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Lansdown, Edward LesliePhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Surgeon Commander (NR) |
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Official Number | U-41430; O-40518 |
Birth | 26/11/1927 | Death | 05/12/2014 |
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Place | Winnipeg | Place | Toronto |
Area | MB | Area | ON |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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Qualifications | MD. FRCP(C); |
Biography |
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In 1958, after completing his Medical Degree at the University of Manitoba, he became a Fellow in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and then He moved to Toronto finishing his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children. He then received a diploma in Medical Radiology, and certification in Diagnostic Radiology from the University of Toronto (U of T), and in 1963 was awarded an FRCP(C). From 1963-68 he was Staff Radiologist at Toronto General Hospital then moved back to Winnipeg to become Head of Radiology at St. Boniface Hospital. From 1974-84 he was Radiologist-in-Chief at Toronto General Hospital. Following his tenure at TGH he served as President of the Canadian Association of Radiologists in 1985. |
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He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 15/02/1949). He served in HMCS Chippawa for UNTD 1948-1951. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R) (with seniority dated 19/05/1951); He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 19 May 1853). He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN(R) (With seniority dated 19/05/1961). He was appointed as a Commander (NR). He served In HMCS York as Principal Medical Officer 1965-1967 and as a Radiology consultant to the Canadian Armed Forces Medical Council (1981-1987). (He was released 1967.) |
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References |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal list UNTD); http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=173456189; |
Last update |
2014-12-16 00:00:00 |