper in the Mediterranean Sea. This ship was later loaned as ‘Calypso’ to famous French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau in the 1950s, who used it as a filming base for several films. Following WWII, Kirk attended Undergraduate Medical School at Kings College London and Charing CrRaymond Maurice (Jerry) Kirk MS FRCS FRSM (born 31 October 1923) was Professor of Surgery at University College London and Honorary Consulting Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead NW3. The start of Kirk’s career was delayed by the Second World War. Between 1942 and 1946, he served as an ordinary seaman in a famous cruiser, HMS Ajax, during Operation Torch – the first combined American-British landings in North Africa – and ended up in charge of a minesweeper in the Mediterranean Sea. This ship was later loaned as ‘Calypso’ to famous French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau in the 1950s, who used it as a filming base for several films. Following WWII, Kirk attended Undergraduate Medical School at Kings College London and Charing Cross Hospital. He became an Anatomy Lecturer at Kings College London and went on to attend Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital with Prof. Ian Aird. After holding registrarships at both Charing Cross Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital, he became a Consultant General Surgeon at the Royal Free Group (1964). He was also a member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and devised the original basic surgical skills (BSS) course, as well as the first minimal access course, alongside Prof. Sir. Alfred Cuschieri. He was the Director of the Overseas Doctors Training Scheme, and was Chief Editor the Royal College Annals of Surgery. After retiring from the NHS in 1989, Kirk was appointed an Honorary Consulting Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital and Honorary Professor of Surgery at University College London. As well as being former president of the Surgical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, the Medical Society of London and the Hunterian Society, he had also written numerous books on General Surgery and Surgical Technique for training surgeons. He hold Honorary Fellowships of the Association of Surgeons of Poland and the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine....more
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