Dr Victor Abraham Goldman
Personal Details
Dr Victor Abraham Goldman FFARCS FDSRCS MRCS LRCP DA
06/10/1903 to 06/11/1993
Place of birth: Edgebaston, Birmingham
Nationality: British
CRN: 502117
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Northdown College, Tunbridge Wells (1913-16), then King Edward School, Birmingham (1916-22); Birmingham University Medical School (1922-27) |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS LRCP, 1927 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1948 |
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Other qualification(s) |
DA(RCP&S), 1936 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
Initially a GP in Hall Green, Birmingham (1928-34); 1929, clinical assistant, Birmingham & Midland Hospital for Nervous Diseases, and divisional surgeon, St John’s Ambulance Brigade; 1931, clinical assistant, Birmingham & Midland Skin Hospital; 1933-34, clinical assistant in ENT, General Hospital, Birmingham; 1935, anaesthetic registrar, Royal Free & Eastman Hospitals, London; 1937, anaesthetist, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Stratford, London; 1938, honorary anaesthetist, Sutton & Cheam Hospital, and assistant anaesthetist, London Jewish Hospital; 1940, Major in RAMC at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, and honorary anaesthetist, Battersea General Hospital; 1947-71 Anaesthetist in charge, Eastman Dental Hospital.
Professional interests and activities
1930, member, Birmingham Medical Institution and Midland Medical Society; 1947, member, American Association of Anaesthetists, and fellow of the International College of Anaesthetists; member of Council and then vice-president, Medical & Legal Society; consultant in dental anaesthesia, Royal Navy; 1980, honorary member, AAGBI; 1981, honorary member, ADA. Produced multiple inventions: vinesthene inhaler, and improved laryngoscope (both 1936); Goldman nosepiece (1939); infant dental chair (1954); Goldman vaporiser (1959, modified1962); improved mouth prop (1964); naso-pharyngeal airway (1968). Made multiple films on dental anaesthesia at Eastman Hospital, and awarded FDSRCS by election in 1974. Travelled and lectured widely: USA & Canada (1960); Sweden & Finland (1961); Australia & Far East (1964); Brazil & Paraguay (1964); Far East (1966); South Africa (1967).
Other biographical information
Member of Savage Club. Loved opera and classical music. Married first Josephine Phyllis Joseph, and second Freda Pettel, but no children identified.
Author and Sources
Author: Dr David Wilkinson
Sources and any other comments: Currently, the author is working on a fuller biography of Dr Goldman. The refrence will be added here after publication