East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Association of Surgeons of East Africa and College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa
ISSN: 1024-297X EISSN: 2073-9990
Vol. 16, Num. 1, 2011, pp. 130
Orbituary
East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 16, No. 1, March/April,
2011, pp. 130
Orbituary
Mr Peter McLean, M.S; FRCSI; FRCSEng;
FRCSEd.; FACS.
Mr McLean was a Consultant Urologist practicing in The Charitable Infirmary ,
Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin ,Ireland .The hospital was the premier
teaching institution of the Royal
College of Surgeons in Ireland during the 60s and 70s. It was in that
hospital that he was
instrumental in establishing the first renal transplantation unit in the
country,and subsequent development of the specialty in Ireland.
He was a Council member of RCSI for many years. He was elected President in
1997.
It was during his Presidency that RCSI held its 5th Overseas meeting in
association with the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa - March 1998,
Durban, South Africa.This meeting
was perhaps the harbinger of RCSI's increasing attention to this part of
the world and its current close links with the College of Surgeons of East
Central and Southern Africa. In 2003, Mr McLean was elected Vice
President of the International Federation of Surgical Colleges and in 2006
became President for a 3 year term of office.
For over a decade Mr McLean worked towards establishing surgical links with
the underdeveloped countries in Africa. It was as a result of his efforts
that three COSECSA representatives became members of the Federation
Council - the first President; the current Vice President; and the Registrar.
It was also during his tenure of Office that three distinguished Professors
from Ireland started annual Basic Science Courses in Kenya and Zambia. Mr
McLean was to be honoured with the Fellowship of our College in December
2009. Unfortunately, he could not travel to Kigali because he lost his wife
to terminal cancer .He was looking forward to receiving his Fellowship at the
December 2010 Annual General Meeting in Kampala, and give a talk on
"Irish support for COSECSA". As fate would have it, this was not to
be, he died suddenly on 8th September 2010. COSECSA has lost a true advocate
and friend. May his soul Rest in Eternal Peace
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