Richard Turner-Warwick

Richard Trevor Turner-Warwick CBE FRCP FRCS FRCOG FACS (born February 1925[1]) is an internationally recognised British urologist who is most notable for his work in reconstructive urology.[2][3][4][5][6]

Life

Turner-Warwick's father was a consultant surgeon who specialised in colonic surgery and in varicose veins[5] and from an early age, Turner-Warwick decided that he was going to be a physician.[7] He took his early education at Bedales School before matriculating to read medicine at Oriel College, Oxford in 1942.[7] At Oxford he completed an honours degree in Natural science. In the third year, he was offered an additional year of education by the anatomist surgeon, primatologist and palaeoanthropologist Wilfrid Le Gros Clark who held the Chair of the Anatomy Department, to read for a BSc research degree in Neuroanatomy.[7] His preclinical training was held at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School.

While at Oxford, Turner-Warwick found time to become a skilled rower. In this third year at Oriel College he became Captain of the Boat Club. In 1946 he was elected President of the Oxford University Boat Club which that year won The Boat Race.[7]

It was at Oxford that Turner-Warwick met his future wife, Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, who was a medical student at Lady Margaret Hall. They were married in 1950 in St Dunstan-in-the-West when they both qualified.[7] Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick would eventually become an internationally recognised thoracic physician. The couple had two daughters, Lynne who also took up a career in medicine and Gillian, who a ceramist.[8]

Margaret Turner-Warwick passed away on 21 August 2017.[9]

Career

Turner-Warwick took his pre-clinical training at Middlesex Hospital.[7]

In 1958 Turner-Warwick won the Leopold Hudson Travelling Fellowship that enabled him to be appointed to a research position at Colombia Presbyterian Delafield Hospital.[7]

Bibliography

Articles

These are Turner-Warwick's most cited articles:

  • Bates, C.P.; Whiteside, C. G.; Turner-Warwick, Richard (December 1970). "SYNCHRONOUS CINE/PRESSURE/FLOW/CYSTO-URETHROGRAPHY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO STRESS AND URGE INCONTINENCE". British Journal of Urology. 42 (6): 714–723. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.1970.tb06796.x.
  • TURNER-WARWICK, RICHARD; WHITESIDE, C. G.; WORTH, P. H. L.; MILROY, E. J. G.; BATES, C. P. (February 1973). "A Urodynamic View of the Clinical Problems associated with Bladder Neck Dysfunction and its Treatment by Endoscopic Incision and Trans-trigonal Posterior Prostatectomy". British Journal of Urology. 45 (1): 44–59. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.1973.tb00044.x.
  • WARWICK, RICHARD TURNER; WHITESIDE, C. G.; ARNOLD, E. P.; BATES, C. P.; WORTH, P. H. L.; MILROY, E. G. J.; WEBSTER, J. R.; WEIR, J. (December 1973). "A Urodynamic View of Prostatic Obstruction and the Results of Prostatectomy". British Journal of Urology. 45 (6): 631–645. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.1973.tb12234.x.
  • Turner-warwick, Richard (September 1976). "The Use of the Omental Pedicle Graft in Urinary Tract Reconstruction". Journal of Urology. 116 (3): 341–347. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(17)58809-6.
  • FARRAR, D. J.; OSBORNE, J. L.; STEPHENSON, T. P.; WHITESIDE, C. G.; WEIR, J.; BERRY, J.; MILROY, E. J. G.; WARWICK, RICHARD TURNER (December 1975). "A Urodynamic View of Bladder Outflow Obstruction in the Female: Factors influencing the Results of Treatment". British Journal of Urology. 47 (7): 815–822. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.1975.tb04062.x.
  • WARWICK, RICHARD TURNER; WORTH, PETER H. L. (December 1969). "THE PSOAS BLADDER-HITCH PROCEDURE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LOWER THIRD OF THE URETER1". British Journal of Urology. 41 (6): 701–709. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.1969.tb09981.x.
  • Turner-warwick, Richard (September 1968). "The Repair Of Urethral Strictures in the Region of the Membranous Urethra". Journal of Urology. 100 (3): 303–314. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(17)62525-4.
  • Turner-Warwick, Richard (October 1977). "Complex Traumatic Posterior Urethral Strictures". Journal of Urology. 118 (4): 564–574. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(17)58109-4.
  • Turner-Warwick, Richard T. (April 1960). "A Technique for Posterior Urethroplasty". Journal of Urology. 83 (4): 416–419. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(17)65730-6.
  • Turner-Warwick, Richard (December 1972). "THE USE OF PEDICLE GRAFTS IN THE REPAIR OF URINARY TRACT FISTULAE". British Journal of Urology. 44 (6): 644–656. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.1972.tb10137.x.

Books
  • Turner-Warwick, Richard; Chapple, Christopher R (2002). Functional reconstruction of the urinary-tract and gynaeco-urology : an exposition of functional principles and surgical procedures. Oxford: Blackwell Science. ISBN 9780865426955. OCLC 845465522.

Awards

Turner-Warwick received many awards during his career. In 1987 he awarded the Victor Bonney prize from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists that was named in honour of the prominent gynaecological surgeon Victor Bonney. In 1991, Turner-Warwick was awarded the Valentine Gold Medal of the New York Academy of Medicine. The Gordon Watson Medal was awarded the following year, from the Red Cross. In 2002 he received the William Didusch award that is awarded annually to recognise contributions to urological art.[10] Turner-Warwick won the award for:

For outstanding contributions to urological education through the conceptual clarity and artistic excellence of his medical illustrations

Societies

In 1953 he was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons.[2] In 1977 Turner-Warwick was elected to be the Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons.[2]

References
  1. "RICHARD TREVOR TURNER-WARWICK – THORVERTON, EXETER – SURGEON". Checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. Kirby, Roger (12 September 2014). "Richard Turner-Warwick profile". Bjuinternational.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. "Richard Turner-Warwick profile | The British Association of Urological Surgeons Limited". Baus.org.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  4. "ICS News: Richard Turner Warwick honoured at reconstructive urology meeting". Ics.org. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  5. Webster, George (12 May 2005). "Functional reconstruction of the urinary tract and gynaeco-urology". BJU International. 95 (9): 1371. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05599.x.
  6. "Legends in Urology: Richard Turner-Warwick, CBE" (PDF). Canjurol.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  7. Hodgson, Dominic (May 2017). "Richard Turner-Warwick: a father of reconstructive urology" (pdf). Trends in Urology & Men's Health. Heroes of our time 32: John Wiley and Sons Ltd. Retrieved 2 April 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. Anne, Barrett (24 February 2017). Women at Imperial College; Past, Present And Future. World Scientific. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-78634-264-5. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. Taylor, Anthony Newman (18 September 2017). "Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  10. "William P. Didusch Art and History Award". American Urological Association. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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