Former surgeon and Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery. Name: John Bruce Category: Former staffRole: Regius Professor of Clinical SurgeryTime active with Edinburgh Medical School: 1956 – 1975 John was a Scottish surgeon, born in Dalkeith, who graduated from Edinburgh Medical School in 1928. At the outbreak of the war in 1931, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in Norway and South East Asia. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his wartime service and, on his return to Edinburgh in 1946, founded the combined medical and surgical gastrointestinal unit at the Western General Hospital. He was appointed to the Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery at the University in 1956 and became an international figure fostering links with the United States, Canada and the Commonwealth. John received numerous international accolades, was knighted in 1963 and was appointed as Surgeon to The Queen in Scotland in 1966. This article was published on 2026-03-26
